Re: How to _Spell_ Chromatic Scales -- Part 2

Roger E. Blumberg wrote:

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Roger E. Blumberg wrote:


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Roger E. Blumberg wrote:



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In case you hadn't "heard", music is an "aural" art.


You're very right. But notation isn't music.

Roger



That's like saying these words aren't language.


they aren't, pre say. They're symbols used to represent spoken language,
sound.

The written word *is* a symbol, but not primarily of the spoken
language, it's a symbol of a concept, an idea, or a thing.

Try to read this without _hearing_ the words, their sounds, spoken in

your head.

I couldn't do it, but someone who was deaf from birth might be able to.


One could debate it, that written language _is_ language, i.e. allowing
multiple definitions of what constitutes language.

The written word and the spoken word are both ways of conveying ideas,
concepts. That is the very definition, i. e., essential nature of,
language. You could argue that the concepts and ideas are not langauge,
but the words which refer to the concepts and ideas are exactly what
language is.

Nevertheless, the closer

analogy would be to ask; is music notation a language.

Music notation is to music what the written word is to ideas and
concepts. Each in its way, conveys the necessary information to those
who understand their respective languages.

Even if you answer

yes, that doesn't mean that notation _is_ music, no more that a

photograph

of you _is_ you. It's a representation of you, and a very hollow one at
that.

Even spoken language itself is hollow, representational, a pale

substitute for the real thing. The word "love", spoken or written, is

not

love. The word "puppy", is not a puppy. That's what I'm getting at.

And the *word* "table" is a reference to the table itself, it is not a
substitute for the table. Nor is it intended to be a substitute. Again,
that's what language is. Language represents, and conveys. It
essentially allows one person to communicate with another. In other
words, to say that "The word 'puppy' is not a puppy" is accurate, but so
what? The word puppy makes me think of the cute little fuzzy thing,
doesn't it?




Music notation is to music what the language phrase "making love" is to
making love.

Ok, look at what you just wrote. So, "making love" is a "language phrase". ...but when I wrote:

>>>>That's like saying these words aren't language.

You responded:

>>>they aren't,

Hmmm.

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