Day 27 makeup

Music is math. There are spatial relationships, numerical patterns, and strictly divided time segments. But it’s also not math. It is an expanse of choices. Which notes to play, how to put them together, where to emphasize, and maybe most importantly, when to play nothing at all. Music is language, and like language it needs rules as a starting point. Also like language, it grows as the rules are broken or reconfigured. It expresses every conceivable emotion including some that are impossible to express with just written or spoken words. Narrowly, it divides. Broadly, it connects across every conceivable divide.