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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">And of course it is a very strange system in that A would be used to describe bells within an interval of one semitone whereas A# describes half a semitone and Bb likewise.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The reason people keep asking and challenging is that it so clearly not thought through!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Andrew</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, 15 May 2022, 09:36:18 BST, Richard Smith <richard@ex-parrot.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Nigel Taylor wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> When Online Dove moved to apply standard pitch (A=440) to note names, this<br clear="none">> resulted in some keynotes being changed. Ben Kipling and myself agreed that<br clear="none">> the note name should reflect the pitch standard, so sharp of F#<br clear="none">> international is Gb, and on pitch or flat of pitch is F#.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This policy makes sense for single bells, but I agree with <br clear="none">Richard that it's daft for rings. It's not being applied <br clear="none">properly, anyway. Why aren't York Minister, Exeter <br clear="none">Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral listed as A#? Is it <br clear="none">perhaps because they wouldn't put up with this nonsense?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">RAS<div class="ydp651de8f7yqt6894490060" id="ydp651de8f7yqtfd39752"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bell-historians mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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