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<font face="Calibri">Dimitar,<br>
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Very shortly, I agree with you that there seems to exist a
tendency to consider that the minor scale has movable degrees, and
that the major one has none. I fully agree with you that this is
wrong: I dislike 'harmonic minor' as much as 'harmonic major'. I
merely cannot believe composers shifted (or event thought of
shifting) from one to another type of scale (no more than I belive
that they ever modulated, say, for a few measures).<br>
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The reason why it has been believed that major did not know
movable degrees probably has to do with its 'diatonic' character
(however one may define 'diatonicity'). In my years in the
Conservatoire, I was told that the 'normal' form of the minor was
the 'antique' (what a name!) or Aeolian form. Etc. I am quite
interested by the history of such theoretical concepts – but I do
not believe one second that we should make us guilty of repeating
them.<br>
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I'd like to anwer Michael Morse's recent message about 'mode', and
my answer may be somehow relevant to the present discussion as
well. But I have to think about it...<br>
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Yours,<br>
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Nicolas Meeùs<br>
University Paris-Sorbonne<br>
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