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> "A" is the name of a note. So is "Sa" and so is "Ke" (in different traditions). They all denote a specific pitch Not true. There are multiple pitches named A
by chrisjj 1mo ago
> "A" is the name of a note. So is "Sa" and so is "Ke" (in different traditions). They all denote a specific pitch
Not true. There are multiple pitches named A. One (or more) per octave, in fact.
That's why A is termed a pitch class.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1mo agoThat's fair ... among music theorists. Almost nobody else would ever say that "A is a pitch class". Just like nobody would ever say "a Chihuaha is a class of dogs", even though that's just as true. They'd point to a particular Chihuaha and say "that's a Chihuaha". I'm really done splitting hairs here. I thought that we were discussing important things, not semantic details. Performed notes are more than their pitch, but the names of notes are considered by almost everyone to be notes.
- chrisjj 1mo ago> That's fair ... among music theorists. This is a music theory article, remember. > Almost nobody else would ever say that "A is a pitch class". Just like nobody would ever say "a Chihuaha is a class of dogs" Not like, because pitch doesn't work at all like dogs. Dogs don't come in anythink like octaves or enharmonics e.g. C# Db.