[Bell Historians] Rings of 12 - Keynotes

[DJ Bryant]

I see your point, but as Bill H pointed out to me there was no conformity
in the list before I altered them all to flats - roughly half the Db/C#
rings were described as one, half as the other. I chose Db because that
was how most of the exact notes had been expressed in the information I
had. I'm quite happy to mix flats and sharps (and I see your point
especially where F#/Gb is concerned), but I think we need uniformity
where each note is concerned, so as regards C#/Db I think we
have to use one or the other for all. What do others think?

David

David

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

> 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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