Memes in the Watson category “/art and entertainment/music/music reference/sheet music”

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With Obtuse Spelling Rules, Pronunciation Becomes Reliant on Oral Tradition

Since our current orthografy bears no real relation to the present pronunciation, but is at best an imperfect attempt to represent that of the Elizabethan period, English pronunciation has become almost entirely a matter of oral tradition as unsafe a gide in regard to correctness in speech as it is in regard to…

Mar 13, 2015 1 1

pronunciation
speech
spelling

The Rigidity of Digital

Before MIDI, a musical note was a bottomless idea that transcended absolute definition. It was a way for a musician to think, or a way to teach and document music. It was a mental tool distinguishable from the music itself. Different people could make transcriptions of the same musical recording, for instance, and…

Jan 3, 2012 1

analog
digital
music