From breynold@usc.edu Thu Jan 30 19:14:50 2003
Subject:Re: Music Saint Augustine in Hell


Here's one more thought about the Saint Augustine in Hell song. Notice
that a predominant chord change is from Aminor to EFlat13, slightly usual,
but, fitting with the song, because the A to Eb interval is a (lowered)
flat fifth, exactly one half way through the twelve tone scale = "6." This
was known as the "Devil's Interval" and was banned from much early
classical and church music. In fact, that interval doesn't appear in a lot
of "acceptable" early jazz. Of course, it is the interval of all pain in
blues... It is just more rare to see such a Chord interval. Then when
David S. plays whole note scale stuff over this chord, he will land on that
flatted fifth all the time. Deliciously Evil on a Hammond.

Barry