Are musical notes fractals? They appear to be a finite auditory set that repeat infinitely in pitch; however, physicists are still debating whether notes can be bent and chopped infinitely, or if there is a limit to the workings of sound waves. In concentrating on this problem, we miss a greater point that transcends the physics of particle displacement and so forth, and it is this: We’ve got all the same notes coming out of vastly different instruments—and everything is an instrument.
From clanging rocks to vocal cords to your Maytag blender, everything is capable of producing music or being used in music. Forms, then, are all carriers of the singular formless concept, music. How they express music differs in quality because shape does what its name says: it shapes. The shape of the form shapes the sound of music, even though the notes are the same for each instrument. Put another way, forms and sounds may be infinite in their variations, but the notes are absolute.
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This is a song about Truth. The self adds lyrics. According to Frank Zappa, lyrics ruin a song. And while a song about Truth may be ruined by crap lyrics, Truth’s song cannot be ruined by anything. It’s all the song. In Truth, those notes we’re arguing about are not notes. They are one frequency divided into notes.
Music is the action of Being. And this is its scale.
Music is the action of Being and this is its scale.
Frequencies are universes.
All things in the universes are playing one or more notes.
Conscious beings are playing with those notes to produce sounds imbued with meaning and/or feeling.
Sentient beings are doing the same and notice this.
They come to understand that all things in their universe are playing one or more notes.
They then discover that these notes are divisions within one frequency.
That frequency is the universe.
There are multiple frequencies.
Music is the action of Being and this is its scale.