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A02. Minimal Information Content
Read more: A02. Minimal Information ContentThere is not a whole lot to say about this chromatic scale. – There are 12 steps (of theoretically, but not practically, equal distance) – After 12 steps the scale repeats, with every step doubling in frequency (this is called an octave) Alternatively, this could also just be expressed as a string of consecutive numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (octave 1) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (octave 2)…
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A01. The Chromatic Substrate
Read more: A01. The Chromatic SubstrateWe are using the 12 note chromatic scale as the basic substrate for our exploration of music theory and its possible parallels with the fabric of reality. Above the twelve steps with sound frequencies above each step (or “station”). The Chromatic Scale normally used in modern Western music has a pretty clear definition. “Our” chromatic scale has 12 pitches of increasing frequency. For now we call these pitches 1, 2, 3,…..12. After step 12 the scale repeats, but every pitch/note will have a…
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Rounding Errors
Read more: Rounding ErrorsFor as long as I can remember one of my most favorite pastimes has been thinking about god, the universe and everything. Half of the books I read deal with this subject one way or another (the other half is Science Fiction, which often deals with the very same topics). In the past few years there has been a quickening of ideas on various subjects. Probably helped along by the fact that we have a little dog in the house since 2014, who…
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Semantics and the lowest common denominator
Read more: Semantics and the lowest common denominatorThis is how huge pyramids of fringe theories are built on hot air.
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Who controls the 8th string?
Read more: Who controls the 8th string?A few years ago I started playing seven string guitar. It’s only an added B string below the low E. And while I am practicing quite a bit, composed several pieces for seven string classical guitar and adapted J. S. Bach’s 15 Two Part Inventions and all of the Well Tempered Clavier for the instrument, only now do I start feeling somewhat comfortable. Sure, there is the issue of smaller string spacing on my seven string electrics. Then there is my habit of…
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The Cooking/Composing Analogy
Read more: The Cooking/Composing AnalogyThis is one of the many things which I only discovered a little later in my life. Over the past few weeks I have been reading through a book called “Cooking for Geeks” by Jeff Potter. Amongst many cool recipes and cooking related interviews it contains tons of scientific information about what is happening during food preparation. If you asked me today when did I start to cook, I would tell you that I always loved preparing my own food. That is of…
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The medium makes the message
Read more: The medium makes the messageIf you read many of the posts on this blog you’ll notice that I have been a musician for most of the past 30 years or so. Specifically, a “Jazz Guitarist”. Many knowledgeable folks have tried to classify what “jazz” is or what qualifies a certain piece of music as “jazz”. I admit that I actually don’t know or care – I just like to improvise. And not in the sense of playing a ’solo’ but making up music alone or together with…
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Floyd – a strange detour
Read more: Floyd – a strange detourHow could I ever try to become a jazz guitar player? I tried, hard, for quite a while. But, unnoticed by me, at first, and in the last few years becoming more and more obvious, I drifted away from what I thought I had wanted to be. People blame the strangest reasons for picking up an instrument. Over all, my reasons weren’t all that weird. I never had any inclination that I wanted to play guitar or become actively involved in making music…
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Rebooting Reality, part 1
Read more: Rebooting Reality, part 1I have often wondered what would happen if we could start over with something. For example language. Let’s say we wind back time to the beginning of the development of language – assuming, for the moment, there is such a thing as a starting point. If we let it run again from that moment how would it develop? Would it develop pretty much along the same lines? Totally different? Now, take something like Mathematics. Push the RESET button. Do we expect the exact…
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Improvising with LEGOs
Read more: Improvising with LEGOsMy wife actually got me a set of LEGO Mindstorms for my birthday. I am done buying guitars. For those who don’t know what Mindstorms are: These are LEGO Technic (not the blocks but the parts that let you build all sorts of vehicles, airplanes, cranes, robots – probably guitars if you push it). The set comes with a few motors, sensors and a small computer which holds programs that control whatever robot – or thing – you build. Here’s the musical analogy…
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