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Furthermore, it is totally reasonable to make sense of what we literally do not sense. Did Beethoven quit composing since his hearing collapsed? He did not! With grace and courage, he embraced the destiny and thereby carried on with some of the most exciting and inspiring creations of all time. That only tells us: the sensual facticity imposing on us by sheer contingency is hollow and absurd. Our mental capacity i.e. the capability of apprehension extends well beyond what we sense.

Another mode quite harmful to musical sense is to take certain instances of homo sapiens as the projected audience. Hence they worry about the audience not taking the opportunity to hear all the subtleties in their works. In fact, the audience is a historical being, whereas music is "absolute sonic phenomena", said Kyle Gann, and musical sense does not depend on the very presence of audience. Au contraire, it does harm to shy away from what we presume the audience cannot grasp. Most materials, techniques and cultural gestures demand certain level of knowledge or training, and it is fine. Their nominativity is evidence of their feasibility. A composer sticking to musical sense always remains faithful with the audience.

Another mode quite harmful to musical sense is to take certain instances of homo sapiens as the projected audience. Hence they worry about the audience not taking the opportunity to hear all the subtleties in their works. In fact, the audience is a historical being, whereas music is "absolute sonic phenomena", said Kyle Gann<ref>[https://www.kylegann.com/JIreasons.html ''My Idiosyncratic Reasons for Using Just Intonation''], Kyle Gann. This is not to imply I agree with anything else in the article. </ref>, and musical sense does not depend on the very presence of audience. Au contraire, it does harm to shy away from what we presume the audience cannot grasp. Most materials, techniques and cultural gestures demand certain level of knowledge or training, and it is fine. Their nominativity is evidence of their feasibility. A composer sticking to musical sense always remains faithful with the audience.

That said, mental capacity is the only hard limit of musical sense. In ''the Matrix'', the Oracle said to Neo, "We can never see past the choices we don't understand." I find it a perfect verse to conclude this article.

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 Furthermore, it is totally reasonable to make sense of what we literally do not sense. Did Beethoven quit composing since his hearing collapsed? He did not! With grace and courage, he embraced the destiny and thereby carried on with some of the most exciting and inspiring creations of all time. That only tells us: the sensual facticity imposing on us by sheer contingency is hollow and absurd. Our mental capacity i.e. the capability of apprehension extends well beyond what we sense.
-Another mode quite harmful to musical sense is to take certain instances of homo sapiens as the projected audience. Hence they worry about the audience not taking the opportunity to hear all the subtleties in their works. In fact, the audience is a historical being, whereas music is "absolute sonic phenomena", said Kyle Gann, and musical sense does not depend on the very presence of audience. Au contraire, it does harm to shy away from what we presume the audience cannot grasp. Most materials, techniques and cultural gestures demand certain level of knowledge or training, and it is fine. Their nominativity is evidence of their feasibility. A composer sticking to musical sense always remains faithful with the audience.
+Another mode quite harmful to musical sense is to take certain instances of homo sapiens as the projected audience. Hence they worry about the audience not taking the opportunity to hear all the subtleties in their works. In fact, the audience is a historical being, whereas music is "absolute sonic phenomena", said Kyle Gann<ref>[https://www.kylegann.com/JIreasons.html ''My Idiosyncratic Reasons for Using Just Intonation''], Kyle Gann. This is not to imply I agree with anything else in the article. </ref>, and musical sense does not depend on the very presence of audience. Au contraire, it does harm to shy away from what we presume the audience cannot grasp. Most materials, techniques and cultural gestures demand certain level of knowledge or training, and it is fine. Their nominativity is evidence of their feasibility. A composer sticking to musical sense always remains faithful with the audience.
 That said, mental capacity is the only hard limit of musical sense. In ''the Matrix'', the Oracle said to Neo, "We can never see past the choices we don't understand." I find it a perfect verse to conclude this article.