You can also apply the same ideas to design. Oftentimes you can make a crappy design look decent by just aligning things to a grid or to each other. The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams is a good intro to the whole idea.
Rhythm for beginners
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Re: Rhythm for beginners
#12Part I really caught my attention when it was posted a week or so ago. I've never really learned about music but it seems like a lot of programmers really like composing music. (Actually, L. Peter Deutsch famously left programming in favor of composing.) I can't speak of it's quality yet, but the original post lead me to stumble upon: http://www.musimathics.com/
> Actually, L. Peter Deutsch famously left programming in favor of composing.
That's interesting, because I'm actually "leaving" composing in favor of programming.
I've never heard of L. Peter Deutsch but will look him up.
Thanks!
Re: Rhythm for beginners
#13Part I really caught my attention when it was posted a week or so ago. I've never really learned about music but it seems like a lot of programmers really like composing music. (Actually, L. Peter Deutsch famously left programming in favor of composing.) I can't speak of it's quality yet, but the original post lead me to stumble upon: http://www.musimathics.com/
I think it's because programming and music theory are actually very similar. Both involve manipulating a set of rules creatively to make something that is satisfactory to yourself, while following conventions set by professionals that came way before you. It's really very similar.
Western music theory and programming are similar in that both are systematic concepts and can use numbers or "functions" to express them. The thing is, that description fits many things (even painting, drawing, photography, etc.), so it makes the relationship between programming and music less unique and less noteworthy.