From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Simple Case Study in Types. Chords.
Date: 1999/12/06
Date: 1999-12-06T20:02:06+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82h4nu$v5c$1@nntp5.atl.mindspring.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 82fdjq$l0e$1@nnrp1.deja.com
In article <82fdjq$l0e$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
>In article <829qci$ctj$1@nntp8.atl.mindspring.net>,
> Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> the violin family is the ability to play the subtle difference
>> between, say, an G Sharp and an A Flat.
>
>That's misleading, it implies that there are still absolute
>values for G sharp and A flat, but the whole point of course
>is that these values vary depending on what key you are playing
>in, so it is not nearly as simple as that!
Exactly. I knew when I posted the original response you would
highlight the subtleties of this issue.
Richard
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1999-11-16 0:00 Simple Case Study in Types. Chords G
1999-11-20 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-06 0:00 ` David W. Glessner
1999-12-11 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle [this message]
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