Run out of music

[Potatoman]

Not sure if this is the right category, but, while bored at work the other day, i wondered if all the possible combinations of musical notes would eventually be used, making new songs impossible to wright. Would / could this happen?

[Potatoman]

Sorry, write!

[3Styler]

i was told, just for guitar, if u created a new riff (series/pattern of notes) every minute u would still be creating new music for the rest of your life. bearing in mind that by a new riff i just mean 5-10 seconds of sound. i would say def. not to ur question also bearing in mind that u can play same notes but with different effects and it will sound completley different.

[marmaduke]

No. People won't stop writing books or poems either. And you have to think about what goes underneath those notes in the way of chords for more simple music, and a much larger number of separate musical strands to orchestral music.

[mcmikeymike]

Definitely not.

You can combine notes, augment chords, create new sounds / effects, hold a note for as long as you want.

 

There will always be something slightly different to do, even if the result doesn't sound like it.