In relative, a note with no ' or , indicates the closest octave, e.g. for adjacent notes
a b means the B one note above whatever A it was, d c means the C one note below whatever D it was, Effectively this means that using no ' or , will always produce a note within a fourth of the previous one (accidentals don't affect this). The biggest jump you can notate with no ' or , are then like this: e a means the A a fourth above whatever E it was (because the A below is further away) g d means the D a fourth below whatever G it was (because the D above is further away) As you know, the ' and , move up and down by an octave respectively. if you want an E and then the A a fifth below, type e a, if you want a G and then the D a fifth above, type g d' And then you can keep adding ''' etc. or ,,, etc. to jump several octaves. Having typed this, I'm not sure that it actually makes things any clearer - if not please ignore it and I'm sure someone else can make more sense! On 10 March 2013 21:57, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to memorize or through pattern recognition how many ' and , > symbols it takes to jump octaves? besides writing down a few notes and > going to the tuneful site to listen to see if I messed up? as that's what > I've been doing and it yeps but it slows me down a lot. and we don't' > really want that. > > Tc all and be blessed.
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