Glenn B.

Say if I play G to C descending, my intuition tells me to start from the note that came first. But I've been told that's not correct. You start from the bass note and count up no matter what.

I am having some confusion is respects to the formal definition of what the various modes are. I know that their defined in relation to their scale, however, I've come to realise this may not be... more

Why is a major second interval different from a minor second interval considering that in the natural scales formulae they are both one whole step?

In my PDF version of Slonimsky's Thesaurus, there's a section called 'Double Notes in Contrary Motion' on page 215. Can anyone explain why he is calling these contrary motion? To me, apart from the... more

I understand that the mathematical frequency ratios between certain intervals will correlate with the overtones that are present when a note sounds in a fundamental frequency. Certain predictable... more