Berklee typo?
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Re: Berklee typo?
For the first glance that is a typo or we can call it as perfect fifth ... but actually it isnt
B to E is a perfect fourth (four notes on a major scale, B 1st, E 4th)
In case of a tritone we either see an augmented fourth or a diminshed fifth. Both three tones away.
The augmented fourth (adding a half tone to a perfect fourth) is E# because E is the perfect fourth
The diminished fifth (lowering a half tone from a perfect fifth) is F because F# is the perfect fifth!!!!
Here is list you can count on by half tones:
C (B#), C# (Db), D, D# (Eb), E (Fb), F (E#), F# (Gb), G, G# (Ab), A, A# (Bb), B (Cb)
Hope that helps... these things sound like a mathematical mystery sometimes...
Re: Berklee typo?
Actually from what i can see there's nothing wrong here, they're pointing out the difference between a augmented 4th and a diminished 5th if you take a look at the keyboard on a piano and count 3 whole tones up from b you'll see you land on F, and if you count 3 whole tones up from F you'll land on B, the difference in what you call them is set by the distance they appear to be on the actual staff paper
I know it can be a little confusing
but if you take a look at the sheet music, it's called a diminished 4th because on staff paper it's written as a 4th apart.

I know it can be a little confusing

Re: Berklee typo?
But 3 whole tones = #4 = forth, and in Fmaj scale a perfect forth would be A#? So B would be an augmented forth??



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Re: Berklee typo?
F major
C (B#), C# (Db), D, D# (Eb), E (Fb), F (E#), F# (Gb), G, G# (Ab), A, A# (Bb), B (Cb)
A perfect fourth is 5 half-steps after a certain sound. A perfect fifth is 7 half-steps after a certain sound.
The augmented fourth (adding a half tone to a perfect fourth) from F is B because A# is the perfect fourth.
So in my understanding you are right.
C (B#), C# (Db), D, D# (Eb), E (Fb), F (E#), F# (Gb), G, G# (Ab), A, A# (Bb), B (Cb)
A perfect fourth is 5 half-steps after a certain sound. A perfect fifth is 7 half-steps after a certain sound.
The augmented fourth (adding a half tone to a perfect fourth) from F is B because A# is the perfect fourth.
So in my understanding you are right.
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