Talk:Interval (music)

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interval connectome = hyperinterval(s) = superinterval(s) = hypertransition(s) = supertransition(s)

The reckoning of the non-consecutive intervals. Sometimes by calculating the optimum harmonic connectome (with some minimal compromise[s], study: Minimax, artificial neural networks).

Sometimes we focus on some basic notes, or intervals (there is no single approach).

Hyperinterval is any non-consecutive interval after some starting note.* The starting note doesn't have to be the first of the musical piece; simply the first in that particular measurement.

When composing; hyperintervals and the hyperinterval harmonic connectome are more important than "next note rules of choice/selection".

It is extremely important in non-classical music; when the composer doesn't want to follow the rules of harmony, but still (he/she wants to) maintain a common feeling/atmosphere/sense within the piece (cohesion).

Half note? Whole note?

Re: [1] Really? There are people who use the word "half note" to refer to a semitone, rather than a note value? Citation, please.

This article makes no sense

How do you even find the difference between 2 pitches if they are defined subjectively and vary between listeners? Why does it then say you can compare the frequencies of notes, when notes don't have frequencies, they have pitches. And pitches are not the same as frequencies (see Pitch). Qsimanelix (talk) 19:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note that you've said the article "makes no sense", but you've been able to successfully understand what it is saying. Writing for clarity sometimes means accepting the inherent shortcuts and ambiguities of human language, replacing every instance of "pitch" with "frequency of pitch" would not improve the article.

To answer your first, fundamental question: the lack of strict causality between subjective and objective or a priori phenomena does not mean you cannot establish working, predictive correlations inductively. Remsense诉 19:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should the section "Non-diatonic intervals" become a subsection under the section "Interval number and quality"?

In my opinion, it would make more sense for the section about microtonal interval qualities (like subminor, supermajor, and neutral) to be under "Interval number and quality" as a subsection. Skyward07 (talk) 20:23, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]