little help with a music question.

[Montehall]

I'll be honest, its my wife's homework

Two questions about the duet (all in the pic)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Wilson1911/IMG_20130429_213004_504_zpsdb8cd568.jpg

[Sea Six]

1. 9, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 5.

2. All of them (it's a trick question).



There. Now you and your wife can make too much popcorn, watch a bad movie on TV, and not have to worry about her nagging homework questions. Homework, after all, was designed not to help anyone learn... but to nag.

[xXBUDXx]

1) no idea

2) no change

It is odd how the uned....intoxicated mind views things.

[Sea Six]

Pro Tip:


What is the definition of:

1) Interval
2) Musical consonance?


These clues can help one answer one's own homework assignment questions.

[Sea Six]

I could tell you, but to do so would take away some fundamental learning that your wife could otherwise gain from this assignment... and said knowledge may, in fact, help her on subsequent examinations.

Fixt

[Montehall]

1. 9, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 5.

2. All of them (it's a trick question).



There. Now you and your wife can make too much popcorn, watch a bad movie on TV, and not have to worry about her nagging homework questions. Homework, after all, was designed not to help anyone learn... but to nag.
Serious answer?

She is done with the class, just trying to get the answer.

[Sea Six]

Serious answer?

She is done with the class, just trying to get the answer.

She should be able to tell you if I'm correct or not, if she is done with the class.

It is a fundamentally simple pair of questions. Quite literally, the ability to answer it requires the knowledge of the meaning of the two terms; nothing more.

You have already expended more effort in creating this thread and posting in it than you would have by looking up the meaning of the terms and applying the information towards the problem.

[DAB]

i just want to bang on the drum all day.....

bang the drum slowly.....

the bell tolls for thee....

[Sea Six]

I'll make you a deal, Monty.

You post up, in your own words, what the two musical terms mean. If you still need help using that information towards solving the OP problems, I'll walk you through the process.

I'm not going to simply provide you the answers.

:waiting:

[Montehall]

Interval is the vertical distance between the notes
Consanant is "if they sound good"

[Sea Six]

So, using the definition of interval, what is the musical interval between the first pair of notes?

[Montehall]

5.
The rest are 1, last note is 2.?

[Sea Six]

:hurray:

[Sea Six]

Now, which ones are dissonant intervals?

[Montehall]

None are consonant?

[Sea Six]

5.
The rest are 1, last note is 2.?

Uh oh.

You had the first part answered correctly, and then you went back and changed your answer.

How did you come up with your answer for the last pair of notes?




ETA:
Oops. I'm using a standard (non-wide screen) laptop. I just scrolled over and saw that you answered the question correctly. Sorry about that.

[Montehall]

Thr interval is 2 for the whole notes. C and an E.

[Sea Six]

Ok... as to consonance and dissonance, there is a little bit of trickiness because there can be some subjectivity in the definition. A dissonant pair "sounds" harsh, and... well... dissonant.

Here's some hope, though. The strictest definition of dissonance says that any interval of 2 will be dissonant. Additionally, I'm not aware of any definition that would refer to the pairs of notes in the OP as anything but consonant.

Using this information I just provided, how many of the pairs of notes would be consonant?

[Sea Six]

Thr interval is 2 for the whole notes. C and an E.

I see it now, and you were correct. I didn't scroll over and notice the final pair of notes.

You get a bonus point for the use of the term "whole notes" btw. :seasix:

[FasterTraffic]

Oops. I'm using a standard (non-wide screen) laptop. I just scrolled over and saw that you answered the question correctly. Sorry about that.

He could forgive you, but to do so would take away some fundamental learning that you could otherwise gain from this humiliating failure. Said knowledge may, in fact, help you in subsequent threads.

[Montehall]

The last notes are dissonant

[Montehall]

I see it now, and you were correct. I didn't scroll over and notice the final pair of notes.

You get a bonus point for the use of the term "whole notes" btw. :seasix:
I was in band through high school and Jr. High... theory not so much.

[Sea Six]

Crap.

I'm trying to do this while eating lunch and answering my business phone. I've been giving you incorrect information.

The intervals are measured as the distances on the major scale. So... the answers are actually:

5, 2, 2, ... ,2, 3.

[Sea Six]

He could forgive you, but to do so would take away some fundamental learning that you could otherwise gain from this humiliating failure. Said knowledge may, in fact, help you in subsequent threads.

It's laptop inequity.

We need a redistribution of wealth to fix this problem.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Oh yeah? What is "The Devils Interval?" Huh? Huh? :D

[Sea Six]

The last notes are dissonant

An interval of 2 is dissonant.

The intervals of 3 and 5 are consonant.

[Montehall]

So only two are consonant, then.

[Sea Six]

Oh yeah? What is "The Devils Interval?" Huh? Huh? :D

The length of the 'taint?

[Burro (He/Haw)]

The length of the 'taint?

RONG Liberace!

[Montehall]

Crap.

I'm trying to do this while eating lunch and answering my business phone. I've been giving you incorrect information.

The intervals are measured as the distances on the major scale. So... the answers are actually:

5, 2, 2, ... ,2, 3.
How are you getting two and three?

[Sea Six]

So only two are consonant, then.

Yes.

By the strictest definition, any interval of two along the major scale would sound harsh to just about anyone. They are labeled as dissonant.

An interval of three and five would sound pleasant to just about anyone. They are harmonious, or consonant.

[Sea Six]

How are you getting two and three?

The same way you came up with five for the first pair.

The interval count starts with the first note, counted as 1.

[Montehall]

Seasix, How do you know all this?

[Sea Six]

Seasix, How do you know all this?

I know everything.


Try me.

[Montehall]

Seriously, are in the music major or something?

[Sea Six]

No, my degree is in engineering.

I've been a music buff since the age of four though. That, combined with my engineering brain, means that I'm a sucker for any form of theory.

[Montehall]

No, my degree is in engineering.

I've been a music buff since the age of four though. That, combined with my engineering brain, means that I'm a sucker for any form of theory.
Cool. Thank you for all the same. Now I know.

[Sea Six]

I'm giving you an A+ on this homework assignment. The "+" is for your use of the term "whole notes."

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Hey Sea, take your root/5th power chord and,,,
Never mind. Wrong thread. Sorry.

[Sea Six]

Hey Sea, take your root/5th power chord and,,,
Never mind. Wrong thread. Sorry.

:hurray: