Klarinet Archive - Posting 000646.txt from 2003/03

From: b1rite@-----. Rite)
Subj: Re: [kl] Key signatures
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:27:21 -0500

<><> Peter=A0Jaques wrote:
Bb, Ab, & Db (for C hicaz) <snip> Of course there are also three
kinds of half flats & three kinds of half sharps too

Peter, if you're willing to type a bit more.......

I assume that (similar to 'major' and 'minor' in Western key names)
"hicaz" is an adjective in several Eastern key names that begin with the
same letter? Are there just two of these 'adjectives' in Eastern
music, or are there many of them?

Do the three kinds of half flat or sharp divide the quarter-tone into
fixed pitches, or do they indicate unidirectional smears across a small
range, or perhaps they indicate 'vibratos' within a quarter-tone, or
something else entirely?

Thank you,
Bill

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