There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And every…

Terry Pratchett
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There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2009). Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16), p.417, Random House
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There are millions of chords. There are millions of numbers. And everyone forgets the one that is a zero. But without the zero, numbers are just arithmetic. Without the empty chord, music is just noise. ✨ Terry Pratchett (2009). Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16), p.417, Random House

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