"Music theory" isn't all that complicated...See...??

[KyleMG]

Jokes on you -- I only play theoretical music anyways

[pete edwards]

Jimmy's right, aug4 + aug4 = 8va
what I don't get is how a 7th + 2nd = 8va
and they say music is math, phooey.

[Donn]

what I don't get is how a 7th + 2nd = 8va

Classic problem with ordinal indexing. For a rare example of doing it right (outside of modern computer programming languages), consider how "floors" work in the old world. The ground level floor is the first in the US and Canada, while elsewhere it's the next floor up. That gives you a nice numerical sequence where the below-ground floors are negative and an increment of N floors will add up the same way from anywhere. Rare in any other common usage, probably for the same reason zero was slow to catch on in the west. People usually prefer straight ordinals - first, second ... - but in music, we use those ordinals rather indiscriminately for indexing, which complicates the math. That is, a "third" is an ordinal position on a scale, but it's easy to get used to thinking of it as a span of 3 - 1 units.

[Ken Herrick]

Yep, simple!!!! Just be natural...…………..

[Three Valves]

You push the first valve down, the music goes round and round...

[Mark]

Listen up!

Okay. But what did Pythagoras think about lacquer versus silver?

[thejester10276]

Listen up!

Okay. But what did Pythagoras think about lacquer versus silver?

Or rotors vs pistons!

Seriously?? Are we so blind that we simply believe that these silly, trivial issues are all Pythagoras thought about? The real question is what he thought about BBb vs CC!