Re: Melodies move by step in any form of music?

"Danny Schorr" <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:17:39 GMT, Danny Schorr <.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>When does an interval become a leap?
>>
>>When a melody moves by an interval greater than a whole step.

I was going to quiz you on the very same thing.

But your definition actually stands:

Whole Tone.

Bb to C# is, yes, a leap - even though the letters are consecutive, it's 
still larger than a whole step.

And it has nothing to do with "scale" - just interval. So even though A-C 
are "adjacent scale steps" in a pentatonic scale, it's still larger than a

whole step, thus leap.

Now, I think where we would run into trouble is in other tuning situations

so then we'd have to find another variable. But for western-descended
music, 
I think you're safe using "whole step" as a guide. Any other explanations 
will have to have some caveat.

Steve