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[some people do not lend money, they "borrow" it to someone and these are just tiny examples from the age we are in now...look at what years have done to the spoken language (I can only speak for English, please forgive my ignorance on other languages)...so you might be fighting a losing battle.

Is that actually a common phrase amongst English (native) speakers where you live? The confusion surrounding borrow/lend is exceptionally common amongst non natives who speak a language without any distinction between" the two. For example German only has "borgen" (which is obviously from the same root as the English "borrow"), so German speakers normally only ever use "borrow" in English irrespective of which side of the transaction they are referring to, as they aren't used to the distinction between lending and borrowing. I've not personally noticed English native speakers making this mistake though.

common? That's tough, it's not uncommon and I hear* it more and more but not as much where I live...I live in New England, we've already butchered English enough I hate to say this but it's far more common among the under-educated areas. But things like this are not limited to those with less of an education. There is a town in Mass called Westminster, I went to school in that area and even the town itself calls itself Westminister

*FTR, when proofreading this post I realized I spelled "hear" "here"

[papatomany]

I suppose this means that no one knows a good replacement for ScaleIt.

Where else but KVR can you ask a simple question about a simple program and end up with 3 pages of music theory argument? Excellent!

For the record, my favorite resource for scale theory is the Keyboard Grimoire. It's just much more handy to enter my melody on the "virtual keyboard" and see that I might want to give the second mode of the 8 tone spanish scale a try to see how the melody sits with it, rather than trying to re-invent the wheel every time out. (I use the grimoire more often to examine scales. With it I get, "Hmmm. Never thought to flat the 6th on that one. Let's give it a try. Nope. Can't imagine where I'll ever use that.")

I think there were 2 of you who, rather than trying to tell me how my approach is wrong, attempted to answer my question, so...thanks, you two!

[tapper mike]

So what you are stating is. Rather then the explanations of the correct note naming per scale. You prefer the irrational and in exact methodology.

There are plenty of places on the web where correct note naming occurs but instead choosing the incorrect path works best for you. As you would prefer to spread ignorance.

I don't support the spreading of disinformation. And as I recognize your source of being exactly that I don't see why I should do a google search for you to support something I disagree with. Which is most probably why someone had to search far and wide to find the site with the disinformation linked to it.

[tanabarbier]

"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime."

It feels that we are in the era of "Give a man a microwave and 24/7 frozen fish home delivery services. Period."

[ghettosynth]

"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime."

It feels that we are in the era of "Give a man a microwave and 24/7 frozen fish home delivery services. Period."

Teach a man to fish and you lose your monopoly...me thinks.

[jancivil]

some useful information that is fact-based.

I agree but I would like to bring up a little point, language changes and becomes convoluted..for instance the example of "there", "their" and "they're"...I have no doubt that one day these misspellings will merge together and become acceptable. Spoken language does indeed evolve and to the dismay of many who deem things "proper".

This is not mere misspelling, this is failing to know one word from the other; "there" is a location that isn't 'here'. "their" is possessive, qualifying an object. "they're" contracts 'they are'. These are different words.

A# is insensible as the fourth degree in F major; the fourth degree is absolutely Bb. F G A B, 1,2,3,4. Four alphabet letters and one-two-three-four is terrifically overcomplicated and elitist so let's just let it allmerge.

If you are going to call Bb in F major A#, you're creating a problem for your understanding, and later usage. It's a matter of basic coherence. Now, one could completely not care and play totally by ear. But there is no reason to argue against coherence.