Klarinet Archive - Posting 000886.txt from 2000/12

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] What key?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:39:23 -0500

My thanks to both of you: Stephen and Ed. I think I'll pick up
a copy of the Persichetti book sometime soon and see what other
neat stuff he has to say. "Major Harmonic." It works!

-- Neil

--- Stephen Heinemann <sjh@-----.edu> wrote:
> > > I wonder if there's a name for it,
> > > other than "D minor with a raised 4th degree" or "A major with
> > > a raised 6th."
> >
> > If you will put a Bb in it, it has a name. (D E F G# A Bb C# D). That's
> > called "Hungarian minor," or sometimes, "Gypsy minor."
> >
> > Ed Lacy
> >
> The original collection, using B-natural and starting on A, might be called
> "major harmonic," following the lead of Vincent Persichetti's _Twentieth
> Century Harmony_ which employs ad hoc labels based on traditional names for
> the scale's tetrachords; thus: A B C# D (major) E F G# A (harmonic). (Dr.
> Lacy, was the Persichetti the source of your information? The "Hungarian
> minor" is one of the scales in his inexhaustive survey.)
>
> Steve Heinemann
> Bradley University

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