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What are you thinking? Ben's father said that Ben becameobsessed with this one piece of music. And he couldn't complete it either. Walter: I've been listening to it.It's very beautiful. He's light-years aheadof where you were at that age. Walter, take a look at this.See this function? It appears here, here. - It just keeps repeating over and over.- Yes, yes. A recurring expression. Or it's a rhythm. Well, yes, I suppose. Are you suggesting...? Can you convert thatinto standard musical notation? Oh, I can try. - What's going on?- Music is a mathematical language. Chords have numerical values. The notes... quarters, 8ths, 16thsare fractions, variables. I took the oboe for six monthsand then quit. Walter:Almost there, Peter. Okay. Just nine bars. Peter:Okay, listen to this
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What are you thinking
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Ben's father said that Ben became obsessed with this one piece of music
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And he couldn't complete it either
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Walter I've been listening to it It's very beautiful
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He's light years ahead of where you were at that age
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Walter take a look at this See this function
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It appears here here
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It just keeps repeating over and over Yes yes A recurring expression
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Or it's a rhythm
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Well yes I suppose
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Are you suggesting
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Can you convert that into standard musical notation
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Oh I can try
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What's going on Music is a mathematical language
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Chords have numerical values
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The notes quarters 8ths 16ths are fractions variables
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I took the oboe for six months and then quit
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Walter Almost there Peter Okay
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Just nine bars
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Peter Okay listen to this
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Movie Summary
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.