The Emergence Machine

Sequence (Music sense)

process · Music · Level 10 · 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

Sequence-music emerges from the repetition of melodic patterns, which requires understanding of motion and sound.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sequence
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0Sequence MusicMelodyNotePitchRhythm… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureMotionChangeMatterRhythm AbstractEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesSequence MusicL10MotionL1MelodyL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    To understand sequence-music, one must first understand the concept of motion.
  • Melody L9 (requires)
    A musical sequence repeats a melodic pattern at different pitches.