On 31/03/2021 20:20, Callum Cassidy-Nolan wrote:
You are correct, there is no distinction between these two notes,
because in terms of pitch they are the same.
Actually, they're not ...
If you're talking about "well-tempered" instruments - basically keyboard
- then IN PRACTICE they are the same note, but the whole well-tempered
system is a bodge to make sure instruments sound "okay" in any modern scale.
As soon as you move to instruments capable of playing any pitch (the
violin family, the trombone family, probably others I've missed) or
"bending" notes - basically all the wind instruments - then you'll find
they tend to play circle of fourths or fifths, and not well-tempered,
and d# and eb are most definitely different notes (although very close).
Cheers,
Wol
