SOT: music and quantum mechanics

[Cyrus]

prozak at anus.com wrote:

>[ From a friend. ]
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>>And what is the connection between harmony/polyphony
>>and entropy, you might ask? Good question.
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>Shortly i would put it as such... i think the closest example of 
>which i can contrast the question at hand to (using metaphor as you 
>know i am quite fond) would be the theory of general relativity and 
>the theory of quantum mechanics. General relativity dissects things 
>on an extremely small scale which is parallel to how polyphonic 
>melodies and shapes move and operate. Quantum mechanics' purpose is 
>to illuminate the properties of the large which is how discordant 
>music operates; on a large and free scale full of speculation. The 
>theory of quantum mechanics and general relativity are both beautiful 
>yet they negate each other much like polyphonic and discordant 
>musical ideologies. Furthermore and more bluntly - now the paradoxal 
>truth rears its ugly head - one theory cannot exist without the other 
>yet both cannot be true. thats brings us to say, "hello superstring 
>theory." which is what i partially try to capture in [my] music; 
>trying to be create the stringtheory in the world of  music. 
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I'm a musician, but, sorry, this doesn't make much sense. Can you shed 
some more light over here (or ask your friend to)?

Cyrus