why are the notes on the line and the notes OFF the line both of the same scale. why do we have to use a hashed tag to denote keys that are different. why not just have each line be a scale note and then if you need an accidental just put it in a gap. fuck dude
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that's what key signatures are for, you frontload all the accidentals so that you only have to write them when you're deliberately leaving the scale for a sec.
with 12 keys and something like 15 modes it's a lot more polite to the musician to tell them which notes are in the scale than assume they know all 180 lol. if the same notes are always on the same lines, the musician doesn't even really have to understand scales to play it
edit: hi i realize my autism-assed response is probably not sensitive to the fact this is meant as a joke? I do think it's funny lol I apologize if this comes off weird. hopefully it's also helpful tho!
half-joke. i do genuinely struggle with reading sheet music but reading piano rolls in DAWs is super easy for me, idk. but yea i know about key signatures and the like, but that honestly only makes it harder for me to parse bc now the notes aren't even all white, so i gotta learn scales, and it's a mess
piano roll is definitely an option, little space inefficient though. honestly, musical notation is older than keyboard instruments, it was originally meant for chanting and other vocal work, keyboards massively expand the range beyond what the staff or even two staffs were meant for. we am play gods.