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Pitch Class, Tonal Counterparts, and Camelot Key Equivalents
1–2 minutesThe tables below show the tonal and Camelot key (alphanumeric) counterparts to pitch classes for major and minor keys in integer notation (i.e., as a whole number). Major key Pitch class Tonal counterparts Camelot Key 0 C, 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 9B 8 G♯, A♭ 4B 9 A 11B 10 A♯, B♭ 6B 11 B 1B Major key: pitch class, tonal counterparts, and Camelot key equivalents Minor key Pitch class Tonal counterparts Camelot Key 0 Cm 5A 1 D♭m…
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Across the Whole
1–2 minutesOver 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 translation around the 30:00 minute mark: I’ve come to love ever more the work of translation. When you read a text, you read it, you kind of follow the argument, you might make notes, you write down quotations…but when you translate a text, you’ve got…
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The Herdsman of Tekoa
2–3 minutesI’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 need to compare with other versions. In other words, when you read it aloud, Does anything sound awkward? Anything sound off? Anything you would say differently, even if just one word? You must know that the goal of my translation is to communicate clearly to…
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Music is a Moral Law
1–2 minutesMusician 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 takes place in our household that doesn’t take place to music. Even outside the house, in the car, while playing volleyball, tunes, melodies and beats complete the airwaves around us. It’s our opinion that anything you can do it’s better to do it with music.…