What are we objectivists missing?

They cannot - just as measuring a heart beat and bicep circumference will not indicate what a gymnast is capable on the floor!! They will not even indicate whether the subject is a gymnast or just a non-gymnast in good shape who can;t even do a flip....

Perfect analogy, and spot on! It "reminds" of the "doctor" who was diagnosing a patient with heart disease by measuring his sperm count.

haha

just like being able to read and being able to comprehend... not the same... 

Phonetic is not reducible to phonology for the same reason....

«As Iain McGilchrist says, the left hemisphere is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. Which is why we cannot let that vocal part of ourselves, that sees only in part, betray the silent part that sees the whole.»- Winston Smith

Sound is a part, speech and music are whole not reducible to only measures of parts externally related to one another ... 

I’m not confusing anything. I seems most of you can’t "comprehend" the fact that everything a human can hear can be measured. How well you hear or how good your listening skills has nothing to do with it. If it’s within the frequency spectrum of human hearing or even dog hearing then we can measure it. 12 year old's can hear way better than anyone on here and everything they hear can be measured.