• Pitch Class, Tonal Counterparts, and Camelot Key Equivalents

    Pitch Class, Tonal Counterparts, and Camelot Key Equivalents

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    The tables below show the tonal and Camelot key (alphanumeric) counterparts to pitch classes for major and minor keys. Major key Pitch class Tonal counterparts Camelot Key 0 C (also B♯) 8B 1 C♯, D♭ 3B 2 D 10B 3 D♯, E♭ 5B 4 E 12B 5 F 7B 6 F♯, G♭ 2B 7 G […]

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  • Across the Whole

    Across the Whole

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    Over the weekend I took in the latest episode of the OnScript podcast, a podcast dedicated to presenting “conversations on current biblical scholarship.” Featured in this episode is British Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian John Behr who has translated several works by Early Church Fathers such as Origen and Irenaeus. I appreciated his comments on […]

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  • The Herdsman of Tekoa

    The Herdsman of Tekoa

    2 minutes

    I’d appreciate your feedback. To keep up with my Hebrew and Greek, every day I translate the Bible following on the suggestion by my professor Heath Thomas. I’m currently alternating between the books of Amos and James. Here’s an excerpt from Amos which I invite you to give feedback on the naturalness of the English—no […]

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  • Music is a Moral Law

    Music is a Moral Law

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    Musician Anika Paulson opened her TED talk “How I found myself through music” with the following quote: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” — Plato We’ve found Plato’s words to ring true even today in our daily lives. There’s not much that […]

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