Repetition Makes Music Beautiful [video]

Post by michrassena » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 12:33 AM UTC

solipsism wrote: post #27

michrassena wrote: post #18

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Ironic in light of your username, but what the comment you're responding to is talking about is the experience of reality rather than reality itself. In the context of learning, and of survival, it's counterproductive for the brain to spend time and energy on outliers instead of what is consistent. The brain has a lot of innate capabilities at birth, but whatever reality the person experiences shapes them, whether it…

Sorry, but this is such a vague and imprecise load of mumbo jumbo that it's easy to think up examples that seem to validate it. It's just as easy to come up with examples that invalidate it. For example, as part of our survival drive the brain is constantly looking for things that stand out -- things that look wrong, not like the norm -- as early warning signs that danger is near. In that sense, "outliers are noise a…

"things that look wrong, not like the norm"

What do you base your ideas of what is normal and what is not on?

Post by michrassena » Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 1:02 AM UTC

ozzmotik wrote: post #24

michrassena wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironic in light of your username, but what the comment you're responding to is talking about is the experience of reality rather than reality itself. In the context of learning, and of survival, it's counterproductive for the brain to spend time and energy on outliers instead of what is consistent. The brain has a lot of innate capabilities at birth, but whatever reality the person experiences shapes them, whether it…

yes this is precisely what I was talking about. I suppose that I could have been more clear or precise with how I worded my comment but i felt like it was clear enough that I wasn't necessarily talking about objective reality but rather the personal experience of reality. thank you for chiming in and clarifying for me, and thank you for making an attempt to understand what I was trying to say rather than taking every…

I had a mild eureka moment when I read your initial comment. In a way it is obvious, how could things work otherwise? But linking reality (as a function of experience) and music is an interesting concept, and one I think has been explored quite a bit, but I've not seen anything to do with repetition being the binding concept.

I've recently become more interested in music which is probably why this resonated with me. A lot of the conventions of music, repetition included, I consider necessary evils. Like any creative endeavor, there is no correct music, but I see how it could be fruitful to explore this further.

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