Show HN: The Musical Manifold [pdf]

Posted by ersinesen on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:37AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://esenbilproductions.replit.app/The_Musical_Manifold.pdf

A presentation of Foundations of Music created by NotebookLM.

If you prefer to read it with a jazz translation example as background music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke834F1uaFo

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Re:Show HN: The Musical Manifold [pdf] by Lycomedes1814 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @10:15AM (#47730830)

Why though

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Re:Show HN: The Musical Manifold [pdf] by ersinesen on Saturday April 11, 2026 @08:07PM (#47735056)

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1a4QQuQUaUd9X2aoMIOv...

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Re:Show HN: The Musical Manifold [pdf] by Rochus on Saturday April 11, 2026 @06:06PM (#47734427)

Nice figures, but actually just a presentation, not a theory. Apparently based on this book: https://bookerapp.replit.app/book/fom, which neither seems to actually explain much. I agree that a better music theory is needed and that the manifold approach might work for music as well, but not much so far besides a few keywords and high-level ideas.

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Re:Show HN: The Musical Manifold [pdf] by ersinesen on Saturday April 11, 2026 @07:39PM (#47734928)

it is an attempt to lay the foundations. to me that foundation enables understanding complex concepts without adhoc narratives.

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