mardi 28 octobre 2014

Is Music Finite?

There are only a finite number of notes reasonably distinguishable by the human ear.



Therefore, the set of all possible note combinations (of reasonable length) is finite.



Therefore, the set of all possible unique or original melodies is finite.



Such a set is further reduced if each song needs to be sufficiently distinguishable from all others (where “sufficiently distinguishable” might mean, “could not be successfully sued for plagiarism”).



Therefore, the day could come when all possible songs (as we now think of them) will have been written.



True or false?





(Full disclosure: I did not originate this argument, but have never seen it debated anywhere.)





via International Skeptics Forum http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=284776&goto=newpost

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