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I generally hate most new ways of writing music. All way of writing makes the initial year or so of learning music easier at the expense of anything remotely ad
by bjoli 6y ago
I generally hate most new ways of writing music. All way of writing makes the initial year or so of learning music easier at the expense of anything remotely advanced.
This does not fall into that trap, and is pretty much compatible with most kinds of new notation there is.
I don't think it will catch on though. You brain is amazing at chunking. If I am in F major and I see a long noodle of notes I look at the general structure, rhythm and my brain usually fills the gaps (I work full time in a symphony orchestral). Most of the time that is enough. This seems to remove some of that.
An all chromatic notation removes the need for accidentals or even keys. Which is nice, but accidentals and key signaturew alre also an amazing tool to let you actually read LESS music. The few times I play wrong notes it is because whatever I am playing looks like it is in one key, but is in fact another. I am not alone in this. Most musicians connect your inner ear and some music theory with how we read music. Reading is slow. Relying on previous knowledge when reading music is what makes you a good sight reader.
Having implicit information is hard at first, but has benefits in the long run. I would be interested to see if someone reading this kind of chromatic scale would gain something similar, and whether it would actually be worth it.