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Old 05-28-2006, 08:05 AM   #1
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Ok, i feel a little silly but i have to know....
I learnt the parries in french (i.e carte, quinte etc) but i noticed americans say numbers, my french isnt good enought to translate, what do they mean? I got that 8 was octave but im struggling!
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Old 05-28-2006, 08:26 AM   #2
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Ok, i feel a little silly but i have to know....
I learnt the parries in french (i.e carte, quinte etc) but i noticed americans say numbers, my french isnt good enought to translate, what do they mean? I got that 8 was octave but im struggling!
  1. Prime
  2. Seconde
  3. Tierce
  4. Quarte
  5. Quinte
  6. Sixte
  7. Septime
  8. Octave
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