The Musical Staff of the Universe: Phenomenology, Ontology, and Language of the Musical Model

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22741767
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Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
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The Musical Staff of the Universe: Phenomenology, Ontology, and Language of the Musical Model

Elena Bozhenko
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications
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The Musical Staff of the Universe: Phenomenology, Ontology, and Language of the Musical Model

Elena Bozhenko
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Abstract

This work presents a unified cycle combining three elements of the musical model of the universe: phenomenology (number), ontology (meaning), and the bridge between them. The first part — Phenomenology with Number — provides a counting language based on octave indices, intervals, deviations, and commas. Octave pairs of elementary particles are calculated and tabulated. The second part — Ontology without Number — provides an ontological frame: the cycle "foam → Logos → heat → light → mass → black holes → foam," the Listener as an external instance, and two symmetries (σ and τ). The bridge between them is not a third language but a map showing where the two languages touch and where they diverge. The work includes three appendices: (A) answers to four foundational questions (asymmetry, relation to General Relativity, relation to Quantum Mechanics, and the status of "theory of everything"), (B) a condensed formal language, and (C) historical context (Pythagoras, Kepler, Penrose, Wheeler). The main result is not a physical theory but a condition of possibility for a language in which number and meaning coexist without being mixed. This work is a naturphilosophical experiment with number, not a physical theory. All numerical values are approximate.

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