Note in an octave

[Michael Jorgensen]

A440A@AOL.COM wrote:

Ah, yes,

>  But the customer quizzically looks at me and says, "So the distance from G
> to A is the same as from E to F?"

True, in the Five and Seven Temperament, which is a form of equal temperament,
where the white keys are equally spaced and so are the black keys.


>
> What is the easy way to get this nomenclature explained to the non musically
> educated?

Chopstiks don't work startin on just any two white keys, gottta pick the right
ones cause they aint evenly spaced.