Polite Dissent

8 Responses to “ Picture Quiz ”

1. Matthew Clark
   May 12th, 2005 at 1:54 am
   

   Certainly in all my years playing the violin I never heard of a B-Sharp!

2. Dave Lartigue
   May 12th, 2005 at 7:39 am
   

   Yeah, but did you play the tethered fly?

3. Scipio
   May 12th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
   

   I assume you mean the fact that he has six fingers on his right hand…

   Hey, Doc; can you weigh on a question about “water-breathers” we have over at my site…?

4. Scipio
   May 12th, 2005 at 12:43 pm
   

   Okay it’s HIS left hand; from OUR perspective, it’s the one ON THE RIGHT.

5. Scott
   May 12th, 2005 at 5:24 pm
   Official Comment

   Matthew is right. B-sharp is usually called “C” (just as C-flat is generally called “B”). There are some rare and complicated situations where B-sharp may be used, but no one is going to say “Wow, a b-flat!” instead of “Wow, a C!”

   Of course, as Dave points out, not everyone is a fly-wielding maniac confined to Arkham…

6. Naladahc
   May 13th, 2005 at 6:57 am
   

   No… in the DC Universe after the Crisis there are additional notes to the musical scale. And amplifiers also go to 11.

7. Dave Lartigue
   May 13th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
   

   I just keep looking at that panel, knowing I’m supposed to be all shivering and stuff, but all I can think is, “Morrison and McKean, what have you wrought?”

8. Chris
   May 13th, 2005 at 9:49 pm
   

   B sharp exists and is occasionally used. For instance, there are traditional keys with 7 sharps (such as C# major), the notes that are sharpened are F, C, G, D, A, E, and (dah daaah!) B.

   However, this gentleman must be pretty unconventional to want a b-flat and a b-sharp in the same scale. While you can roll your own scales with mixed sharps and flats, you can’t modify the same note both directions in the same scale (although you can throw in an accidentals which go contrary to the scale).

   So I guess that really is what insanity sounds like. :)

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