Where do old notes go to after they're played?

[kritikon]

They must go somewhere, but I suspect they aren't utilised as fully as they could be. I'm pretty sure my notes don't linger around once I've played them but have no idea where they go to. I was thinking (in one of my more benign moments) that I could donate mine to a charity. I guess I wouldn't have that many notes to donate, as I make fairly simplistic music compared to, say symphonies, but there might be some poor little urban ne'er-do-wells that could make a go of life if they got some free second hand music? And every little bit helps.

[vurt]

poor little urban ne'er-do-wells

if its class war youre after?

[RunBeerRun]

F sharps last forever

[raiderpdog]

Once my notes are done playing they go to the note bar to look for note groupies.

[morelia]

I think the real concern is bandwidth. I believe there are infinite notes and a musician will never use the same note twice. It's sort of like they are born and die, sometimes as a long slow fade, others as a short palm mute. But they then go to note heaven where perfect harmony reigns supreme. Back to bandwidth. As the population grows will we see polyphony issues? I sometimes notice I play a note and nothing comes out. I thought it was just me, but maybe not.

[GaryG]

To a farm upstate?

[SHall1000]

They die but become ghost notes. Mine hang around and haunt me.

[cryophonik]

But they then go to note heaven...

Only the good notes die and go to note heaven. The bad notes keep getting reincarnated and become jazz.

[ghettosynth]

But they then go to note heaven...

Only the good notes die and go to note heaven. The bad notes keep getting reincarnated and become jazz.

Correct.

[foosnark]

Questions like this are why I try to use as few notes as possible, and always reuse or recycle them.

[whyterabbyt]

they head out on the noise floor.

[Shabdahbriah]

... and linger as question marks for shoe gazers.

[zerocrossing]

Heat. The kinetic energy of the pressure waves dissipate as heat.

[Shabdahbriah]

Heat. The kinetic energy of the pressure waves dissipate as heat.

Sonoluminescence, ftw.

[osiris]

They float off into space. Right now, the very first music made is floating past Rigel 7.