Minor seconds, huh?!

[the_uber_penguin]

I thought a semitone gap was a diminished second. I find that it's actually called a minor second. Why? It doesn't actually appear in a minor scale, and made me look very stupid in an arguement over this with my (younger :evil: ) brother. :upset:

[moaner]

i don't think a semitone gap is a minor second.

[AG]

A semitone gap is a minor second

Also know as a b2

Sorry about loosing to ur bro.

[moaner]

A semitone gap is a minor second

Also know as a b2

Sorry about loosing to ur bro.

/is horribly confused

[the_uber_penguin]

A semitone gap is a minor second

Also know as a b2

Sorry about loosing to ur bro.

Yeah, I knew about the b2.

I agree with Moaner on this. What's strange is all the internet sites I've looked at agree with my brother.

What really throws me is that according to that theory the minor scale has a major 2nd.

[moaner]

Yeah, I knew about the b2.

I agree with Moaner on this. What's strange is all the internet sites I've looked at agree with my brother.

What really throws me is that according to that theory the minor scale has a major 2nd.

yeah, it does.

[the_uber_penguin]

It threw him too...he was adament Am had a Bb in it. :lol:

[Pointy]

P1 M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 dim7

...I think. My music teacher would be so ashamed. D:

[Witty Username]

It's not about the scale, it's about the interval itself.

Every interval has a minor variation (except the perfect notes 1, 4, 5 and 8, which have diminished notes instead). It doesn't have to appear in the scale for it to exist as an interval.

[Witty Username]

P1 M2 m3 P4 P5 m6 dim7

...I think. My music teacher would be so ashamed. D:
no.

A minor (natural) is A B C D E F G
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7

Then there are the harmonic and melodic variations.

[AG]

m2
M2
m3
M3
4
dim5
5
m6
M6
m7
M7
8

b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
b6
6
b7
7
8

1 semitone
2 semitones
3 semintones
4 semintons
5 semitones
6 semitones
7 semitones
8 semitones
9 semitons
10 semitones
11 semitones
12 semitones


All the same.

[ColdFire]

The minor scale has a major second in it. The phrygian and locrian modes have the minor second. A diminished second is a unison.