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Originally Posted by NormanKliman
But there’s nothing visual about music
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Sure. I only meant that I visualise time in that way - like a clock face turned into a straight line (and infinite length). I see musical time as a series of regular steps, and then see how all the beat divisions fall into it.
I mean, I feel it first, as sounds in time, but if I have to conceptualise it in any other way (and I don't often), then it's like a ruler. To me, that's far more intuitive than counting using words.
I do agree with konnakol syllables though - that avoids the superfluous meanings of words like "one", "and", or "triplet" (which involve the wrong part of the brain), in order to concentrate purely on rhythmic sounds.
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Originally Posted by NormanKliman
, except for scores, and the idea here is to help interpret written music. Of course nobody labels a ruler, but you’d use it to make pencil marks on a board you’re going to cut or whatever, wouldn’t you? I don’t care much for analogies, because there’s no quicker way to sidetrack a discussion. That said, I do think a ruler is a useful and interesting analogy with regard to time values.
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Yes, that's all I meant!
