dis DIS

English translation: d# D# (one octave between them, D# being lower)

15:13 May 1, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Bell tones
German term or phrase: dis DIS
Haupttöne der Glocke: dis/1 - dis/0 - DIS - fis/0 - ais/0.

d sharp 1, d sharp 0, f sharp 0 and a sharp 0 are clear but what is the upper-case DIS?
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 11:43
English translation:d# D# (one octave between them, D# being lower)
Explanation:
Es handelt sich bei DIS um die nächste Oktave unter (tiefer) dis/0. Englische Texte scheinen in diesem Zusammenhang keine Unterscheidungen zu machen nach Groß- und Kleinschreibung (siehe zweite Grassmayr-Referenz) und benutzen dann die deutsche Notierung:
http://www.hibberts.co.uk/terhardt.htm
Insofern ist mein Übersetzungsvorschlag also ungenau, aber mir fällt nichts besseres dazu ein.



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Note added at 50 mins (2015-05-01 16:04:11 GMT)
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I apologize - I should have used English in the explanation.
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Hans-Jochen Trost
United States
Local time: 05:43
Grading comment
Thank you, Hans-Jochen.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2d# D# (one octave between them, D# being lower)
Hans-Jochen Trost
3 -1minor/major
Ramey Rieger (X)


Discussion entries: 10





  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
d# D# (one octave between them, D# being lower)


Explanation:
Es handelt sich bei DIS um die nächste Oktave unter (tiefer) dis/0. Englische Texte scheinen in diesem Zusammenhang keine Unterscheidungen zu machen nach Groß- und Kleinschreibung (siehe zweite Grassmayr-Referenz) und benutzen dann die deutsche Notierung:
http://www.hibberts.co.uk/terhardt.htm
Insofern ist mein Übersetzungsvorschlag also ungenau, aber mir fällt nichts besseres dazu ein.



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Note added at 50 mins (2015-05-01 16:04:11 GMT)
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I apologize - I should have used English in the explanation.


    Reference: http://www.grassmayr.at/index.php?id=21&L=4%27
    Reference: http://www.grassmayr.at/fileadmin/bilder-inhalt/pdfs/GRASSMA...
Hans-Jochen Trost
United States
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Hans-Jochen.
Notes to answerer
Asker: No problem Hans-Jochen! Deutsch verstehe ich fast genau so gut (aber nur fast). Danke!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This sounds convincing, but I can't see anything in your references that supports your answer. //Thanks!
12 mins
  -> Yes, there is no outrigth explanation, but the use does fit. I just posted a discussion entry with details.

agree  Erik Freitag: That'd be the obvious explanation, however, I'm having doubts about the coherence of the source text. Thanks for the very helpful and interesting links!
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
minor/major


Explanation:
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Erik Freitag: The expert must have been denied even what little context we have. Capitalization is indeed used to differentiate between minor and major keys or chords, but we're talking about individual tones/notes here, which can't be minor or major./I would.
4 hrs
  -> As the source text is rather sketchy, I would not rule out this suggestion.
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