Talk:Sharp (music)

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal to move Sharp (music) to Sharp. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was don't move. —Nightstallion (?) 12:34, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Support. Unitl recently, this article was at Sharp, with the majority of the links pointing here perfect. Then, however, someone moved the page to Sharp (music) and made Sharp re-direct to Sharp (disambiguation), which makes there a ton of links to dis-ambiguate. Georgia guy 15:05, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Against. It's probably the most common use of "sharp" as a term, but I still think it belongs here simply because there are so many other uses. Do the disambiguation. - Rainwarrior 05:43, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Support per Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Primary topic: "When the primary meaning for a term or phrase is well known (indicated by a majority of links in existing articles, and by consensus of the editors of those articles), then use that topic for the title of the main article, with a disambiguation link at the top. Where there is no such consensus, there is no primary topic page," as I think we could reach that consensus and the links are already there and there it is unlikely we'll have an article about the quality of objects such as knives and needles. However, I don't think the task of correcting links is any reason to or not do anything. Hyacinth 09:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose. This [???] is not likely the most common usage of the term. So in this case having the DAB at Sharp is really na poor choice. In fact, Sharp (disambiguation) should be moved to Sharp. 02:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose, the term "sharp" is too generic, and I first thought of the electronics corporation instead. JIP | Talk 17:39, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Cleanup required is not a reason for not putting pages at the correct name. Vegaswikian 06:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

[edit] Double Sharps

I found, after some searching, a quote about why double sharps are used. When I came to this page, I was wondering why double sharps are used - I knew what they were, I just didn't know why they were used. Here's the quote and the citation:

"Using double or triple sharps or flats may seem to be making things more difficult than they need to be. Why not call the note "A natural" instead of "G double sharp"? The answer is that, although A natural and G double sharp are the same pitch, they don't have the same function within a particular chord or a particular key. For musicians who understand some music theory (and that includes most performers, not just composers and music teachers), calling a note "G double sharp" gives important and useful information about how that note functions in the chord and in the progression of the harmony." - link

My question is how do I determine whether this quote is copyrighted and if so, do I just rephrase it in my own words and cite the original? If it's not copyrighted, do I just copy and paste it or is that bad form? Thanks in advance. Rcronk (talk) 19:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)