Re: [Harp-L] Re: Another way to look at music strange as it might seem

["Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What about the theory that the majority are nothing but a bunch of lemming who assume the other person know what they are doing? 99.4% of us are doomed to crapdom

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>From: Eric Neumann [mailto:eneumann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 06:54 AM
>To: 'Tim Moyer', harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
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>If we accept the theory that majority rules, I say that we can turn the
>tables and see that .6% of all the possibilities are in fact - crap. Now
>that's more like it in my opinion.
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>Conversely yours...
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>"Chris Michalek" <chris@...> wrote:
>> geometry goes out the window when it comes to harp. There are 
>> 144 possible ways to play a simple tune on the diatonic harmonica
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>Garry Hodgson wrote:
>> true, but 99.4% of them are crap, leaving only 1.43 good ways.
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>Hmm, I get 144 * .006 (.6%) = 0.864 which is less than one good way. 
>Unless, of course, you consider alternate tunings, which raises the 
>number of possible ways to play the tune in the first place, and 
>therefore, the statistical possibility of finding a non-crappy way. 
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>-tim
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>Tim Moyer
>Working Man's Harps
>http://www.workingmansharps.com/
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