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Re:The distinction between music and noise is mathematical form by MrJagil on Saturday January 14, 2012 @08:38PM (#3465986)
A fiddle is not monotonic.
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Re:The distinction between music and noise is mathematical form by andrewflnr on Saturday January 14, 2012 @09:27PM (#3466101)
Indeed. From the end of the third paragraph:

  And don't think that you need more than one instrument
  or more than one voice to make real music. Pretty much
  every musical instrument and every person's voice is a
  source of polytonic sound.
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