This was a fun post to read! I liked learning about God’s prank on musicians, a little bit about how pianos work and how tuning works. I particularly appreciated how Solenoid_Entity shared what it was like trying to hear the problems and what the fixes sounded like. I feel like I got a lot of detail about what the actual subtle problems in the audio waves were, whether or not they were perceptible to plebs like me.
I’m not sure if I agree about the importance of preserving high-quality tunings like this. I lean towards yes, but mainly because I expect a bunch of people would actually enjoy music slightly more in a world with better tunings. Not least, because it might make a difference to the production processes of music makers.
The comments were good on this one. I particularly liked the thread under Garrett’s comment, which made me think about the tradeoffs between the abundance of mass production and the often higher quality cap of artisanal work (though I think the absolute quality cap is normally higher for industrial production).
Curated.
This was a fun post to read! I liked learning about God’s prank on musicians, a little bit about how pianos work and how tuning works. I particularly appreciated how Solenoid_Entity shared what it was like trying to hear the problems and what the fixes sounded like. I feel like I got a lot of detail about what the actual subtle problems in the audio waves were, whether or not they were perceptible to plebs like me.
I’m not sure if I agree about the importance of preserving high-quality tunings like this. I lean towards yes, but mainly because I expect a bunch of people would actually enjoy music slightly more in a world with better tunings. Not least, because it might make a difference to the production processes of music makers.
The comments were good on this one. I particularly liked the thread under Garrett’s comment, which made me think about the tradeoffs between the abundance of mass production and the often higher quality cap of artisanal work (though I think the absolute quality cap is normally higher for industrial production).
For more on potential incommensurability of skills, see: What Money Cannot Buy.