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08 Sep 05 - 07:58 AM (#1558944) Subject: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: The Fooles Troupe Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and the musician's uncertainty principle. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle follows from a classical result, which is at least as old as Fourier. We prefer to introduce it as the Musician's Uncertainty Principle. This page explains the classical result and uses sound files to demonstrate it. It then shows how the Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle follows directly from the classical observation. See the rest at at |
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08 Sep 05 - 08:47 AM (#1558979) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: RobbieWilson One of my favourite jokes, but it generally only works with people who no a bit about nuclear physics: Q: What is Heisenberg famous for? A: i'm not certain. |
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08 Sep 05 - 08:59 AM (#1558988) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: GUEST,leeneia Interesting. Thanks for posting, f-troupe. I don't think that I listen for beats when I tune. I listen to the pitch (is it high or low?) I've discovered that when a string is a tiny bit high or low (sharp or flat) I can't tell what's wrong by listening. But if I hit the first string and sing its pitch, then hit the second and sing its pitch, then the muscles in my throat tell me whether the second one is sharp or flat. But mostly I rely on a "black body" (electronic tuner) to do it for me. Once the instrument is tuned, my cat, Schroedinger, comes and listens. |
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08 Sep 05 - 09:07 AM (#1558992) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: Dave Hanson Very interseting but what's the point of it all? eric |
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08 Sep 05 - 10:02 AM (#1559031) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: Gedpipes I'm not sure Eric :-) |
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08 Sep 05 - 10:05 AM (#1559035) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: Peace HUP--ya can know where someting is or how fast it's going, but ya can't know both at the same time (because the process of measuring interferes with one or other of the measurements). |
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08 Sep 05 - 03:10 PM (#1559214) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie To Peace-- Absolutely. I can know where the pitch of a banjo string is, but not how fast it's going [flat]. Conversely, I can know how fast a banjo string is going flat, but in that case I won't know its pitch. To Eric-- What's the point? I understand that Gertrude Stein's last words were, "What is the answer? What was the question?" To Leeneia-- Glad to have the old question as to whether the cat is still alive or not answered--and even better, in the affirmative. Chicken Charlie |
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08 Sep 05 - 03:48 PM (#1559245) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: Gedpipes You've missed me out Charlie - -or are you thinking about it :-)) |
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08 Sep 05 - 05:37 PM (#1559302) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: Crane Driver The Musician's Uncertainty Principle is that you can either remember the words or the tune - but not both. Andrew |
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08 Sep 05 - 05:45 PM (#1559310) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: mississippitom music and the string theory.in the words of a 70's groupie Right on Man!Right On! There is no doubt in my mind that music rules the universe :-)) |
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08 Sep 05 - 07:29 PM (#1559385) Subject: RE: The Musician's Uncertainty Principle From: The Fooles Troupe Chicken Charlie the Fundamental Question: is this seat comfortable enough? |