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Offline intoresting

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another beginner question...
on: June 17, 2005, 12:28:30 AM
It seems to me that an A sharp sounds the same as a B flat, a B sharp sounds the same as a
C flat, a C sharp sounds the same as a D flat and so on. Are these in fact different names for the same pitch? If so, why have two different names for the same note?
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Offline exigence

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Re: another beginner question...
Reply #1 on: June 17, 2005, 12:38:58 AM
You're ... kind of right. :)

Go check out a keyboard - "A sharp" is the same key as "B flat," and "C sharp" = "D flat."  In terms of what you'll hear and its frequency, it's indeed the same - the same strings are being struck.

The different names are thanks to keys (as in, "in the key of") or perhaps accidentals, if they're marked alone (b(note) or #(note)).
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Offline claudio

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Re: another beginner question...
Reply #2 on: June 17, 2005, 02:54:06 PM
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