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Doesn't mention time signatures, purposely ignores key, but also doesn't represent note interval. How exactly does this facilitate search?
by abakker 9y ago
Doesn't mention time signatures, purposely ignores key, but also doesn't represent note interval. How exactly does this facilitate search?
- TylerE 9y agoExactly for those reasons. Most people can't pick out intervals by ear, but they can manage "higher" "lower" or "the same".
- dahart 9y agoThink of it like a hash; it's actually important to discard specifics in order to be robust to changes in key & tempo.
- midgetjones 9y agoTime signature and key are totally irrelevant to the task of identifcation. Interval could be important, but vastly complicates the matter - identifying intervals is hard enough for many competent musicians.
- croon 9y agoSomeone without rhythm and who's tone deaf could theoretically hum a song parsed through this notation and find the song they're thinking of. Sure there's a possibility to identify a completely different song, but the more notes given, the smaller the chance to coincidentally find two different songs with the exact same ups/downs/repeats.