Major and Minor Thirds in an Octave

[Phil Frankenberg]

Major: C to E, E to G#, and Ab (G#) to C.  Minor: C to Eb, Eb to Gb, Gb to A
(Bbb), and A to C. Now we've opened a new can of worms with enharmonic
intervals.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Holley" <gholley@hi-techhousing.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Major and Minor Thirds in an Octave


> Phil.
> You suggest that there are only three major thirds in an octave and
> four minor thirds in an octave.  What are you naming as the three
> major thirds and four minor thirds?
>
> I might not be on the same page with you on this but I would name
> nine (9) major thirds; i.e.
> C E, C#  F, D F#, D# G, E G#, F A, F# A#, G B, G# C.
> Any comments on this?
> Gordon Holley
> Associate Member, Indiana Chapter 467
> Goshen, Indiana
>
> On 10 Oct 2003 at 8:30, Phil Frankenberg wrote:
>
> > Michael,
> > On my piano there are only three major thirds in an octave. Did you mean
> > minor thirds? There are four of them.
> >
> > Phil Frankenberg
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: Raising to Standard Pitch
> >
> >
> > > Hi Michael,
> > >
> > > Which ETD?
> > >
> > > Do you pull the unisons in "as you go" in this hop skip?
> > >
> > > I'm sure you know about "ratios" and contiguous Major thirds (what you
> > > called quadrants), but in case you don't f a third will beat 4 times
in
> > the
> > > same time interval that a c# will beat 5 times.
> > >
> > > At 10:16 AM 12/10/2003 -0000, you wrote:
> > > >This is how I do it. I do use an "etd"
> > > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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