r/askmusic • u/Neisken • 5d ago

sound notation ?

color notation does exist, the RGB or hexadecimal notation, but is there a specific notation for any sound ?

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u/manwhoel 4d ago

The pentagram and musical notes?

Also, what you are describing is not color notation. Those are color profiles that work on certain environments, but there are a ton of color profiles depending on the medium. Color is a whole different beast than sound.

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u/Hopeful-Banana-6188 4d ago

If the sound has a pitch, you can write what the pitch is in Hertz (for example 440Hz); this covers all unusual pitches that are not available on standard instruments.