tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post6269412880058787378..comments2024-03-28T11:52:10.996+00:00Comments on the literate programmer: Falsehoods programmers believe about musicctfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05464902188219000642noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-89167282179466525372022-07-16T08:22:41.973+01:002022-07-16T08:22:41.973+01:00I am really really impressed with your writing ski...I am really really impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your blog.vbspu bsc 1st year result name wisehttps://www.timetableresults.com/vbspu-bsc-1st-year-result/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-59182862397954008892021-08-10T18:33:24.274+01:002021-08-10T18:33:24.274+01:00yeah - i'm definitely aware of double sharps/f...yeah - i'm definitely aware of double sharps/flats but in my mind that is still one accidental, as the above mentioned, hence my question :)ledhed2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/04287804923377709503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-5031380478592920822020-10-22T07:23:27.939+01:002020-10-22T07:23:27.939+01:00Music uses notes
Music has bars
Musical timbres do...Music uses notes<br />Music has bars<br />Musical timbres don't radically change during notes<br />Musical tempo doesn't radically change in structured ways<br />Music does not use multiple radically different static tempi at once<br />Music does not use multiple radically change tempi at once<br />Music does not use multiple radically different timbres at once<br />Music has notes whose pitches don't change <br />Music has meters that are limited to powers of two (i.e., 4/4, 8/4, et.c) rather than odd numbers (4/5), prime numbers (17/31), irrational numbers (3.772/4) or transcendental numbers (e in the time of pi)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994509912655287453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-11616671978071611772020-09-28T08:46:25.395+01:002020-09-28T08:46:25.395+01:00A metric marking is an objective way to know how f...A metric marking is an objective way to know how fast a piece should be played. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature#Irrational_metersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-4452341917620947412020-09-28T08:43:10.881+01:002020-09-28T08:43:10.881+01:00Nope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signatur...Nope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature#Irrational_metersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-23397882818016437722020-09-09T16:07:36.060+01:002020-09-09T16:07:36.060+01:00I think I could challenge the falseness of most of...I think I could challenge the falseness of most of the assumptions listed at the beginning of this thread.<br />onoko gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307643845481480769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-69292853013063020062019-09-28T22:01:42.168+01:002019-09-28T22:01:42.168+01:00"music is a document format, not a language&q..."music is a document format, not a language"lewdlemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265054404528065484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-43219581626851198492019-05-27T16:10:48.614+01:002019-05-27T16:10:48.614+01:00The 𝄫 accidental is still just one, not two.
I’v...The 𝄫 accidental is still just one, not two.<br /><br />I’ve seen historical use of ♮♭ to dissolve a previous 𝄫 in the same measure, but nowadays (and following Gould) you’d just write ♭.<br /><br />So, yes, for music following modern notation conventions, a sole note will have only one (possibly parenthesised) accidental, but faithful representation of old music may require more.<br /><br />And then there’s the differing semantics of accidentals (things like duration) or their positions (above/before)…Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15048835613585550070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-52140978171259134262019-05-10T14:43:11.430+01:002019-05-10T14:43:11.430+01:00Depends what you mean by "written down",...Depends what you mean by "written down", but it's actually impossible in Western notation to write down all the information about a piece of music. The rest we fill in from our knowledge of the style and period of the piece, the composer's other works and our own preferences. The score contains the critical core of it, but there's far more in there which isn't written down and simply can't be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-62792263137356217232019-03-08T19:26:19.224+00:002019-03-08T19:26:19.224+00:00I gave it a little more thought, and have to adjus...I gave it a little more thought, and have to adjust my argument a little, because the statement "Music can be written down" actually does mean "Some music can be written down".<br /><br />It's just like when someone says "I'm listening to music". They don't mean "I'm listening to all music"; they mean "I'm listening to some music." Music can be listened to, music can be written down.<br /><br />I suspect the author misunderstood the basic identities of predicate logic or misapplied them to that natural language statement. Informally, that some music can be written down means it is false that no music can be written down. Formally,<br /><br /> ∃m∈M:P(m) ⇔ ¬(∀m∈M:¬P(m))<br /><br />or there is an element m in set M such that P is true of m if and only if it is false that P is never true of m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-9387030049851966712019-03-08T15:57:53.251+00:002019-03-08T15:57:53.251+00:00"Music can be written down" means it is ..."Music can be written down" means it is possible to write music down. If that were false, then music could not be written down. It's not a "some can but some can't" statement.<br /><br />What you're thinking of is the statement "some music can be written down", but that's not what the author wrote.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-1376415062028365282019-03-08T15:56:19.684+00:002019-03-08T15:56:19.684+00:00"Music can be written down" means it is ..."Music can be written down" means it is possible to write music down. If that were false, then music could not be written down. It's not a "some can but some can't" statement.<br /><br />What you're thinking of is the statement "some music can be written down", but that's not what the author wrote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-4287896419359256292019-02-22T14:21:27.753+00:002019-02-22T14:21:27.753+00:00That is not at all what the author said. Claiming ...That is not at all what the author said. Claiming that "music can be written down" is a falsehood does not imply that NO music can be written down - it only means that it is possible that SOME music cannot be written down.axiomabsolutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431141938885599096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-62650767227125813732019-02-21T16:01:48.716+00:002019-02-21T16:01:48.716+00:00Suppose music cannot be written down. To write som...Suppose music cannot be written down. To write something down is to make a record of it. Scores of Beethoven's 9th symphony exist. Therefore Beethoven's 9th symphony is not music.<br /><br />So let's add "Beethoven's 9th symphony is music" to this list of falsehoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-48564304370741184552018-07-16T06:11:09.419+01:002018-07-16T06:11:09.419+01:00Chromatic notes in keys with sharps or flats may h...Chromatic notes in keys with sharps or flats may have double-sharps or double-flats. For example, the flat three in C is Eb but the flat three in Gb is Bbb. While Bbb may sound the same as A, it provides the opportunity to communicate a different meaning when notated differently. Also see notation of fully diminished 7th chords (C, Eb, Gb, Bbb). This isn't used across the board, though (i.e., not everyone takes the opportunity to use multiple accidentals as a communication devices). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-77782586943975678932018-01-19T19:11:37.931+00:002018-01-19T19:11:37.931+00:001 - There will be a time signature at all - see se...1 - There will be a time signature at all - see several solo pieces, often marked `ad libitum`<br />2 - There will be a key (signature) at all. IE atonal music as opposed to music in C/a.<br />3 - Notes at the beginning of a bar are played within that bar. IE grace notes for the first note of a bar are played prior to the bar.<br />4 - Notes that are the same key on a piano are the same frequency - in tonal music Bb, A#, and Cbb should all be tuned differently by instruments that don't have fixed pitch according to their harmonic role. For example in C Major Bb is likely part of a C Dominant 7 chord (V7/IV), meaning the Bb resolves to A and should be played flatter. In C Major A# could be part of a vii/vii chord, meaning it resolves up to B and should be played sharper.<br />5 - Similarly, the same note has the same frequency all the time. Counter example: in F, C will be flatter than in Db, where it is the leading tone and should be sharper as it (is likely) to resolve to Db.ledhed2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/04287804923377709503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-20132857319622316212018-01-19T19:07:47.230+00:002018-01-19T19:07:47.230+00:00Can you give an example of a note that has multipl...Can you give an example of a note that has multiple accidentals?ledhed2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/04287804923377709503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-79362165965751454812018-01-19T19:02:23.795+00:002018-01-19T19:02:23.795+00:001 - There will be a time signature at all - see se...1 - There will be a time signature at all - see several solo pieces, often marked `ad libitum`<br />2 - There will be a key (signature) at all. IE atonal music as opposed to music in C/a.<br />3 - Notes at the beginning of a bar are played within that bar. IE grace notes for the first note of a bar are played prior to the bar.<br />4 - Notes that are the same key on a piano are the same frequency - in tonal music Bb, A#, and Cbb should all be tuned differently by instruments that don't have fixed pitch according to their harmonic role. For example in C Major Bb is likely part of a C Dominant 7 chord (V7/IV), meaning the Bb resolves to A and should be played flatter.ledhed2222https://www.blogger.com/profile/04287804923377709503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-5966075355877954712017-09-08T20:47:58.544+01:002017-09-08T20:47:58.544+01:00A music piece ("composition") is a "...A music piece ("composition") is a "song".<br /><br />All songs are sung.<br /><br />Time signatures must be rational.<br /><br />Pianos have 88 keys.<br /><br />Keyboard instruments are tuned in equal temperament.Lorinhttp://therockjack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-64206562381843370122017-08-01T19:22:36.118+01:002017-08-01T19:22:36.118+01:00Some that are more about audio recording and playb...Some that are more about audio recording and playback than music per se:<br /><br />Tracks on an album can be numbered sequentially starting with 1. (A CD can have audio placed in an extended pregap before the normal start of track 1, requiring rewinding on some players and being inaccessible altogether by others.)<br /><br />A CD will have an entry on an online database. (Obscure discs get missed and something someone burnt themselves obviously won't be included.)<br /><br />100% is the highest the volume can go. (Setting it higher will distort loud sounds but can be useful to make quiet tracks more easily heard. VLC for example lets you take volume above 100%.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-37932281641213209682017-03-29T02:08:21.484+01:002017-03-29T02:08:21.484+01:00Examples of unusual time signatures:
https://en.wi...Examples of unusual time signatures:<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusual_time_signaturesMark Whybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555481401111118176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-8641238444322896432017-03-29T02:04:46.021+01:002017-03-29T02:04:46.021+01:00Making music always involves making sounds.
(4:22 ...Making music always involves making sounds.<br />(4:22 anyone?)Mark Whybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555481401111118176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-76693992050545818372017-02-15T20:13:32.477+00:002017-02-15T20:13:32.477+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mad Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845772522703289167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-6393757193307340732017-01-17T08:04:01.843+00:002017-01-17T08:04:01.843+00:00What's more, one can complete the acing much q...What's more, one can complete the acing much quicker than you could anticipate from conventional techniques. <a href="http://punjabimp3free.com/videos/jatt-yamla-sunanda-sharma-mp3-download/" rel="nofollow">http://punjabimp3free.com/videos/jatt-yamla-sunanda-sharma-mp3-download/</a>Marryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280876054880607665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648268364549955959.post-15271924999390006252017-01-12T14:50:41.996+00:002017-01-12T14:50:41.996+00:00I think the power-of-two denominator is notational...I think the power-of-two denominator is notational rather than a feature of the music itself. So it's possible it's tautologically always the case.ctfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05464902188219000642noreply@blogger.com