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"This has got to be some of the worst jargon and notation for anything, ever." Ummm, do you math? ;) My point of view of music theory is: sound is objective.
by throw7 5y ago
"This has got to be some of the worst jargon and notation for anything, ever."
Ummm, do you math? ;)
My point of view of music theory is: sound is objective. music is subjective. where the two meet is music theory.
- H8crilA 5y agoYeah, no, modern math notation is a lot cleaner than musical notation, and completely free of historic conventions. Pretty much the only thing "forced" into it by human preference is the standard of using base-10 numbers. Prove me wrong please :)
- KineticLensman 5y ago> and completely free of historic conventions > Prove me wrong please :) Some of the notation goes back centuries [0]. Our current representation of calculus reflects a convention that was hammered out following significant disputes in the early 18th Century. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation#Early_arithmetic_and_multiplication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notati...