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Re:Ear Training Practice Exercises by functionmouse on Thursday June 11, 2026 @04:01PM (#48495651)
In your traditional system, if you want to play something a step up, you have to actually think about it; which notes will now become sharps, which won't, etc.

In my system (A though L, or more simply, 1 through 12), you simply add 2 to each note. It's easier to work about and isn't as rigidly defined by the culture it came from.

Re:Ear Training Practice Exercises by klaff on Thursday June 11, 2026 @05:11PM (#48496469)
You just described https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole-tone_scale. Nothing stopping anyone from writing and playing music in such a scale, but it won't help you with nearly all the music you are likely to be familiar with.
Re:Ear Training Practice Exercises by taco_emoji on Friday June 12, 2026 @10:19AM (#48504503)
Incorrect. The major scale intervals are whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half, so no, you do not "simply add 2 to each note".