Earlier today my music theory teacher stated that there are only 12 notes to use. This disappointed a few people in our class because of the limitations within their definition of music. This observation got me and a classmate (Jake L.) thinking about how many notes there really are. Jake said that if you used a slide on a guitar then there could be an infinite amount of notes to be played, because there are an infinite number of positions, according to him. Then I realized how similar this was to Sophie's World. In the book, one of the philosophers talks about how there has to be a smallest particle. Democritus named this particle that atom. Since then there have proven to be smaller particles, but I found it interesting the coincidence of these topics within my life.
This also got me to thinking, was there actually a smallest particle, or a limited amount of notes? I'm not sure, but I think there is a lot more than we can detect. The smallest particle (if one exists) is probably so small that we would not be able to detect it because of our inferior technology. Same goes with the limited note. I'm sure we could have two different pitches and then break those pitches into two smaller pitches and then break those pitches...blah blah blah. This is a more of a mathematical way of looking at it, because according to mathematics there are an infinite amount of numbers; and if looked at as numbers, pitches can go on forever.
Since pitches go on forever, maybe particles do to. Maybe they just keep getting smaller and smaller-And just go on forever. Who knows?
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