Enharmonic Equivalents - What You Need to Know

What are enharmonic equivalents and why do we need them? Enharmonic equivalents are notes that sound the same pitch, but are named differently according to their specific musical context. For example, the note C sharp can also be named D flat, the note G sharp can be A flat and the note C natural can actually be written as B sharp!!
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This video lesson looks at why this concept exists in music and when you are likely to come across enharmonic notes. It explains how their purpose is to actually make reading and understanding music simpler rather than more complex.
Examples are given from different scales - the note B flat/A sharp is named "B flat" in an F major scale, but "A sharp" in an F sharp major scale. Other examples of pieces showing the correct use of enharmonic equivalents are given.
The importance of enharmonic equivalents when modulating to a different key is explored through an extract from a Beethoven piano sonata where he modulates from C minor (containing E flats) into C sharp major (containing D sharps).

[@blackefeltsch7459]

So a scale has to use every note letter to otherwise there'd be two notes on the same line in the staff and that's what we are trying to avoid.

[@marinduque-theheartoftheph]

Clearly explained, good examples! ❤ Thank you 😅

[@czesiek09]

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