Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> writes:

> Excerpts from David Kastrup's message of Mon Mar 14 16:32:56 +0000 2011:
>> Since that is not the case for most instruments (in particular not for
>> piano keyboards), they have nothing to gain from a notation matching
>> better what they hear rather than what they need to play.
> First this could be changed (I know nobody will be doing so ..)
>
> Second: You're wrong. By giving pitches numbers you'll naturally feel
> than the distance 2-5 is the same as 8-11 and 27-30 and 45-48.

A piano has keys, not numbers.

> I'm not talking about professionals who are spending 8 hours in front
> of the piano each day anyway..
>
> I'm talking about people who have a day job and do this just for fun.

You'll find that at the end of the day, they sit down at a keyboard
rather than just letting intervals play by numbers in their head.

-- 
David Kastrup


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