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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI'd like to elaborate a bit, in the same "for nerds" manner, on where Eevee seems to get lost a bit with scales and notation. He (she? not sure) calls the A minor and C major scales the same, because they contain the same notes. That's not an odd thought, but it's like calling sine and cosine the same because both functions contain the same set of values, in the same order. The difference is phase. Basically, scales aren't just…
On the question of "why 12 notes", I STRONGLY recommend this video by David Bennett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvmzgVtZtUQ There's a really important step missing in the article which has been aluded to by a couple of comments already. It's the step between: 1. a series of notes defined by the harmonic series, that is, exact integer multiples (or ratios, if you prefer) of a base frequency, a physical phenomena found in nature and 2. the well-tempered scales used by most western music…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1141
- Total comments
- 679
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-19 | Music theory for nerdsFirst breakout · Best thread | hardmath123 | 766 | 378 |
| 2018-10-17 | Music theory for nerds | retsibsi | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-27 | Music theory for nerds (2016) | febin | 5 | 0 |
| 2022-02-16 | Music theory for nerds (2016)Latest 20+ point return | marianoguerra | 367 | 301 |
| 2023-09-06 | Music Theory for NerdsHall induction | JoachimS | 2 | 0 |