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Edit - I am not meaning this in its worst excesses, though I am meaning it pejoratively.
Just because there are 4 bases on DNA doesn't mean anything about what makes a good written language.
This is because they are not letters in a language, at least not as we commonly understand letters or language.
Those are just the labels we have given them as they were some of the closest metaphors to hand.
We could have called them notes and it would work just as well.
However that would have no bearing on the best ways to write music.
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Edit - I am not meaning this in its worst excesses, though I am meaning it pejoratively.
Just because there are 4 bases on DNA doesn't mean anything about what makes a good written language.
This is because they are not letters in a language, at least not as we commonly understand letters or language.
Those are just the labels we have given them as they were some of the closest metaphors to hand.
We could have called them notes and it would work just as well.
However that would have no bearing on the best ways to write music.