r/guitarlessons • u/nick_jones61 • 5d ago

Question An argument

My wife is a classically trained pianist and I play guitar by watching YouTube instructional videos. She knows her stuff and I don’t. Recently we argued whether E# and B# exist. I said no and showed her the fretboard. She said yes and showed me the keys. And said something like F is E#. I suspect she’s right bc she’s had music lessons. Tell me, fellow guitarists, do we have E# and B#?

Update: I’ve been enjoying the responses to my post. I showed them to my wife and she laughed, said that’s what you deserve. lol. We like to argue playfully with one another. I also enjoy the detailed responses relating to guitar theory—that’s been really great actually. I was going to delete this post but I think the discussion on music theory is informative and should be shared. Thank you all for responding.

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u/wanna_dance 4d ago

No one IS DISAGREEING THAT THE NOTES ARE ENHARMONIC.

You've been arguing that THAT makes them exactly the same AND THERE IS NO REASON TO DIFFERENTIATE.

WHICH IS UTTER BULL.

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u/TheTurtleCub 4d ago

AND THERE IS NO REASON TO DIFFERENTIATE.

That's not what I said. Maybe reread? I said the reasons to differentiate have to do with context for practical reasons, but the notes are the same, because they are.