The human condition itself dictates something more to this than a mere mathematical computation of all possible combinations, though.

In other words, the things that people are able to hear and understand are indeed a finite situation.

Using the history of such things that were once not understood nor enjoyed by the majority population in Western Music alone, such as the Tritone, parallel fifths and octaves, the Sharp 9, etc. we see that it takes time for even one "new" music development to take hold and become part of what the majority uses to make the muse happen -- and what the majority are able to hear, understand AND accept as "viable".

And so it goes...


--Mac