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Verities of Time


...and the implications for music if conflicts of altitude are present. Would the PRAT of a composition or recording of the highlands be at odds with the ears of a flatlander? Should music now be considered "directional" (up and down) too??

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/14/elastic-concept-order-of-time-carlo-rovelli


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chayro
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Ah yes.  Einstein's Theory of Relativity.  Time passes more slowly when you're with your relatives.  Sad but true. 
tomcarr
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bodyuser OP
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Time passes more slowly when you're with your relatives.

A slow death "on the plains".  What's interesting is that physical location on earth is part and parcel of the experiential running of our clocks. So, when listening to a live broadcast or recording of a musical performance, we now have the complex riddle that aesthetic choices of the artists are inextricably bound-up in how time "runs" at that locality. But some places always seem to run on "local time"...

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