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dflat 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

dflat 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 ago
  Wouldn'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 ago
    There's no sharp/flat note between B and C - "B sharp" would be C.
    - piotrkaminski 4y ago
      Indeed -- curse you, irregular standard note structure!
      - lloeki 4y ago
        mnemonic: C D E F G A B [C] is do re mi fa sol la si [do] mi (E) and si (B) end with "i" and are the two ones that are half a step away from the next ones.
        viraptor 4y ago
        Only in "fixed do" version though, because we can't make music notation too easy or consistent...
  - nigamanth 4y ago
    There'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 ago
    G is just 9-fold-sharp B, really
    - CWuestefeld 4y ago
      ultra-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 ago
        Even 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 ago
        If 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 ago
  Also Be-sharper would have been a great pronouciation.

dflat 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 ago
Wouldn'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 ago
  There's no sharp/flat note between B and C - "B sharp" would be C.
  - piotrkaminski 4y ago
    Indeed -- curse you, irregular standard note structure!
    - lloeki 4y ago
      mnemonic: C D E F G A B [C] is do re mi fa sol la si [do] mi (E) and si (B) end with "i" and are the two ones that are half a step away from the next ones.
      - viraptor 4y ago
        Only in "fixed do" version though, because we can't make music notation too easy or consistent...
- nigamanth 4y ago
  There'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 ago
  G is just 9-fold-sharp B, really
  - CWuestefeld 4y ago
    ultra-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 ago
      Even 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 ago
      If 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 ago
Also Be-sharper would have been a great pronouciation.