Re: AW: Custom Format

[David Kastrup]

antlists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> writes:

> On 31/03/2021 20:20, Callum Cassidy-Nolan wrote:
>> You are correct, there is no distinction between these two notes,
>> because in terms of pitch they are the same.
>
> Actually, they're not ...
>
> If you're talking about "well-tempered" instruments - basically
> keyboard - then IN PRACTICE they are the same note,

Not even in practice.  They may be voiced using the same key, but if you
treat them as the same _note_, you might run out of fingers in scales or
chords.

That's even the case when playing a uniform keyboard like that of a
chromatic button accordion: chords have shapes in the notation and you
recognise their shape and translate it into finger patterns.  There
wouldn't be time to transform a chord into actions note by note
independently, like you'd need to do if accidentals were used
haphazardly ignoring the current harmonic context.

-- 
David Kastrup