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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ I think when people use some version of the quote in real life
it's usually to justify second definition [yak shaving](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving)
(at least that's usually when I use it).
> [!quote] Ecclesiastes 10:10 King James Version
> [!quote] Ecclesiastes 10:10, King James Version
> If the iron be blunt,
> and he do not whet the edge,
> then must he put to more strength:
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> [!quote] Brian Eno, _A Year With Swollen Appendices_, p. 67
> A way of doing something original is by trying something so painstaking
> that nobody else has ever bothered with it.
## About Hypocrisy
> [!quote] Luke 6:42, King James Version
> Either how canst thou say to thy brother,
> Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye,
> when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
> Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye,
> and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
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---
id:
aliases: []
title: Music Theory for Banjo
tags:
- authorship/original
- destiny/permanent
- status/incomplete
- topic/hobbies/banjo
- type/encyclopedia
---
# Music Theory for Banjo
Cross-topic of [[music-theory]] and [[banjo]].
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# Music Theory
```mermaid
classDiagram
class PitchSpelling {
PitchLetter letter
Accidental acc
Octave octave
}
```
## Note
### Pitch
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#### Pitch Class
| mod 12 | name |
| mod 12 | name |
| ------:| ----- |
| 0 | C |
| 1 | C♯/D♭ |
@@ -60,7 +51,7 @@ There is no missing half between E and F or B and C,
because there are no halves at all.
C# is as legitimate a pitch class as C,
and in some disciplines, accidentals are marked on every note,
even "redundantly" in acknowledgement of this fact.
even "redundantly", in acknowledgement of this fact.
What is meant by the poor terminology is this:
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and [major second](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_second) respectively,
which is a [[ambiguity#Category Mistake|category mistake]].
5 in 12 1 semitone increments result in augmented unisons.
2 in 12 2 semitone increments result in diminished thirds.
#### Accidentals
| ascii | unicode | lilypond | Name |
| ----- | ------- | -------- | ------------ |
| bb | N/A | eses | double flat |
| bb | 𝄫 | eses | double flat |
| b | ♭ | es | flat |
| | ♮ | | natural |
| # | ♯ | is | sharp |
| x | N/A | isis | double sharp |
| x | 𝄪 | isis | double sharp |
#### Octave
Octave is a property of staff position, not pitch.
B♯<sup>3</sup> is enharmonic with C<sup>4</sup>
### Duration
* beats
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Refers to the difference between two pitches.
Intervals are notated with an en dash (C♯--E).
### Interval Number
Equal to the difference in staff position plus one.
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The common intervals
| dP[^1] | dS[^2] | Short | Name |
| ------ | ------ | ----- | -------------- |
| 0 | 0 | P1 | Perfect unison |
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| Key | Interval Sequence |
| ------------- |:-----------------:|
| Major | WWHWWWH |
| Natural Minor | WHWWHWW |
| Major | W--W--H--W--W--W--H |
| Natural Minor | W--H--W--W--H--W--W |
### Modes
| Mode | Interval Sequence |
| ---------- |:-----------------:|
| Ionian | WWHWWWH |
| Dorian | WHWWWHW |
| Phrygian | HWWWHWW |
| Lydian | WWWHWWH |
| Mixolydian | WWHWWHW |
| Aeolian | WHWWHWW |
| Locrian | HWWHWWW |
| Ionian | W--W--H--W--W--W--H |
| Dorian | W--H--W--W--W--H--W |
| Phrygian | H--W--W--W--H--W--W |
| Lydian | W--W--W--H--W--W--H |
| Mixolydian | W--W--H--W--W--H--W |
| Aeolian | W--H--W--W--H--W--W |
| Locrian | H--W--W--H--W--W--W |
### Scale
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* degree 6: submediant
* degree 7: called the **subtonic** if it is 2 semitones/"a whole step"/a major second below the tonic
or the **leading tone** if it is 1 semitone/"a half step"/a minor second below the tonic
* degree 8: tonic
* degree 8: tonic