starting at B:

One advantage of this system is that it equally treats all notes which are enharmonically equivalent to each other (B, C and D are all 0) according to their diatonic functionality.

Disadvantages

There are a few disadvantages with integer notation. First, theorists have traditionally used the same integers to indicate elements of different tuning systems. Thus, the numbers 0, 1, 2, ... 5, are used to notate pitch classes in 6-tone equal temperament. This

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