[Bell Historians] Stawley.

[Samuel Austin]

David is correct. Aye. Sam
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<davidbryant at ...> wrote:
> > No! 1-5 of 8 is not Lydian. Lydian would be like a
normal (major) 5 
> but with
> > the tenor a semi tone flat.
> 
> Eh?
> 
> Lydian is, from the tonic: tone, tone, tone,
semitone, tone, tone, 
> semitone, as produced by playing eight white notes
on a piano starting 
> at F and ascending. Therefore, in bell terms, Lydian
is 2-9 of a ring 
> of 12, and consequently 1-5 of 8.
> 
> A normal Major five with the tenor a semitone flat
would give you, from 
> the tonic: 3 semitones, tone, semitone, tone. So far
as I am aware, 
> this doesn't correspond to any musical mode at all.
> 
> See http://www.bellhistorians.org.uk/modality.htm
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 


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