Re: simplifying chromatic scale notation

[Paul Morris]

> On Jan 26, 2016, at 4:35 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> CBA player here.  The problem I see is more one that such "even
> notation" doesn't match well with our standard tonalities.  Play a C
> major scale.  Now do an accompaniment in "Küchenmädchenterzen", namely
> just play the same melody a third up or a sixth below.

You mean like a modal transposition, where you stay in the same scale / key but 
just start the melody from a different note, right?

> Now write down what you just did in any chromatic notation and try
> understanding its irregular patterns of major and minor intervals.

This is a fair point.  Partly that's because such systems are optimized more 
for reading than writing (especially writing in a diatonic tonality / scale / 
key).  

If the music is already written out, then you can easily see and understand the 
pattern of major and minor intervals, and with experience would learn to 
recognize that it’s the same melody just at a different place in the scale.

In Clairnote you know which notes are in the key because there are 
(alternative) accidental signs that indicate when notes are accidentals (i.e. 
not in the key).  Also, Clairnote's key signatures help by showing the notes in 
the current key / scale, a reminder and aide when reading and writing.

Cheers,
-Paul