Re: Quicky about naming a chord

David Webber wrote:

>>> Well the pianist I play with plays 12tet  (and he plays more than one 
>>> note at once which i don't).
>>
>> So for the piano, it does not matter how enharmonics are written - the 
>> sound is the same.
> 
> I think you'll find I was saying that in general it *does* matter how 
> enharmonics are written.   

But not on a piano, as for the playing of the notes, I hope.

> But not always in the case of diminished 7ths 
> (for anyone) which can be ambiguous by their very nature.

The thing is that either one is playing 12-ET,m and then it does not 
make difference, or one is not playing 12-ET, be it by intonation or 
another scale, and then it does make difference.

   Hans