Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Larehip
I don't know what the point is that you're making here. I'm saying that "dia-" doesn't mean "seven" but rather "across".
|
It goes back to Pythagorean mathematics and theory, it means 7. It only means through in Latin contexts and is completely irrelevant, diatonic is ALWAYS a 7 tone scale, so it doesn't matter.
Dia also means "day" in Spanish. So the point I was making is that it is found in many languages and means something different in each. Regardless, to the ancient Greek Pythagoreans, it meant the 7 tone scale, regardless of literal translation.
It is not going to do anything but confuse somebody new to theory, like the OP, to debate a highly irrelevant point.
Sent from my SCH-S720C using Tapatalk 2
Hybrid Mode