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Is there a name for when two keys next to each-other on a keyboard are played at the same time?
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For example, suppose you play an F and an F#, or a B and a C, from the same octave at the same time. It usually doesn't sound very good. I've looked a while but I can't seem to find a name for it. Is there a name?
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For example, suppose you play an F and an F#, or a B and a C, from the same octave at the same time. It usually doesn't sound very good. I've looked a while but I can't seem to find a name for it. Is there a name?
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
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For example, suppose you play an F and an F#, or a B and a C, from the same octave at the same time. It usually doesn't sound very good. I've looked a while but I can't seem to find a name for it. Is there a name?
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For example, suppose you play an F and an F#, or a B and a C, from the same octave at the same time. It usually doesn't sound very good. I've looked a while but I can't seem to find a name for it. Is there a name?
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
– b3ko
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
– b3ko
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
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Generally you would call these intervals minor seconds. But depending on the "spelling" of the notes you could call the interval an augmented unison.
B and C is a minor second
F and F# is an augmented unison (the letters are the same so it is a unison to start, then the sharp on the second F augments it by making it 'bigger' by a half step.)
These intervals are considered dissonant and hash sounding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_unison
answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
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Generally you would call these intervals minor seconds. But depending on the "spelling" of the notes you could call the interval an augmented unison.
B and C is a minor second
F and F# is an augmented unison (the letters are the same so it is a unison to start, then the sharp on the second F augments it by making it 'bigger' by a half step.)
These intervals are considered dissonant and hash sounding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_unison
answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
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Generally you would call these intervals minor seconds. But depending on the "spelling" of the notes you could call the interval an augmented unison.
B and C is a minor second
F and F# is an augmented unison (the letters are the same so it is a unison to start, then the sharp on the second F augments it by making it 'bigger' by a half step.)
These intervals are considered dissonant and hash sounding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_unison
answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
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up vote
4
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up vote
4
down vote
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Generally you would call these intervals minor seconds. But depending on the "spelling" of the notes you could call the interval an augmented unison.
B and C is a minor second
F and F# is an augmented unison (the letters are the same so it is a unison to start, then the sharp on the second F augments it by making it 'bigger' by a half step.)
These intervals are considered dissonant and hash sounding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_unison
answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Generally you would call these intervals minor seconds. But depending on the "spelling" of the notes you could call the interval an augmented unison.
B and C is a minor second
F and F# is an augmented unison (the letters are the same so it is a unison to start, then the sharp on the second F augments it by making it 'bigger' by a half step.)
These intervals are considered dissonant and hash sounding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_unison
answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Michael Curtis
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Michael Curtis
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answered 5 hours ago
Michael Curtis
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Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
 |Â
show 2 more comments
1
Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
1
1
Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
Spot-on answer.+1. My name for it is 'horrible'...
– Tim
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
@Tim ha, ha! but, if used in a horror movie soundtrack...
– Michael Curtis
5 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
so, if it sounds terrible normally, why does it sound decent when used from different octaves? eg: in a song called "eisoptrophobia," the bass note is F#0, and the melody note is G2. why do different octaves sound good vs. same octave?
– CrashRocks1419
4 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
It does not always sound horrible - it depends on context. There are fabulous examples of the use of the minor second in Bach and Mozart and many others.
– JimM
2 hours ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
– Michael Curtis
1 hour ago
@CrashRocks1419 Keep in mind that a minor second and a minor ninth aren't the same interval (although from a chord identify perspective they are the same pitch class.) For me, the minor ninth is much less dissonant than a minor second. Also consider the perception of dissonant intervals when the two notes are played by difference instruments. The dissonance seems softened when two difference instruments are involved. I image all this can be explained acoustically as simpler wave forms or interval ratios.
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1 hour ago
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If you are looking for a word to discribe it and not a technical name I would go with dissonance or dissonant.
– b3ko
5 hours ago