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tshaddox ◴[03 Sep 25 15:18 UTC] No.45116829[source]▶

> Thelonious Monk once said “All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians“.

I haven’t heard that one. I think I prefer this one, attributed to Leibniz:

“Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”

1. kzrdude ◴[05 Sep 25 15:26 UTC] No.45139668[source]▶

All these math quips are way overdone, there's not much use in trying to put mathematics into everyday music IMO.

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