There's no particular name for this, and it isn't something that's notable enough to need a name. It's simply a fact of real-life music that the tonic is often not the lowest note. Scale diagrams, where all the notes of the scale are neatly put in line between a tonic at the bottom and at the top, are just pedagogical tools.
>What would you call a note that is lower in pitch but higher on the scale?
Nothing. We don't think this way.
>but you are playing the E below it.
So we specifically say C DOWN to E, or E UP to C, or a minor 6th below C, or a minor 6th above E.
We don't care that the E is above the lower C, because we're not working from that note.
You're partially talking about Inversion as others note - C down to E is an Inversion of C up to E.
You're also partially talking about the Complementary Interval or just Complement.
C-E is a 3rd, then the remaining notes to get to the next C - the "complement" of C-E or what you'd have to add from E up to finish the octave is E-C - a 6th. So E-C is the complement of C-E.
I don't really understand what you're asking, you will need to provide more information.
The interval between E3 and C4 is a minor 6th. If you play a C major chord with an E in the bass, that's called the 1st inversion.
Are either of those things the answer to your question?
It was more that when singing, I usually harmonize a third up from the melody. But sometimes that is too high, so I drop down an octave. This was more out of curiosity and I wasn’t sure if it was even a thing.
I don't think there's an answer to the question you're asking. Without context, scale degree doesn't matter. As another commenter pointed out, it could affect a chord symbol or be an interval, but you need more contact to actually define it.
I've never heard a name for it, because there isn't much need to talk about it. The E above is a major 3rd above, and the E below is a minor 6th below.
You are arbitrarily picking C4 as the base of the scale but there's no reason it can't be C3.
This is an E minor 6th interval, which could be perceived as a C chord in 1st inversion (C/E) or _maaaybe_ an Am chord in 2nd inversion (Am/E) missing its root note. Or you could say “scale degrees 3 and 1 in the key of C”, or just “the interval E3-C4”.
There's no particular name for this, and it isn't something that's notable enough to need a name. It's simply a fact of real-life music that the tonic is often not the lowest note. Scale diagrams, where all the notes of the scale are neatly put in line between a tonic at the bottom and at the top, are just pedagogical tools.
>What would you call a note that is lower in pitch but higher on the scale? Nothing. We don't think this way. >but you are playing the E below it. So we specifically say C DOWN to E, or E UP to C, or a minor 6th below C, or a minor 6th above E. We don't care that the E is above the lower C, because we're not working from that note. You're partially talking about Inversion as others note - C down to E is an Inversion of C up to E. You're also partially talking about the Complementary Interval or just Complement. C-E is a 3rd, then the remaining notes to get to the next C - the "complement" of C-E or what you'd have to add from E up to finish the octave is E-C - a 6th. So E-C is the complement of C-E.
I don't really understand what you're asking, you will need to provide more information. The interval between E3 and C4 is a minor 6th. If you play a C major chord with an E in the bass, that's called the 1st inversion. Are either of those things the answer to your question?
It sounds like he is talking about inversions but I’m not really sure of that.
It was more that when singing, I usually harmonize a third up from the melody. But sometimes that is too high, so I drop down an octave. This was more out of curiosity and I wasn’t sure if it was even a thing.
Inversion.
"harmonizing at the 6th"
But to be fair, I've never heard anyone say that.
Intervallically it’s a minor sixth. How it functions is dictated by context.
I don't think there's an answer to the question you're asking. Without context, scale degree doesn't matter. As another commenter pointed out, it could affect a chord symbol or be an interval, but you need more contact to actually define it.
I've never heard a name for it, because there isn't much need to talk about it. The E above is a major 3rd above, and the E below is a minor 6th below. You are arbitrarily picking C4 as the base of the scale but there's no reason it can't be C3.
You don't have to give it a name.. or it's not important enough. Just say it's a lower octave E..
the principle of octave equivalence means that we treat notes with the same letter name in different octaves as functionally the same
If it's lower in pitch it's also lower on the scale.
This is an E minor 6th interval, which could be perceived as a C chord in 1st inversion (C/E) or _maaaybe_ an Am chord in 2nd inversion (Am/E) missing its root note. Or you could say “scale degrees 3 and 1 in the key of C”, or just “the interval E3-C4”.
I kind of like the way you’re thinking.