Re: "5th s"



leone@xxxxxxxx writes:
<<   I think the confusion lies with the OCTAVE. Although G is a 5th above C
 mathematically, people hear the sound which is in the next octave DOWN, so
 don't realize that the correct terminology is "5th ABOVE C".
 
   You take a C harmonica and you count UP FOUR steps and then adjust for
 the fact that you are in an octave LOWER.
 
   Why do it THIS way.? Because MOST people have an easier time counting UP.
 You could just as easily count down, BUT most people find this harder. >>

i don't think of it as counting up, but counting ~forward~.  the circle of 
fifths assumes you are moving from "a" towards the next sequential 
letter/note...left to right, clockwise, whatever.
when someone says they are playing a fifth or octave of a given note, i think 
of it as always being above unless they say "below."

<<  The fact that you wind up in a LOWER tone range is where the confusion
lies.>>
draw2/blow 3 is above blow 1, which is where you might theoretically start.  
there is no range, really, there's only the notes that make up a given scale.


stevenj...the gator-man





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