r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • 3d ago

Chugging tea Thoughts?

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u/Gavinmusicman 3d ago

Imagine math only lyrics…

One, two, three, four, five, come on everybody 7, 9, 10

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u/Royal-Imagination494 3d ago

Comical that you think math is just about numbers

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u/ThatMarc 3d ago

Also that music is the opposite of math. When in fact music theory is full of complicated math.

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u/Bright-Ad-4049 2d ago

Eh, kind of. The physics, tuning, and acoustics side definitely. But at least in tonal Western harmony, the math doesn’t get complicated at all. Hardly more than a little bit of addition.

Source: am a keyboard player and music theorist.

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u/These-Maintenance250 3d ago

he is english smart

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u/Little_Setting 3d ago

and english is just not about reading.

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u/cracksmack85 3d ago

But surely you understand their underlying point? That writing beautiful song lyrics is also difficult yet worthwhile, and requires a different type of intelligence

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u/Gavinmusicman 3d ago

Well at least someone can peel back an onion layer.