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June 29[edit]

Shahid.net log in member pay?[edit]

If I log in via my Facebook account in order to watch videos on Shahid.net, will I have to pay for it or is it really free? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.34.242 (talk) 03:28, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you have not given them any means to receive money from you, the worst that could happen from logging in is that they tell you that you can't watch something. They appear to be owned by a legitimate company, so it should probably be safe to at least try. Facebook also requires companies to clarify what logging in will let them do with your Facebook account: being able to whatever is on your profile is not uncommon. Like other services, Shahid.net may try to show you advertisements before and during whatever you're watching to cover their costs.

I will note that Shahid.net blocked me from trying to watch anything because I'm in North America. They may also block your location, especially if you're using the IP addressed you used to ask your question. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:42, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

music intervals[edit]

moved from Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#music intervals 96.52.0.249 (talk) 13:47, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the 13th and 9th flat in the first inversion?96.52.0.249 (talk) 02:12, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First, they're not. They're minor but they're natural. In the literal notation the flats are just someone's way to signal that the 9th and the 13th are minor, but that notation is ambiguous. The author of that image is User:Hyacinth. Second, this image is not used in the article you linked to but in Thirteenth. Third, music questions go to the Entertainment Reference Desk Contact Basemetal here 10:39, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you trying to learn about music or to correct a single image? To do the former one might have to read about flats, minor, and chords.

For the latter, a flat means one should lower something a semitone. Anything minor has something lowered a semitone (major chord: C,E,G; minor chord: C,Eb,G. In semitones: 0,4,7; 0,3,7.), thus a flat may be used to indicate something is minor, and is, in at least one system of notation. See chord symbol.

For a metaphor, compare music notation to spelling in the English language (and many others), there may be historical explanations, but it still doesn't make sense.

Hyacinth (talk) 23:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]