- Author
- Posted by birdculture, with replies from many commenters
- Published
- 2 September 2026
- Kind
- Hacker News thread
- Original
- news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541888
- Subject
- Consonance and tuning
- Themes
- Getting good, What the senses do
What it is
This thread discusses Haas's tutorial and drew 404 points and 249 comments. Much of it concerns what the tutorial leaves out. It also debates whether first principles are the right way into music.
What it says
- seanhunter, who reports music degrees, says it is mostly not music theory and is misleading.
- maybewhenthesun says physics plays a part, but convention plays at least as large a part.
- teiferer says first principles depend on which principles you choose to start from.
- polotics invites readers to match the article's facts against the complexity of real music.
What evidence it gives
The comments give personal experience and argument, not tests. This page covers the most-discussed top-level replies, not the entire thread.
Interests and limits
A thread shows who chose to reply. Stated qualifications cannot be checked from the thread.