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Or sheet music. It always amazed me that humans came up with any solution at all to "here's a piece of paper, tell me what your song sounds like" to say nothing
by noonespecial 9y ago
Or sheet music. It always amazed me that humans came up with any solution at all to "here's a piece of paper, tell me what your song sounds like" to say nothing of one that actually works to some degree.
I've always wondered how much classical music sounds the way it does because sheet music is the way it is.
- the_cat_kittles 9y agomy guess is that the sheet music has an enormous effect. because it can encode somethings very well, and other things poorly.
- oddlyaromatic 9y agoAn example of this is Chinese guqin tablature. It can be centuries old and includes a lot of detail on where to place fingers and how to strike the strings, which can give you hints about pitch and timbre when combined with knowing the tuning, strings, etc. But the tablature has almost nothing to say about the LENGTH of each note, so rhythm has to be inferred by the performer from what they know about the culture.
- ssttoo 9y agoLook up the documentary "thin red line" on YouTube