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		lighttower on Feb 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let's Learn About Waveforms Wow. Thank you for this! Your writing here is making clear what's been the issue. Music people don't speak Hz, they have their own specific terms that I can't parse because they layer many physical concepts.

lamename on Feb 15, 2018 [–]

So true. Communication often breaks down when people who think or speak at different levels of abstraction meet, and their backgrounds collide.

Worst case: they argue in vain. Best case: the above happens

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