Re: Basic intro (OT)

["Michael LaMeyer" <mlameyer@rcn.com>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Caliban Tiresias Darklock" <caliban@darklock.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Basic intro (OT)


> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:54:37 -0500, "Dennis Leas"
<dennis@mdbs.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Golly this has turned into quite a thread!
> >
> >I think "blanket statements" lead to a "warm discussion"
(excuse the pun,
> >but it IS Friday).
>
> Consider the statement IN CONTEXT. Context, context, context,
people! As
> posted:
>
> -----
>
> > but what do *your* ears tell *you*?)
>
> That any single sound is not music. Music is by definition a
combination
> and sequence of sounds
>
> -----
>
> Now, if you'd like to second-guess what my ears tell me, I
guess that's
> your prerogative. Not that anyone could have any logical
grounds for
> such a process, but whatever turns you on.
>
> Now, let's address the concept of this being "wrong". In terms
of
> whether my *opinion* is technically correct, let's apply the
standard
> razor of the dictionary. Webster's Revised Unabridged:
>
> 1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e.,
sounds of
> higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous
vibrations,
> as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of
harmonical
> tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the
properties,
> dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art of
combining
> tones in a manner to please the ear.
>
> 2. (a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable succession
of tones.
> (b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous tones.
>
> 3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
>
> 4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
>
> 5. (Zo["o]l.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower
> animals. See Stridulation.
>
> Well, gee. It appears that BY DEFINITION, "sound" *is* plural
in music.
> Clearly, there exists at least one definition in which this is
not true,
> but I also clearly do not intend that definition. If you
choose to
> commit the fallacy of equivocation regardless, feel free to do
so --
> with the understanding that no conclusion reached through this
process
> will be logically valid, nor will it have any bearing on the
validity of
> my OPINION.
>
>