Re: simplifying chromatic scale notation

[Sharon Rosner]

> I just struggled with studying a complex music piece and thought that all
the chromatic lines are horrible 
> to read in standard notation.

and later

> Maybe there is a problem for some instruments to find the right pitch
> (especially for those with pitch 
> perfect), but i don't think that they are focussing on every single note
> in a chromatic scale.

This last bit made me laugh out loud. Well I guess some musicians do not
really feel like focusing on every single note. The good ones do though.

But seriously, I see no reason to change a system which works so well for so
many different kinds of music. All these alternative systems, I don't see
what advantage they offer. On the contrary, there are many downsides -
they're unsuitable for keyboards, unsuitable for tonal music, unsuitable for
music in unequal temperament, unsuitable for microtonal music, require
relearning how to read music, make transposition harder. So what's the
point?

Sharon



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