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I have recently discovered something by accident I was looking for intentionally for quite some time. It was an already existing, fully fleshed-out numerical notation system. There it is right on wiki....
View ArticleThinking about Intervals
Integer Notation doesn’t reinvent music theory, it just gives a different way to describe the notes. I’ve been thinking lately about how it might clash with other systems using numbers, like the...
View ArticleExtended Intervals
Remember this? Don’t worry about it. Y’know, people kinda take the 7 note diatonic scale for granted. This is why it might be confusing when you name the notes chromatically, as we (um, just me so far...
View ArticleAgainst Reaction
Occurred to me that most people are not aware how pervasive equal temperament is. Just want to make it clear that this is not part of some kind of reactionary movement is favor of the most conventional...
View ArticleFixed Interval Notation: Limits of Use
Hm, sounds legal. Not really, but it’s occurring to me now I’m making a system that’s more for analyzing than composing. Having some latitude with changing what frequency the note “A” is, for example,...
View ArticleFixed Interval Notation: Why…are you? Doing this! To me!?
Look, you came here, alright. This whole thing could be meaningless. I mean everything. But let’s not worry about that. What is just this thing about? Let’s think about Jimi Hendrix again. Most people...
View ArticleFixed Integer Notation: It Looks Real Bad When the Title Is Too Long
See, NOW it’s gone too far. Here we have an example where we’re no longer talking about the thing we’re talking about, but the delivery system of the idea. Can we fix the aesthetics of the delivery...
View ArticleGamelan & Sonic Youth
In many ancient traditions and contemporary settings, music is not written out for the performance. It’s worked out among the musicians, maybe by a lead composer type all at once, or by the group over...
View ArticleHow many keys are there?
Here’s a clip of Victor Wooten explaining a very basic concept of music theory that is not always explained so simply. The answer you get is easy once you know, but it’s not the intuitive answer. Even...
View ArticleHow many notes are there?
Here’s another video by someone else. Maybe I should make videos at some point. Sorry if I keep going over the same material but no one really seems to be paying attention, I’m just ironing out the...
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