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

"Tom K." <tkorth1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Alain Naigeon" <anaigeon@[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 ?   ;-)
>>
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> 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.
>

Tom, where is it written that a scale must have 7 notes, or more than
four,
or that it should contain at least one interval not greater than some 
inferior
limit, or..?
In other words, I'm not necessarly disagreeing with your answer, but I'd
then ask : how can we turn our common feeling of a scale to a rational
definition ?

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