Re: Question re degrees of the scale (and my intro to this group)

"Neil" <nhmiller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:1253fb38-0ea7-4543-8847-9fc6fdcab36d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 in your response to David Webber on Feb 10th, you wrote:

Understanding how scales
> are generated based on the interval of a fifth, and how they sonically
> and structurally relate to each other is essential to being a
> musician.


> >> ?Understanding how scales
> >> are generated based on the interval of a fifth, and how they
sonically
> >> and structurally relate to each other is essential to being a
> >> musician.

Then Jack responded:

> ...
> > Fifth relation****ps matter for some music some of the time but
> > have nothing to do with the basic concept of "scale".

Then Hans responded:

>
> The 7-tone scales created by iteration of 5th are exactly the diatonic
> scales. If further the octave 2 and perfect fifth 3/2 intervals are
> assumed, it is the Pythagorean tuning (for all practical purposes the
> same as 53-ET - try it out in say Scala to find out what it sounds
> like). Just intonation is not a true diatonic scale as the major second
> 5/4 interval creates two major seconds of different sizes.
>
> ? ?Hans Aberg

Then you responded:

Hans, please remove your message then post it again without it looking
like like I wrote this:
> Fifth relation****ps matter for some music some of the time but
> have nothing to do with the basic concept of "scale".

I completely disagree with that.

We know you disagree with that, Jack's statement above. Your original 
statement was:

Understanding how scales
> are generated based on the interval of a fifth, and how they sonically
> and structurally relate to each other is essential to being a
> musician.

Clarifyingly,

Steve