Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2003-10-20 03:08
A bit worrisome, as I have not read most music dictionaries, but here's my wager that most dictionaries show that an accidental changes the pitch of "a note." And "a note," in the sense of pitch determination, is equivalent to "a tone." "A tone" is a sound of definite pitch, which your dictionary should also tell you. Hence, an accidental elevates or lowers *a definite pitch*, not to be confused with every note of the same name in the instrument's entire compass.
Of course, this is mere traceable good sense, which is of course not necessarily consistent with common musical practice. Anyway, no music dictionary is infallible.
By the way, let's say there's a piece of music showing a duet on a single staff (even worse, in a key rife with sharps or flats), using a great number of augmented, diminished, and seventh chords. Trying to establish some semblance of reality using the presumption that accidentals translate across octaves could drive both the printer and the performers nuts.
If there's a vote, I'm against that. And we Californians do have recent voting experience, you may have heard.
Regards,
John
more raconteur than composer
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