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6+6 doesn’t make sense, though — there are 7 notes in any given diatonic scale. You could change the scales around so that they only have 6 notes, but then we’r
by jakelazaroff 5y ago
6+6 doesn’t make sense, though — there are 7 notes in any given diatonic scale. You could change the scales around so that they only have 6 notes, but then we’re discussing an entirely different system rather than just a different notation.
Anyway, you can count the intervals now. For example, I know that there are five half steps between F and A#. It is slightly annoying to keep the B and E exceptions in mind, but it’s definitely possible — most people just find it easier to use the sharps and flats as a shortcut.
- sunaurus 5y agoA 6+6 notation can be used for any kind of scale, including diatonic ones. Just like a 7+5 notation can be used for non-diatonic scales. A 6+6 system makes more sense in terms of fundamentals - there's the exact same distance between each "full" letter. That doesn't limit what kind of scales you can annotate with the letters at all.
- jakelazaroff 5y agoSure, but the flip side is that every scale now has one repeated letter and at least one sharp or flat. Take C major; in hypothetical 6+6 notation, it becomes C D E E# F# A# B# In fact, I think every diatonic scale in 6+6 notation will have three or four sharps/flats.