[Bell Historians] Rings of 12 - Keynotes

[LOVE, Dickon]

I was referring to custom (which has more meaning than uniformity). Anyone
who plays a musical instrument knows that there are a standard set of key
signatures, and D flat major is a scale very rarely referred to or used
(whereas C sharp major is quite common). I just think that using the notes I
referred to demonstrates a little more appreciation and understand of what
they mean. The only note out of these that have equal use is G sharp/A flat
(in that they are both the 3rd symbol in the key signature).

DrL


-----Original Message-----
From: DJ Bryant [mailto:djb122 at y...]
Sent: 09 September 2002 15:44
To: 'bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Rings of 12 - Keynotes


I've decided to stick with flat for all because it ensures
uniformity - to do otherwise
is rather haphazard - as has already been discussed here, the
difference between C# and Db is meaningless as
far as bells are concerned, and there doesn't seem any point in
perpetuating it. Although Canterbury may usually be described as C#, there
is really no reason why whey shouldn't be described as Db.

David

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, LOVE, Dickon wrote:

> > <DJB's list>
> 
> An interesting list, and certainly more worthwhile than many I have seen.
We
> have already discussed the naming of notes (whether one should use the 11
or
> 22 base scales), but isn't it more common to use C#, Eb, F#, Ab, Bb rather
> than the Db, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb given in this list. Canterbury Cathedral, for
> example, is never described as anything but C#. (I shall try to dig out
the
> exact frequency.)
> 
> DrL 
> 
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