Talk:Chord

Future work

I've added some potential headings for future work on this entry. Any input would be appreciated.

Nice Tarquin! I like where I think you're going with that revision.JFQ

Thanks! I'm currently pondering... which came first? minor chords, or minor intervals? -- Tarquin

definitely minor intervals, chords are a baroque innovation.

Is leading-note called leading-tone in the US? uh-oh. the plot thickens... -- Tarquin

bah!;) Are you british? When I was at Berklee, I used to feel really sorry for all the guys who spoke romance languages natively, since the movable do solfege we used in ear training classes really screwed them up. At least spanish uses fixed do solfege for the names of all the notes, as opposed to the letters in English. I suggest we use the leading-tone convention, since I've already written the 'pedia entry for that.JFQ

Yup, I'm a Brit. See Talk:Tone for more terminology complications. French uses a fixed do for letter names too. Though I've never really seen the point of the movable do idea. -- Tarquin

the solfege entry I'm working on will be a thing of beauty.JFQ

Fixed Do Top Ten List

I have taught Music Theory for 33 years. I started out using Moveable Do and after a few years became frustrated with its limits.

I found that I was able to teach a great deal more with Fixed Do.

Here is a top ten list for favoring "Fixed Do."

10. It's simpler since you don't have to figure what to call "Do."

9. Intervals can be precisely identified without reference to key (Re to Fa sharp is a major third - period.)

8. Students with a potential for absolute pitch are helped to develop that potential.

7. You don't have to mess with "Fi" "Ra" or "Te."

6. Your sense of key is strongest since it is founded on both function and precise interval structure.

5. You don't have to invent a new system to sing in modes.

4. You don't have to scramble to find a new "Do" when the music modulates.

3. You use the same system that Brahms and Stravinsky learned.

2. You have a system you can use if the music is not in a key at all.

1. You can study in Europe without losing your entire solfege training.

Robert C. Howard - McKendree College

why dose this word don't the actual meaning