Originally posted by Jolly McJollyson
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Digit
Then it goes B to C, which is B-C (B# and Cb don't exist). that is what's called a half step. And so on and so forth.

dont mean to be picky.. but B# and Cb DO exist. --> enharmonic exchange! and it makes a difference especially when talking to a good violin player. or when playing with winds. a great violinist will tell you, that he fingers a f# differently than a Gb . why? chromatic and diatonic tunings sound different (Todays Tuning)

Logically a B# is the same as a Cb. but in some cases it is important to talk of a Cb when you mean a B. there are even situations where you have to add two b´s (Cbb = A#) or #´s (there is a special sign for it though). but you harldy ever will need this unless you are a jazzer or a die hard classical musician. for that funny complication of things you can thank our ancestors who decided, after they discovered the other halftones (apart from bc and ef) NOT to make it logical and name the notes ABCDEFGHIJKL but addin those funny lil signs.

[Edited by Azrael on 10-10-2003 at 01:19 AM]