A brief single-speaker explanation defining enharmonic notes: pitches that are identical in sound but spelled differently (example: C# and D♭). The speaker uses an analogy to American vs British spelling of the word "color" to illustrate the concept.
Here's a question I got asked the other day by one of my students. What are enharmonic notes? Well, enharmonics are exactly the same note but spelled differently. For example, C sharp and D flat are exactly the same pitch, just spelt differently. You can think of enharmonics just like how people spell the word color. Americans spell the word color C O, L O r, and the English spell the word color C o l O, U r. They're exactly the same word with exactly the same meaning. The only difference is that they're spelled differently, just like C sharp and D flat or any other enharmonic note in music.
Hall & Oates: "just play the bassline as written..." / Me: "I can't go for that" 😏 #jazmoss #bass
