Tim Slattery wrote:
but Dorian mode
is exactly what you describe, a minor mode with raised 6th scale
degree.
Yes, it is dorian, but...
If you say "\key g \dorian", then the key signature will
have one flat in it, and the scale degrees should all be correct:
g (1st) a (2nd), and so forth. It seems like this should do what
you want.
For performance, but not for the notation. For whatever ancient
reason, minor scales are traditionally rendered in Dorian mode,
especially by people who learned SH from their grandpa and
grandma...you get the picture. (It's not uncommon for singers to be
using both the raised (dorian) and non-raised (minor) versions at the
same time, but that's another discussion...)
So what's wanted is the ability to have a normal minor key signature
on the sheet music, but have the MIDI rendered in Dorian, with the
raised sixth.
Thanks for the rundown, Tim. I actually looked up a bit on this
subject last night so now I understand the problem much better. My
solution clearly is not a solution for this. I think the
hideAccidental thing Mark Polesky was working on in another thread
would work well, or as you suggest, have a different shape map for
minor that hides the accidental on raised 6th degrees. It's hard
to get my head around the idea of always contradicting the key
signature without notating the contradition, but I guess there are
odd conventions in just about every music tradition. :)
The shape note philosophy reminds me of the medieval hexachord
system, where the idea was to keep track of the half-steps and the
interval relationships, not necessarily the pitches. Interesting...
--
Jonathan Kulp
http://www.jonathankulp.com
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