Re: Descending aug and dim intervals

"Tom K." <tkorth1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "paramucho" <paramucho@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> While we can use the terms "ascending" and "descending" to help
>> picture the notes, intervals are always reckoned from the low pitch to
>> the high pitch (with the obvious exception for the unison).
>>
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> Not following you here, Ian.  An interval is just a measured distance 
> whether reckoned up or down.  By the same token, if I'm driving from New

> York to Miami, am I supposed to measure the mileage from south to north 
> instead of the north-south route I'm actually traveling?  And will the 
> results differ depending on which method I use?

I think Ian means we typically "calculate" from the lowest note up, so
that 
the distance from C to E ascending or E to C descending, places C as the 
lower note in each case, and of course both are a Major Third.

Thus the distance between any two notes is the same, regardless of 
direction. However, I think Joey's original question points to the
practical 
aspect of figuring from where you are, to where you're going (as a
harmonic 
or melodic interval), in which direction is (or can be) an im****tant 
consideration.

Steve