On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Gerald Guido <gerald.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well Ike, there are only 12 notes (words) in western music. Hell of a > language where almost all the meaning is in the timber, cadence and > inflection. > > Odd how something that is essentially a mathematical construct with a > vocabulary of 12 words can convey nearly an infinite shades of meaning.
The "words", however, modulated by pitch become something else and when combined into repeating and overlapping combinations...well...it can be pretty sublime. Heck, Western music is positively verbose compared to DNA. Consider the ammino acids, the base pairs, that make up RNA and DNA and then consider what can be made of those. Recombination and repetition can produce surprising beauty and complexity. Indeed, it is almost always the only thing that does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327631 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
