Re: [microsound] 4 vs 3

[Ian Andrews <i.andrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>In the middle ages, number 3 signified perfection, a full circle.  in
>musical notation it was represented by a full circle as well.  4 beats to
>a measure were represented by an incomplete circle (hence 'C' in the
>modern notation).
>
not to mention the Christian Trinity, Hegel's (and Marx's) dialectic, the
Oedipal triangle (daddy,mommy, me), etc....

>Joshua Schrei <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> yeah, those are just verbal expressions though... 4 seasons, 4 directions, 4
>> phases of the moon, 4 weeks in  a lunar cycle... these are actual ways in
>> which we quantize the world around us and divide it up. more specifically,
>> these are ways in which we divide up circular phenomena... the calendar,
>> (which is based on a circular cycle is divided into four seasons, the
>> compass, based on 360 degrees is divided into four directions, the clock...
>> We don't talk about a third of an hour or a tenth of an hour... we divide an
>> hour into quarters and halves. just like we divide music into quarters and
>> halves. we don't cut a pie into three pieces or ten pieces. why? because
>> fours are the easiest way to divide up a circle. so if you think of a beat
>> as circular instead of linear, then fours become the easiest way to divide
>> it up too.
>
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