Re: what about simplifying music notation?

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On Mon, March 14, 2011 6:57 pm, Bernardo Barros wrote:
> we have a decimal system and you want to represent a numeral system
> based on 12 or 24 like [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B].
> You should propose a system base on 12 or 24 then.
>
> In computer science they use the hexadecimal system because it fits
> computer's bytes representation, if your object is the 12-tone scale,
> be consistent with your system :-)
>

in practice, most computer programmers think in midi notes: 60 being
middle C, 72 the C above that, ...
as an extension, some software allows 'factional midi notes' (although
they are not in the midi standard, and hardware synths won't understand
them). so 62.33 is on third of a semitone higher then D. this is not as
far fetched as it may seem. i use it e.g. to present overtone scales in
just intonation..



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