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@atomicpoet<\/a> It is not that I dislike the beauty of Western music, such as harmonic equivalence or the equal treatment of each voice in counterpoint; rather, I respect it.

For example, Palestrina's compositions are the ultimate model for me.

However, the \"order\" of simplicity that functional harmony and tonality aim for is different from my aesthetic, which aims to embrace chaos exactly as it is, and my view of life and death, where \"eventually everything returns to Mother Earth.\"<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712855","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712857","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12712855"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:46:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by kotaro","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116707003452765141\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-original-tmp20241214060211.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":960,"height":960},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-48-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-24-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"15609"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","note":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father."}},"content":"Look what I found for $2 at a thrift store!

No one cares about classical vinyl, especially old vinyl\u2014never mind something as obscure as this.

But it features both New York Pro Musica Antiqua and W.H Auden, and I\u2019m such a sucker for this kind of antiquarian weirdness.

I suspect whoever bought this previously acquired it simply as a status symbol because the vinyl is unplayed. But I\u2019m giving it a solid listen for the next week.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965","object":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965","objectType":"note","content":"Look what I found for $2 at a thrift store!

No one cares about classical vinyl, especially old vinyl\u2014never mind something as obscure as this.

But it features both New York Pro Musica Antiqua and W.H Auden, and I\u2019m such a sucker for this kind of antiquarian weirdness.

I suspect whoever bought this previously acquired it simply as a status symbol because the vinyl is unplayed. But I\u2019m giving it a solid listen for the next week.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712851","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-original-tmp20241214060211.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":960,"height":960},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-48-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-24-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"15609"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","note":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father."}},"content":"@kotaro<\/a> By the way, your critique of Western music is bang on because I think many people would agree that the idea of harmonic equivalence has held \u201cWestern\u201d music back.

I have a collection of old enka on vinyl. Stuff from the 1940s-70s. And something that always impresses me about it is how singers allow themselves to hit notes that a lot of Western singers just wouldn\u2019t because we haven\u2019t trained our ears to do that.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e","object":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e","objectType":"note","content":"@kotaro<\/a> By the way, your critique of Western music is bang on because I think many people would agree that the idea of harmonic equivalence has held \u201cWestern\u201d music back.

I have a collection of old enka on vinyl. Stuff from the 1940s-70s. And something that always impresses me about it is how singers allow themselves to hit notes that a lot of Western singers just wouldn\u2019t because we haven\u2019t trained our ears to do that.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/962121f9-355d-45bc-a79b-e738b07713cf","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712853"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/users\/9h5k1sng6r"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712854","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-original-tmp20241214060211.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":960,"height":960},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-48-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-24-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"15609"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","note":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father."}},"content":"@kotaro<\/a> You would be correct, and I use the term \u201cclassical\u201d music quite loosely, because technically, it\u2019s not classical.

That said, I think \u201cWestern\u201d is a confusing term from an ethnographic standpoint but I don\u2019t deny it touches upon a specific tradition everyone just assumes.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/962121f9-355d-45bc-a79b-e738b07713cf","object":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/962121f9-355d-45bc-a79b-e738b07713cf","objectType":"note","content":"@kotaro<\/a> You would be correct, and I use the term \u201cclassical\u201d music quite loosely, because technically, it\u2019s not classical.

That said, I think \u201cWestern\u201d is a confusing term from an ethnographic standpoint but I don\u2019t deny it touches upon a specific tradition everyone just assumes.","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712853","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn","url":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/users\/9h5k1sng6r"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712853","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712853"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/users\/9h5k1sng6r","displayName":"Kotaro","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"153683"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"An office worker living in Tokyo, Japan","url":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/@kotaro","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"kotaro","displayName":"Kotaro","note":"An office worker living in Tokyo, Japan"}},"content":"

@atomicpoet<\/a> That sounds like medieval or Renaissance music.

I specialized in Western music composition at university, and I really think it's the Renaissance style that truly captures the essence and charm of Western music.

Music from that era isn't bound by functional harmony; its tonality is ambiguous, and it lacks the \"stiffness\" typical of Western music. Despite that, it features beautifully simple harmonies, making it easy to listen to even for beginners.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn","object":{"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn","objectType":"note","content":"

@atomicpoet<\/a> That sounds like medieval or Renaissance music.

I specialized in Western music composition at university, and I really think it's the Renaissance style that truly captures the essence and charm of Western music.

Music from that era isn't bound by functional harmony; its tonality is ambiguous, and it lacks the \"stiffness\" typical of Western music. Despite that, it features beautifully simple harmonies, making it easy to listen to even for beginners.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/51517dc7-a22f-4f7c-acd2-222298a27965"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712852","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6sudqjt6oufuwn"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-original-tmp20241214060211.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":960,"height":960},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-48-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-24-20241214064232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"15609"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/15609-96-20241214064231.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father.","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"atomicpoet","displayName":"Chris Trottier","note":"Putting the sauce in awesome! This is my own self-hosted single-user Akkoma + Mangane server. I primarily talk about the Fediverse, movies, books, photography, video games, music, working out, and general geekiness. I\u2019m a proud husband and father."}},"content":"

@kotaro<\/a> No, I don\u2019t dislike it either. It\u2019s okay for what it is: a way of explaining a specific tradition, and how it works. <\/p>

But the Western grid leaves out a whole lot of things too: microtonality, pitch inflection, rhythmic complexity. <\/p>

Also, it ironically fails to account for traditional Western music itself. A massive chunk of traditional Anglo-American and Celtic folk music doesn\u2019t even use all seven notes of the standard Western scale.<\/p>

Western music theory is a text-based science. Meanwhile, so much European folk music is an oral tradition.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/0bd2257e-8393-4202-9dc4-0a130bacdee5","object":{"id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/0bd2257e-8393-4202-9dc4-0a130bacdee5","objectType":"note","content":"

@kotaro<\/a> No, I don\u2019t dislike it either. It\u2019s okay for what it is: a way of explaining a specific tradition, and how it works. <\/p>

But the Western grid leaves out a whole lot of things too: microtonality, pitch inflection, rhythmic complexity. <\/p>

Also, it ironically fails to account for traditional Western music itself. A massive chunk of traditional Anglo-American and Celtic folk music doesn\u2019t even use all seven notes of the standard Western scale.<\/p>

Western music theory is a text-based science. Meanwhile, so much European folk music is an oral tradition.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/0bd2257e-8393-4202-9dc4-0a130bacdee5","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6to62ulxr9pyet","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712855"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/users\/9h5k1sng6r"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712856","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/0bd2257e-8393-4202-9dc4-0a130bacdee5"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/users\/9h5k1sng6r","displayName":"Kotaro","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"153683"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"An office worker living in Tokyo, Japan","url":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/@kotaro","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"kotaro","displayName":"Kotaro","note":"An office worker living in Tokyo, Japan"}},"content":"

@atomicpoet<\/a> It is not that I dislike the beauty of Western music, such as harmonic equivalence or the equal treatment of each voice in counterpoint; rather, I respect it.

For example, Palestrina's compositions are the ultimate model for me.

However, the \"order\" of simplicity that functional harmony and tonality aim for is different from my aesthetic, which aims to embrace chaos exactly as it is, and my view of life and death, where \"eventually everything returns to Mother Earth.\"<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6to62ulxr9pyet","object":{"id":"https:\/\/kotaro.me\/notes\/an6to62ulxr9pyet","objectType":"note","content":"

@atomicpoet<\/a> It is not that I dislike the beauty of Western music, such as harmonic equivalence or the equal treatment of each voice in counterpoint; rather, I respect it.

For example, Palestrina's compositions are the ultimate model for me.

However, the \"order\" of simplicity that functional harmony and tonality aim for is different from my aesthetic, which aims to embrace chaos exactly as it is, and my view of life and death, where \"eventually everything returns to Mother Earth.\"<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712855","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e","url":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/objects\/e54fe3f1-b407-4723-a925-dd41a37cf14e"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/atomicpoet.org\/users\/atomicpoet"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-07:objectType=thread:nonce=0bfc1ef0d1a91692","notice_info":{"local_id":"12712855","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-07T04:45:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12712855"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6457750","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}