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Music

Music, harmony, and the study of structured time.

A study of sound, structure, interpretation, and embodied timing. Piano, bass, harmony, transcription, phrasing — and the difference between playing notes and hearing form.

  • music
  • piano
  • bass
  • harmony
  • rhythm
  • transcription
  • phrasing
  • listening

Notes

Music log

The Wrong Level of Abstraction

Playing *Love on Top* revealed a chord progression that looked foreign until I stopped analyzing chords and started following voice movement. A reminder that many complex systems appear irrational only because we are observing them at the wrong level of abstraction.

Music study

Autumn Leaves

A study of Autumn Leaves — its ii–V–I movements, the harmonic relationship between G major and E minor, and why B7 creates such a strong resolution.