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I was taught to call it the minor second, not the diminished second. The Wikipedia page that you linked agrees with me, calling the diminished second ‘enharmonically equivalent to a perfect unison’ in equal temperament.
But the question isn't (or at least shouldn't be) whether ‘major’ and ‘minor’ are good terms for these two modes once you've picked them out, but why the two terms should be used for *those* two modes. The truly minor mode is phrygian.
TobyBartels
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2025-12-25 15:22:24 UTC
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