I really hate to go all Nazi-mod on your fun, but Steven was remarkably nice enough to create a thread here like I asked him to. This isn't the Killing Field, so let's try and keep it on topic. And that topic is music theory.

If you don't want to talk about theory, don't post in here.

plzkthx

Ok, I got one.

What is the smallest interval used in Western music?


And don't google it you cheaters.

[quote="Sclone"]Ok, I got one.

What is the smallest interval used in Western music?


And don't google it you cheaters.[/quote]

isn't there some sort of weird zero interval where one of the notes is a double sharp/flat?

or maybe i'm just making stuff up, it's been a while.

Half step, as far as I know.

[quote="TuffGhost"]Half step, as far as I know.[/quote]

Ditto, but I'm bad on theory.

[quote="Jomei"][quote="TuffGhost"]Half step, as far as I know.[/quote]

Ditto, but I'm bad on theory.[/quote]
Yeah, it's a minor 2nd. I'm pretty sure that's the smallest interval.

I can do calculus and advanced technological engineering, but I cannot for the life of me understand music theory.

I got a question:
anyone know another name for the major scale?

[quote="BlazingSage"]I can do calculus and advanced technological engineering, but I cannot for the life of me understand music theory.[/quote]

i mostly agree...

however, i know the secret to all rock music EVER:

I IV V

[quote="hide the Shuffle"]I got a question:
anyone know another name for the major scale?[/quote]
Ionian.

And I believe the third in a G minor is a b double flat. I'm probobly wrong, but i remember hearing that somewhere.

And zenkalia............OMGBLUES

[quote="Sclone"]What is the smallest interval used in Western music?[/quote]
Unison?

The third in a G minor is just a b flat as far as I know. Double-flats/double-sharps show up a lot on the seventh steps of harmonic minor scales though, and other strange places that defy some of the more common-sense conventions of theory. The 7th step of G# harmonic minor, for example, is notated as a double sharped F, even though it's obviously a G natural. That way you still have every letter represented in the scale, and things are as they should be. Double flats and sharps are essentially for keeping unusual situations from theoretically breaking things.

^That makes sense...kinda.

[quote="TuffGhost"]The third in a G minor is just a b flat as far as I know. Double-flats/double-sharps show up a lot on the seventh steps of harmonic minor scales though, and other strange places that defy some of the more common-sense conventions of theory. The 7th step of G# harmonic minor, for example, is notated as a double sharped F, even though it's obviously a G natural. That way you still have every letter represented in the scale, and things are as they should be. Double flats and sharps are essentially for keeping unusual situations from theoretically breaking things.[/quote]
Yep.

I've hardly ever run into double flats or sharps in actual music.

[quote="hide the Shuffle"]^That makes sense...kinda.[/quote]

Just think of it this way. Here's what a G# harmonic minor scale would look like if you were just naming the notes like a sensible human being:

G# A# B C# D# E G G#

That shit, however, will not fly. You can't really have both G and G# in a seven tone scale. To correct this, people just think of the G on the seventh step as if it were an F that's been flatted twice.

G# A# B C# D# E Fbb G#

That way everything makes a lot more sense in the context of the scale. There are a lot of weird technical naming things like that in scales, but most of the time they don't get out there enough to go into double flat/sharp territory. You'll also scales that makes you call a C a B#, or an F a E#, as ridiculous and pointless as that may sound.