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That's a bit like complaining that there are six different kinds of chess pieces and you have to memorize how each moves. The truth is, if you have trouble remembering how a knight moves, you can't be that good at Chess anyway.

Remembering twelve different ways of playing a scale is a vastly small part of learning how to play a piano.

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> if you have trouble remembering how a knight moves, you can't be that good at Chess anyway.

Non sequitur.

It’s also still a valid question. I play the scales really well on the guitar. And because the frets are all laid out straight, shifting up by one fret means I’m just playing my chords and scales sharp. It makes transposing music incredibly easy.

I still don’t understand why the piano can’t be laid out like that.

Guitar still has the problem of last 2 strings being shifted 1 semitone down for ergonomics reasons, which makes them irregular. But yeah, it's better than piano keyboard.

Criticizing chess for lacking elegance compared to for example go is very valid (and a good analogy here).

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