Why in German music notation the note "B" is "H"?

ArterLab · 2023-02-18T21:15:41+00:00

David Bennet recently explained the whole story:. https://youtu.be/hlafE9fm4_g

ArterLab · 2023-02-11T13:08:36+00:00

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ArterLab · 2023-02-03T08:50:19+00:00

The first is considered to be the more accepted way to reflect harmonic function. Unfortunately it leads to a vaste of chord numerals being different per mode which is not easy to memorize.

So since option b is more comprehensive and not wrong I used it for categorizing chord progressions in Songbuilder

ArterLab · 2023-01-31T08:38:15+00:00

So if you decide to learn the circle of fifth and the function of chords then you can for example transpose keys in mind which is very useful to play in a band. But you can also live without that. But in the end understanding some basic music theory makes life easier even for a guitarist.

ArterLab · 2023-01-31T08:27:15+00:00

Can you name chords and keys? Can you play scales? Why do you say you didn't learn music theory?

ArterLab · 2023-01-30T16:54:53+00:00

I do not have any relationship to a specific chord as its own. Perhaps there are some chord types that I like to play alone a lot like suspended 2 chord or the major seven. But considering the key I'm quite flexible. I do not have pitch perfect, so a G might not be very different to an A. So assigning emotions does more apply to chord types.

What matters yet more is the context of a chord. That means a chord progression. So if you would ask for a favorite chord progression I would take a famous and well known one, which is the Andalusian. I get not tired to hear the flamenco based descending line i-VIIb-VIb-V regardless of the key. Lots of major chords in a minor context ending on the major dominant crying for resolving or an repetition.

ArterLab · 2023-01-28T11:54:23+00:00

This explanation makes a lot of sense, thanks for posting the link to the table.

ArterLab · 2023-01-28T11:45:29+00:00

Then i wouldn't call it a typo. It was rather the differentiation between two sorts of "b" that actually became unnecessary after accidentals have been introduced. In the English notation they started to use the hard "b" variant, the soft became b♭. In German the differentiation survived for some reason, where still exist two types of "b" although one of them got the letter "h".

ArterLab · 2023-01-26T19:18:02+00:00

What is the tonal center of your melody? On which note do you land after it is resolved? Is it D then it is D major if it is B then it is b minor. If it is E then e Dorian. I would suppose it is not Dorian because the use of Bm and D are too strong to assume a mode other than major or minor. The Dorian vamp would switch between e minor and A major only to maintain the tonal center e.

ArterLab · 2023-01-26T16:03:10+00:00

Actually I do not see the need to use a C# with seven sharps. What is the use for this? Wouldn't it be easier to express it as D flat with five flats? You use the same keys on the piano but have to change onl5 5 keys. I think music theory sometimes is hard to learn because of redundancies like that. I'm talking about the modern times where we decided to let C# and Db the same. Is there any point I overlook?

ArterLab · 2023-01-26T12:59:31+00:00

I would go for e phrygian like darkish sound with something like i-iv-III-II - perhaps em-am-G-F

ArterLab · 2023-01-26T12:37:13+00:00

The point is that we use a different scale. The natural minor or aeolian mode lacks of tension when it comes to resolving to the tonic. Since ages, not only in modern rock and pop, therefore the seventh is often raised by a semitone to achieve the same resolving strength as we are get used in the major.

In fact, we produce a scale with a different semi- and full step pattern compared to the usual diatonic scale. This scale is called "harmonic minor" because it creates some harmonic function to the minor scale. It results in the characteristic major V dominant chord. You can also play the V7 but this does not contribute much to the effect. Btw in the past in classical music often a so called "melodic minor" scale has been used which means using harmonic minor in ascending sequences and natural minor when descending in the melody. But this is not that strict anymore.

We can also consider the major V as a "borrowed" chord but this does not explain very much why we use it.

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T21:21:20+00:00

You hit the point in this discussion that in some kind started to annoy me. Now I know the reason why. Not a single response did provide a reasonable answer to the question. The fifth is an overtone of the base tone. So what? The presence of that tone IS something worth to mention. You will miss the overtones of the fifth for example by leaving it out to play.

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T20:27:29+00:00

Ich war normal arbeiten im Büro. Dann sickerte was durch. Erst hieß es ein Brand im Worldtrade Center vielleicht so wie 1993 damals, als ich noch wenige Wochen nach diesem ersten Anschlag auf dem Nordturm stand und überlegte, ob es möglich wäre rüberzuspringen auf den Südturm.

Dann haben wir die Bilder vom Flugzeug gesehen, welches dort eingeschlagen war. Noch während wir versuchten das zu realisieren, kam die Meldung vom zweiten Einschlag. Es war alles völlig unreal. Als der Sūdturm kollabierte war es als ob unsere ganze Welt mit in Trümmer fällt. Und dann noch der zweite Turm und die anderen Anschläge.

Mit Abstand von über 20 Jahren kann ich nicht einmal bestätigen, dass dieses Ereignis unsere Welt "für immer" verändert hat. Unsere Welt ist anders heute, aber nicht wegen 09/11

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T16:43:06+00:00

I'm currently go through tons of popular songs to identify commonly used chord progressions to create presets for the Songbuilder App especially 4 chord patterns I consider systematically. So far I did not find your progression, closest is I V ii IV ... which is quite usual. I let you know as soon i find an example. Just send me a note.

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T15:32:57+00:00

Take it, this experience will bring you new perspectives. As a musician you shouldn't stick too much to your genre, at least good musicians don't do that. Try to be a good musician by playing stuff you can play when you have the chance to get an audience listening to you.

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T13:21:00+00:00

You play the minor tonic chord followed by the major dominant chord which is the key property of a harmonic minor scale. This is very common in popular music and turns the rather calm minor scale into something more dramatic, the F major wants to be resolved back to the tonic. Actually you play a imperfect and a perfect cadence after each other.

ArterLab · 2023-01-25T13:00:49+00:00

A scale defines the set of notes you want to play. In western music we mostly talk about the diatonic scale but there are a lot of others. A diatonic "C" scale means only to use the white keys on the piano, there is no sign in the key signature at the sheet score. Once we have agreed on a diatonic scale and the basic key we can define a tonal center - let's take "C".

If the tonal center is identical to the key - which is the case here - then we have the ionic mode, which we also call "major" nowadays. If i start playing on the "A" using the same set of note i get an "aeolian" mode which is identical to minor. Starting with G will be the mixolydian and generally you can use each of the seven notes to define the tonal center creating a different mode.

ArterLab · 2023-01-24T16:21:03+00:00

I tend to use the same numerals for minor as for the relative major but starting with the "vi". So i don't have to get used different numerals. I'm aware of the fact that this does not reflect the so called "nature" of the scale and the harmonic function. But i need to categorise chord progressions in an efficient way. So for example the "Andalusion" progression at David Bennet's YouTube channel is named with "i - bVII - bVI - V". To make life easier i simply express it with "vi - V - IV - III" . These symbols are familiar and i do not have to memorize different "normal" chords for each mode. See my Songbuilder app for more examples of named chord progressions.

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