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Why we owe our seven musical notes to John the Baptist
Aletelia ^
| April 4, 2017
| Daniel Esparza
Posted on 04/04/2017 11:31:02 AM PDT by NYer
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To: Migraine; dfwgator
“That is a hilarious way to sing the note song!”
You think that’s funny? Try singing the real tune, Hymn to John the Baptist.
https://youtu.be/nK0CE5dIxCc
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:05:01 PM PDT
by
map
To: map
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:05:42 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
To: Red Badger
Sol sol sol mi
I could use a fifth about now.
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:11:20 PM PDT
by
map
To: map
So could I..................
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:15:11 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
To: Red Badger; map
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:16:45 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Ex Scientia Tridens)
To: NYer
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:21:05 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: NYer
there was no “melodies” in 1025 it was the time of Gregorian chants...monotone...
To: FrankR
Ra a drop of golden sun...
To: left that other site
The Nairobi Trio...Wasn’t Barry Soetoro their original drummer?
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:46:05 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: dsc
LOL.
Well, they WERE from Kenya, after all.
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posted on
04/04/2017 12:50:56 PM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Tennessee Nana
Gregorian chants aren’t “monotone,” and some have very beautiful melodies. Google “Veni Creator Spiritus youtube” for a sample.
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posted on
04/04/2017 1:19:00 PM PDT
by
Campion
(Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
To: NYer
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posted on
04/04/2017 1:22:32 PM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: dsc
No, their original pounder.
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posted on
04/04/2017 1:37:24 PM PDT
by
Orbiter
To: Orbiter
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posted on
04/04/2017 1:41:56 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: NYer
Duh! The human ear/brain can distinguish just eight notes in an octave, the first and last harmonics of one an other. Dogs can distinguish 25 notes in an octave.
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04/04/2017 1:47:26 PM PDT
by
pabianice
(LINE)
To: map
If you keep reading:
The seventh note, SI, was formed using the initials of Saint John, Sancte Ioannes in Latin. But it was added a bit later on, in order to complete the diatonic scale.
To: Svartalfiar
The first six tones appear with their respective syllables initiating the first six phrases.
The 7th tone does not appear as a phrase-initiating syllable. Sancte Ioannes does not even touch tone 7.
The headline is artificially stretching it.
Take it from Guido: hexachords rule.
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posted on
04/04/2017 5:05:37 PM PDT
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map
To: Tennessee Nana
They had different tones. The chants were not monotone.
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posted on
04/04/2017 5:07:08 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: map
The first six tones appear with their respective syllables initiating the first six phrases.
The 7th tone does not appear as a phrase-initiating syllable. Sancte Ioannes does not even touch tone 7.
Right. The SI was added later because the system uses 7 notes but the hymn the sounds were taken from only had 6 of the lines. So in order to finish the system, they had to add a note-word to complete the set and get to 7.
To: Svartalfiar
Yes. The mediaeval system did use the 7th tone but named it in a round about way.
Note seven of the ut/do (C) hexachord was arrived at in two ways:
1) 4th tone of the fa (F) hexachord (B flat)
2) 3rd tone of the sol (G) hexachord (B natural).
The tone existed, but was named as 4 of 4 (B flat of F) or 3 of 5 (B natural of G).
If I remember correctly, this is from where the flat, natural and sharp signs derive. They are all based on the letter b.
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04/05/2017 2:45:30 PM PDT
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map
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