Indeed, "decima", or the interval with similar stem exists in almost all languages but English. That's why nobody noticed it before. Yes, "Tenth" should be correct. tarmo
On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:16:25 +0100, Tom Cato Amundsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, then change to "tenth" everywhere. I am a little surprised noone > has asked what word that was, considering it has been in solfege the > last 10 years. Please let me know if you find other strange things! > > Tom Cato > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Allen McBride <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Happy new year to you too! I had never heard the term "decim" before >> downloading Solfege. But I'm not a music major, so that didn't surprise >> me. But my girlfriend, who was a music major, says she's never heard >> "decim" either, and that she's always called it a "tenth". I figure, >> even if "decim" is considered more correct in some obscure circles, you >> might as well call it a "tenth", since that's certainly in common use. >> >> --Allen >> >> >> On Jan 1, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote: >> >>> Hello, and happy new year! >>> A user emailed me and asked why all intervals except one was in >>> english. He said "decim" is not english, and a quick google suggests >>> that he is right, and that only "tenth" is the proper english interval >>> name. I don't know where I have the term "decim" from, except that the >>> norwegian interval name is "desim". >>> >>> I see that I from Solfege 0.5.2 (January 2000) have called the >>> interval "decim", so I'd like to hear your opinion before changing it >>> and adding work for the translators. >>> >>> -- >>> Tom Cato Amundsen <[email protected]> >>> http://www.solfege.org/ >>> GNU Solfege - free ear training >>> http://www.gnu.org/software/solfege/ >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community >>> Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support >>> A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and >>> easy >>> Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Solfege-devel mailing list >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe", or visit >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/solfege-devel >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Solfege-devel mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe", or visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/solfege-devel
