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I'm a pedant, I know, but I can't deal with this being called B♭ (the enharmonic equivalent for A♯), instead of D♭ (the enharmonic equivalent of C♯). Is there a
by timsneath 4y ago
I'm a pedant, I know, but I can't deal with this being called B♭ (the enharmonic equivalent for A♯), instead of D♭ (the enharmonic equivalent of C♯). Is there another layer of the joke that I'm missing?
- mindover 4y agoWas my first thought as well. I bet there is already something called D flat, so they took this name instead. Edit: Db language https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13639/Db-The-Future-Is-Coming https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13639/Db-The-Future-Is-...
- MStrehovsky 4y agodflat could imply it has something do to with dlang. bflat triggers a lot of engagement on Twitter and elsewhere because everyone wants to correct it. Couldn't have chosen a better name.
- jeffparsons 4y ago"Double sharps" exist; they could have gone with "B double sharp". (Not saying they _should_ have -- just pointing out the option.)
- piotrkaminski 4y agoWouldn't B double sharp just be C? I guess they'd need to call it "B triple sharp", which is just getting silly.
- menage 4y agoThere's no sharp/flat note between B and C - "B sharp" would be C.
- piotrkaminski 4y agoIndeed -- curse you, irregular standard note structure!
- nigamanth 4y agoThere's no black note between B and C, so B sharp would be the enharmonic of C. B double sharp would be the enharmonic of c#
- 0_____0 4y agoG is just 9-fold-sharp B, really
- CWuestefeld 4y agoultra-pedantically: that's true with the "well tempered" tuning that is used almost universally. But this is really just an approximation, and one that our ears have grown used to. Mathematically speaking, B# <> C. On a piano or other instrument that quantizes tones, we have little choice but to go with the approximation. But for violinists and others that can choose from a spectrum of tones, it's possible to hit those tones exactly. Of course, when playing with others, the violin still needs to quantize just to be in tune with the others.
- kibibu 4y agoEven more pedantically, modern stuff uses equal-temperament, not well-temperament. Well-temperament still has different intervals depending on key. Even temperament just uses x^n/12 for note n and basis frequency x.
- viraptor 4y agoIf anyone wants to do down that rabbit hole for 15min, there's Adam Neely's recent video on the topic: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SZftrA-aCa4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=SZftrA-aCa4
- vchuravy 4y agoAlso Be-sharper would have been a great pronouciation.
- snvsn 4y agoThis, exactly!
- 082349872349872 4y agoThe imperative: "be flat"? ("CIL is object-oriented, stack-based bytecode" implies there's quite a bit of flattening to be done before reaching machine code.)
- nigamanth 4y agoCould be this, but the more obvious meaning strikes to mind is the piano notes.
- 082349872349872 4y ago¿Por qué no los dos? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit–duck_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit–duck_illusion
- uranusjr 4y agoThey could’ve called this B-sharp-sharp and get an extra layer of joke for free!
- kgeist 4y agoThere's a GitHub issue about it: https://github.com/bflattened/bflat/issues/6 https://github.com/bflattened/bflat/issues/6
- ilayn 4y agoB is the flat symbol not the note.
- seanw444 4y agoNow that's pedantic.
- mhd 4y agoMaybe someone really wants to annoy German musicians?