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i found a german (federal republik of germany) text once that quoted a german text published in switzerland marking a word that was written with double-s instead of s-z-ligature (ß) with “[sic!]” as if the orthography of their neighbours was a mistake.

(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

most niche: studied ugaritic for 3 semesters. (not really a conversational skill but with the arabic and hebrew i know it made for a surprisingly nice “reading phoenician inscriptions at the museum”-day. see it is useful, father!)

cease your investigations.

i will not further discuss my bookshelf or any other interior item of mine without an attorney.

they do not provide proof. why should you? he could as well argue my bookshelf didn’t exist, since none of you have seen it yourself. but is this a discussion worth having?

also: the underlying idea, that modern tech could do better whatever a human has done without it, is just naïve. we do not build much rounded shapes in windows and stuff anymore bc our machines work best and most efficient for straight cuts if we want to make use of their power we have to build a certain way.

at this point, i might go for claves. no harmonics needed.

yup i’ve read about the math behind this. thing is i do not know what any of that refers to in reality. it seems totally arbitrary to me. yet i am supposed to hear a 5th. (note that i studied the most abstract shit for years. abstraction is not my enemy.) my plan is to expose myself to this using any instrument, that’s easy enough to learn, until i understand.

i tried guitar now for a few days. rn i doubt this is gonna work out. my ellbow and shoulder hurt and i still get no fingerposition that works (i.e. enough pressure, on only one string per finger).

keys are maybe the better choice since you can at least see the relations, and i dont have to wrap my arm around a stick but i doubt, that i will sit in front of a keyboard regularly after 8 hours of work …

idk i need to cry maybe.

don’t give them nazis more ideas plz. they already have [gereric rationalization for their shit].

i was just thinking about simple melodies, that people know, and remember. probably popcorn (yt link) isn’t in the canon of music schools?

i gotta say, reading music theory is hard for me bc i do genuinly not know what ‘a note’ is. rather than ‘a concept of music theory’. 440 hz is something of meaning to me but “a” is not and i don’t really get why 880 hz should be a again. (i know. its super ‘harmonical’ bc the intervalls fit perfectly. but phenomenologically, in terms of hearing, i do not get, why tradition considers these two different frequencies to be ‘the same note’.)

— in short i feel like i need to know the thing music theory refers to before that can start to make sense for me.

i consider taking lessons, so i guess they will push etudes on me? ;)

that’s encouraging :)

that’s a great idea, i’ll ask for a trial. :)

i guess once i found an instrument that i can play comfortably enough, i could practice before or after work. i’ll see where this goes.

ty for your insights in all of this. i really is that i started playing around with DAWs but i didn’t know ‘what to say’ through those. i hope to speak a little music myself to fix that. ;) i will have a look at tgat specific ukulele :))

yeah i played around with reason years ago, that’s around the time i started keys. you are right, that’s exactly my cup of tea. but i always felt i was lacking an intuition. as if i had only learned to write latin but never actually spoken conversationally. i guess that’s why i feel i need to actually do music with my body.

and generally the embarrassment of having to tell your teacher you didn’t practice gets you another half hour!

this is litterally how i learned classical greek. maybe thats the reason why i am more fluent in it than in some modern languages i touched.

ty! imight as well have a look and decide by what classes are available in my area.

i could grab my flatmates guitar. i am somehow intimidated by that thing. but yeah maybe …

just do it? true. you forgot to say popcorn tho. ;)

i’ll see what i can do. :)

thx a lot, for pointingout these ressources!

as for the why: i just realised that i really do view music as a kind of language, something that can be written down, realised acoustically and (with practice) be understood. that might be a big misconception. but my primary driver is to get a better understanding of what’s happening in music in general. just like speaking helps in learning a language, i thought, imitating music should help to learn music. that’s maybe why i don’t really care for the specific instrument … it’s rather instrumental.

i wouldn’t play with others, or for others. there’s not even a style i’d prefer, its just the basic understanding outside of a vague emotional reaction. i can’t tell the difference between a chord and a single note. in many cases not even what note is higher. and i feel like that’s failure? or at least a shame.

maybe i need some elementary school level lessons.