and not the actual direct study of how making those things actually works and happens, which most absolutely positively and all-encompassingly seems like the wrong approach to take when trying to be musiciany. but, um, i'm conflicted, for i think obvious reasons. do i need to crush san francisco with a giant ball of mercury and iron or is there another out here?
i think you should start using numbers instead of letters, so they always represent the same thing relative to the song. this is probably a better representation of how the music actually goes, and sounds. And most musicians do understand it, so you can communicate that way too. i believe the entire city of nashville was built on numbers, if i recall