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RANDOM FRINGE MOMENTS THAT MAKE ME LOVE THE SHOW
PETER: Walter, take a look at this. See this function? It appears here… here… here - it just keeps on repeating over and over.
WALTER: Yes yes it’s a recurring expression.
PETER: Or it’s a rhythm.
WALTER: Well yes I suppose. Are you suggesting—
PETER: Can you convert that into standard musical notation?
WALTER: Oh-oh-oh I can try.
OLIVIA: What’s going on?
PETER: Music is a mathematical language. Chords have numerical values and their notes - 1/4s 1/8s 1/16s - they’re all just fraction variables.
OLIVIA: Okay I took the oboe for six months and then quit.