The Emergence Machine

Flat (Music sense)

property · Music · Level 9 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Flat music is an accidental symbol that lowers a note by one semitone, describing singing or playing below the correct pitch.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “flat music” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “flat music”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
flat
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0Flat MusicNoteMusicPitchSound… intermediate l…LowerFormInformationLifeChangeMatterMotionWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesFlat MusicL9LowerL2MusicL7NoteL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Lower L2 (requires)
    An accidental symbol lowering a note by one semitone.
  • Music L7 (requires)
    Understanding flat music in music requires knowledge of music as a foundational musical concept.
  • Note L8 (requires)
    An accidental symbol lowering a note by one semitone.