It's easy to believe good music is more geometrically regular, or mathematically elegant, than it actually is
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
Good music often tricks the ear to preserve the perception of a pattern, when it'd sound bad if the pattern were actually stuck to
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
Every theme transition an apology, every layering of elements an obfuscation
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
Hmm I get what you're saying in the rest of this thread, but what did you exactly mean with this particular Tweet?
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Replying to @StartlinglyOkay
casting doubt on the "intellectual honesty" of music creation. (I still think making music is Good)
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or, making good music is more about persuasiveness than convincingness
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
What's the distinction between persuasiveness and convincingness in the context of music discussion though, if I may ask?
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Replying to @StartlinglyOkay
in this context, convincingness is the degree to which a musical pattern "speaks for itself"
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persuasiveness is the degree to which the listener *perceives* a structure in the music, regardless of convincingness
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Replying to @BagelDaughter
Ah I believe I get it now. Thought I'd ask as in other contexts they're often used interchangeably. Thank you for your time!
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