Is there a finite number of musical notes ?

And if so surely eventually the combinations will be exhausted. So we'll soon run out of 'new' music.

Fribble

 

there's only 3 on my guitar. I reckon Pete Townsend has a different one.

 

Chromatic scale

has all 13 notes in it.(the 13th been the next pitch up.)</p>

scales are the solution to there only being 13 notes.</p>

There are lots of different scales</p>

it ain't what you play but what you don't. </p>

a few scales:http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/scales/scales/scales.html</p>

 

RE: Chromatic scale

So we'll never 'run out' of new music ?

Sorry for being dense like.

 

Like Milli Vanilli.

 

The Mathematics of Monkeys and Shakespeare

Maybe this could apply to musical notes?

http://www.nutters.org/docs/monkeys

 

Taking into consideration key signatures, tempos and

expression, I 'd say it was highly unlikely.</p>

But if we did, we could always dig out some old 78's play them at 45rpm , talk quickly over it and sell it to chavs, it'll work I tellya.</p>

 

good read

thats a lot of monkeys mate </p>

 

RE: Taking into consideration key signatures, tempos and

You are Mike Skinner, and I claim my 'Arctic Monkeys at Birdwell Club' ticket stub.