Re: [Harp-L] re moveable do ( originally French Harmonica for Dummies)

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Same way as we do.

A is la, A  minor is la mineur.

WInslow

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Bill <bill.eborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] re moveable do ( originally French Harmonica for Dummies)
To: "Steve York" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 10:16 AM

Steve
How do they describe a minor keys

Thanks

Bill


----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve York"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] re moveable do ( originally French Harmonica for Dummies)


Dave Dix wrote
<<In France, they seem to refer to notes not by letters - C, G etc - but
by
the sol fa scale. So C is always "do", F is "fa", D is
"ré" etc. And Eb is
"Mib"
So...  does that mean if a tune is in, say, G, the tune is in "so",
and the
fourth degree of the scale, which is C, is therefore referred to as
"do",
even though logically (in our logic) it should be "fa"?>>

Yes. It is not a "moveable do". So do is always C, re is always D,
etc. Same
thing in other European countries which use this system and in Mexico, where
I live, and where I have to be careful not to confuse "C" with
"si"!
Steve York
www.steveyork.com
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