I was going through photos from a few months back. Thought this one was interesting. Along with some others.
Lots to say again. But not now. I can feel it bubbling up again though.
For now its just music. The sonic language. Look:
Notes/Chords = Letters/Words (There is an asymmetrical relationship going on here, as notes can be words just as well as chords, and the structural aspect of the two types of languages makes it difficult to compare side to side, but anyway)
Intervals/Licks/Riffs = Simple Sentences/Complex Sentences
Songs = Paragraphs(?)
Albums = Novels(?)/Short Stories(?)
Styles = Dialects/Speaking styles/Prose styles
Solos/Jams = Orgasms(?)
I mean, there's a greater complexity going on here that may take years of analysis to bring out those deeper subtleties. But in the end it can be seen that there is a common form to certain means of communication. There is a universal code of syntax that brings forth semantics and etc etc and these different languages are very different from each other in a way and speak of different things that have their own separate benefits.
It is hard to speak of the musical language. Musical theory tries to do this, but in the end the best way to understand how a language works is to be in it, thus to play and understand within the framework. So far this is the idea. It seems silly now to even be talking about this. But I suppose it is a stimulating contemplation. And it may be somewhat possible to philosophize about the musical language in an abstract way, and maybe further the understanding of the language via bootstrapping.
What the fuck am I talking about.
I have goddamn final studying to be doing.
This so beats final studying. But still. Goddammit. I hate studying.
End.
