theory

Carl Meyer cmpiano@home.com
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:39:46 -0700


Yeah,  but Jackass flats, Nevada sounds better that Jackass sharps, me
thinks.

Carl Meyer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Jorgensen" <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: theory


> Hi Dave,
>      You could be right, but somehow a piano advertised with "genuine
ebony flats" just doen't sound as nice as one with "genuine ebony sharps."
>
> -Mike
> Be a positive thinker, think sharp!
>
>
>
> "David M. Porritt" wrote:
>
> > Gang:
> >
> > I have a theory that black keys were always called sharps for the simple
reason that on typewriters there is no flat key.  We could write F# easily,
but G-flat had to be written out.
> >
> > dave
> >
>



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