The vast majority of Western music is composed using thechromatic scale, a palette of just twelve distinguishable sounds. This might seem painfully limited. A twelve-color palette evokes memories of Crayola and preschool. Twelve words is way less than what the first sentence of this paragraph contains.
Yet based on that limited palette of sounds we’ve heard everything from epic Chopin piano concertos to theprogressive-metal mastery of Tool.
Think about this next time you’re required to create within limitations, whether it’s resources, time, energy…