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kydo

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31. Math. Music is math
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 10:00 AM
Oct 2017

As a musician I would love to say its music. But that is just a half truth. Music is math. The sound you hear are waves. Like the tuning note, "A". A440 or A4 (also known as the Stuttgart pitch), has a frequency of 440 Hz, is the musical note of A above middle C and serves as a general tuning standard for musical pitch.

So there is the pitch. The the duration of the notes. The speed of the piece. Is it 130, 90, or really fast at 176. And of course the time signature which tells one how many beats per measure and the note that gets the beat. 4/4, 3/4, 9/6.

In a way math is the written part of the language and music is the audio.

So my answer is math.

So my question. I have been outside digging and so no news yet. But your question makes me wonder, did orange dotard claim to speak the universal language of the universe when he was talking to the President's of Guam, PR and VI? Or did he try to use that as an excuse for his sexual assaults tendencies?

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Universal Language of the Universe?? [View all] Angry Dragon Oct 2017 OP
Greed jmowreader Oct 2017 #1
No, that's the physicists, looking for additional funding based upon their latest kooky theories. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #5
Kooky theories? Care to give examples? DetlefK Oct 2017 #6
Hey I can't understand much of modern physics either. Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #10
Well gee, let's see... how bout the one that says there IS no single "Universe"... InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #36
Sarcasm? -nt Bradical79 Oct 2017 #34
Binary. n/t Decoy of Fenris Oct 2017 #2
I do not understand what you wrote Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #7
01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00001101 00001010 nt Codeine Oct 2017 #11
If you have a question, just ascii. DetlefK Oct 2017 #22
There are 10 types of people in thw world. Thor_MN Oct 2017 #25
"Binary--it's as easy as 1-10-11!" lastlib Oct 2017 #18
Math. It's written into everything at every scale. Kentonio Oct 2017 #3
Universes can't talk... they do make a lot of noise though, if you know how to listen for it. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #4
I never mentioned universes talking Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #8
Sorry, since you used the word "language," I inferred communication ("talking" in a general sense). InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #33
thank you .........all thoughts are appreciated Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #37
Thank you... not everyone thinks the way you do. So many here take differing views InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #43
we would actually have to find other communicating entities to figure that out. Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #9
Music nuxvomica Oct 2017 #12
English if rethugs get their way Takket Oct 2017 #13
It's apparent that many here don't watch tv or movies. Kaleva Oct 2017 #42
All + other? :) Hortensis Oct 2017 #14
Math -- see rogerashton Oct 2017 #15
Vogon poetry? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2017 #16
Awesome. It can be dangerous. I understand some people have died tymorial Oct 2017 #19
In those cases a Babel fish could be deadly. longship Oct 2017 #20
Indeed. Make sure you drink lots of beer tymorial Oct 2017 #21
Don't forget peanuts and a towel. DetlefK Oct 2017 #23
Emojis Orrex Oct 2017 #17
Calculus zipplewrath Oct 2017 #24
Waves C_U_L8R Oct 2017 #26
None. Loki Liesmith Oct 2017 #27
Graphics. People speak first with pictures. nt Blue_true Oct 2017 #28
Pig Latin. nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #29
Dark energy bronxiteforever Oct 2017 #30
Math. Music is math kydo Oct 2017 #31
No one understands the Trump Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #40
Kind of makes you wonder how that chat orange dotard had with the President of the US VI went kydo Oct 2017 #44
Math & Music have a relationship. Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #32
Math/physics Bradical79 Oct 2017 #35
English Kaleva Oct 2017 #38
Math LittleBlue Oct 2017 #39
Math seems to be winning Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #41
It most definitely is math... Locut0s Oct 2017 #45
Way above my pay scale Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #46
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