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trumpet blower88 · 10-03-2005, 11:03 PM

So, I have the highest grade in my AP Music Theory class, a 98.8%... but I've ran into a problem that I just don't understand, hopefully someone here understands this.

- I have to notate at B# Augmented Triad.
- Now, to keep the correct "form" of a triad, the notes must be some form of a B, D, and F.
- The root is obviously B#
- The third is D# because in the "key" of "B#" D will be sharp.
- The fifth is a tricky one. On a B# Major chord, the 5th will normaly be a F double sharp, but to augment it, you'd have to raise it up a half step making it an F triple sharp.

Now, I've looked in Oxford Dictionary of Music, and it dosn't mention anything about the existance of such thing as a triple sharp. Knowing that a sharp looks like this "#" and a double sharp looks like this "X" would it be right to assume a tripple sharp looks like this "#X"...

If anyone could help, that would be just awsome!

Thanks,
David

10-03-2005, 11:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
trumpet blower88 Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Flagstaff, AZ Posts: 644	B# Augmented Triad... So, I have the highest grade in my AP Music Theory class, a 98.8%... but I've ran into a problem that I just don't understand, hopefully someone here understands this. - I have to notate at B# Augmented Triad. - Now, to keep the correct "form" of a triad, the notes must be some form of a B, D, and F. - The root is obviously B# - The third is D# because in the "key" of "B#" D will be sharp. - The fifth is a tricky one. On a B# Major chord, the 5th will normaly be a F double sharp, but to augment it, you'd have to raise it up a half step making it an F triple sharp. Now, I've looked in Oxford Dictionary of Music, and it dosn't mention anything about the existance of such thing as a triple sharp. Knowing that a sharp looks like this "#" and a double sharp looks like this "X" would it be right to assume a tripple sharp looks like this "#X"... If anyone could help, that would be just awsome! Thanks, David __________________ -David Jacques