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by mb7733 259 days ago
Interesting! On the guitar when alternate tunings are used, the pitches are written as they sound.

I wonder if maybe the difference is due to the fact that alternate fingerings are very common for guitar (because of having more strings spaced closer together). So notating pitches assuming a specific fingering doesn't make sense.

Plus I don't think the mapping from the staff to muscle memory for guitar is nearly as strong because we have frets.