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

"Alain Naigeon" <anaigeon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Steve Latham" <llatham@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "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.
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>
> Ok, now, let's imagine a scale in which every step is greater than a
tone
> (for example a strange C Eb Gb A) ;
> would you still call a leap such an atomic step like C Eb ?   ;-)
>

But Alain, even in our collective imaginations, C Eb Gb A wouldn't be
termed 
a "scale".  Call it a dim. 7th chord, a tetrachord, or perhaps a 4 PC set
- 
but not a scale!
Tom K.