antlists <antli...@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
