Quote:
Originally Posted by superblonde.org
the base-12 system with digits is the same for all keys because it is relative to the given tonic. probably you mean for all scales.
By the way I was mistaken in a previous assumption about Tbon. It has a relative mode, but defaults to fixed note-name mode. So in relative-pitch mode, instead of a,b,c, it will use 1,2,3..
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So if you are saying to throw out absolute pitch, other than for specifying the root pitch, doesn't that make it more difficult to talk about chords? I mean:
Code:
0 = C4
Chromatic notes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T Y 0
Diatonic notes: 0 2 4 5 7 T Y 0
So now we have the same relative sequence across all keys. But when we talk about chords, are we also talking base-12 relative pitch with a root designation, as in:
Code:
0 = C4
C triad: 0 4 7
0 = D4
D triad: 0 4 7
?
How do we talk about the absolute root pitch of chords in relation to one another? Are we still using sharp/flat when talking about absolute pitch roots?