Thesis: the average 18 year old student in, say, York in AD 800 (the middle of the so-called "Dark Ages") had read more, knew more languages, was better trained in logic, could read more music, knew more mathematics and astronomy than the average student from a university today.
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People in AD 800 couldn't read music either, the notation hadn't been invented They had crude notations for relative pitch - which means if you can read a Guitar Hero note chart you are just as musically literate as someone from the 800s
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He's talking like it's a big deal to know the Pythagorean ratios that define the harmonies In practical, laymen's terms this is just being able to recognize a chord Which is also far, far more common now than it has been at any previous time in history
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I'd say that depends fully on the complexity of the sheet music compared to the complexity of the instrument in question. But that's just not picking
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