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Different frequencies, different arrangement of tones and melodies, production and tonal qualities of the recording, and all manner of composition variations have different effects.

It might be crass way to say it, but it's a real worthwhile line of inquiry.

Don't think you can smack any beat on someone's head and it will cure cancer. It's not all equal.

Broad strokes here... if you look at another vibrational medium for parallels: the colour red can indicate something about the chemical contents of a material, and thus the effects it may have. A soft black carrot may not have the same beneficial qualities as a crisp red, purple, or white carrot...


What I’m hearing is “it’s different music.” Why does this justify a reduction to “sounds with a beat”?


In this case, I see multiple parties resorting to pedantry over a legitimate point of discussion, reducing to mud slinging over semantics. The point stands.


What’s the point that stands? How do you justify the initial framing of “sounds over a beat”


The distinction is simple: music, as examined already during the times of Pythagoreans, invokes a soothing feeling of harmony, peace and belonging, while the mentioned "sounds with beat" (a non-technical term in this case) invoke body reactions like dizziness and anxiety. Check for yourself at a nearest shopping mall vs a concert hall.


I was pretty clear in what I said about music. I wasn't the one who made that remark, so I don't have anything to justify except my own statements.


Some of the most prestigious and dangerous figures in indigenous Brythonic and Irish cultures were the poets and bards. It wasn't just figurative, their words would guide political action, battles, and depending on your cosmology, even greater cycles.

What's old is new again.


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Hi all. My partner has been a fan of simplistic games like crossword puzzles, Wordle, and the similar offerings by the New York Times. We play together pretty frequently. I am getting older, ever weirder, and still more in love with music as time goes on, so I thought I would try combining the two things.

I started writing this as an iOS app, but moved to develop a version for the web. If you land on this post, I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.


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