<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Al -<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I couldn’t open your file, but I’ll weigh in anyway.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Music theory makes a distinction between the notes of flat key scales (F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb) and and the notes of sharp key scales (G, D, A, E, B, and C#) and this distinction <i class=""><u class="">is</u></i> important for written music. Only orchestra players will tell you they can hear a difference — sharp keys being slightly brighter than flat keys — and orchestras do tune up and do shade their notes slightly differently for pieces written sharp keys than for pieces in flat keys When they are playing piano concerto, however, they tune to the piano, an instrument that makes no difference between C# and Db. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Unless you have perfect pitch, I can virtually guarantee that you'll never hear a difference. Jazz players certainly don’t make any distinction, except that they tend to prefer to play tunes in flat keys (especially Bb, Eb, and Ab) which fit the transposition needs of the reed and brass players. Rock, blues, and pop groups prefer sharp keys (especially G, A, and E) because the open strings of guitars fit sharp keys.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this helps. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-charlie freeman </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 13, 2019, at 3:12 PM, Al Levy <<a href="mailto:alevy@alevy.com" class="">alevy@alevy.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">Listen to this very short attached file. Save it if you want to.
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</p><p class="">The starting note is F above middle C. <br class="">
</p><p class="">What is the last (5th) note? <br class="">
</p><p class="">No cheating. <br class="">
</p><p class="">Try your best guess. <br class="">
</p><p class="">Cheers and Happy Holiday, <br class="">
</p><p class="">Al Levy<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/19/2019 1:30 AM, Richard Pearl
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<div class="PlainText">Ken,<br class="">
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I've heard that there is a difference between an A flat
and G sharp. Having<br class="">
never studied music theory, can you tell me what the
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