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chromatic scale using standard stave


From: terry page
Subject: chromatic scale using standard stave
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:21:16 +0000 (UTC)
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It is simple to have a chromatic scale using a standard music stave. The huge 
advantage is that you play the note you see, which obviates the need for sharp 
flat and natural symbols.
This is how it’s done. 
The colours used are red green and yellow. Because I like those colours. It 
doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m gay.
Middle ‘C’ is red. The next note up, C#/Db, is green. The next note up, ‘D’, 
is yellow.
The next note up ‘D#/Eb is red. So on and so forth ad infinitum. The position 
of a note on the stave together with it’s colour indicates precisely which 
note on the keyboard is to be played. 
Taking the treble part of the stave as an example, the default colour for the 
bottom line is green and indicates the note ‘E’. If the colour of the note on 
the bottom line were red then this would indicate the note ‘Eb’ is to be 
played.
Similarly the default note colour for the space below the bottom line, ‘D’, is 
yellow. If the colour of the note in this space were red, it would indicate 
that the note ‘D#’ is to be played.
Further simplification would be achieved if a standard form of notation could 
be agreed upon. I would 
favour, ‘C’, ‘Db, ‘D’, ‘Eb’, ‘E’, ‘F’, ‘Gb’, ‘G’, ‘Ab’, ‘A’, ‘Bb’,’B’, but, 
some sort of referendum would be required, polling the best musical brains in 
the country, to see if a standard form was viable and desireable.   
I believe you have a Richard Parnutt working in this area, I'm sure he would 
be interested in the above.





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