From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,36a29c2860aff686 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!m20g2000prc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Adam Beneschan Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Properties Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:17:34 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <3b84c8e7-1a51-4a7c-9646-119f1fc51478@s4g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <4pnv7nl4cdui$.1n28i7lqk4mek$.dlg@40tude.net> <1k7367gtebsgm$.18auo6u3nfg34.dlg@40tude.net> <618677c8-a44f-443e-9052-a94fb48c999a@s4g2000yql.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.126.103.122 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1291324654 8459 127.0.0.1 (2 Dec 2010 21:17:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:17:34 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: m20g2000prc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.126.103.122; posting-account=duW0ogkAAABjRdnxgLGXDfna0Gc6XqmQ User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618; .NET4.0C),gzip(gfe) Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:16727 Date: 2010-12-02T13:17:34-08:00 List-Id: On Dec 2, 12:45=A0pm, Warren wrote: > It's like the pianist who hates guitar- now instead of playing > a certain pitched G note in one place on the keyboard, he > hates the fact that there is now multiple choice on the > guitar. But those who've taken the time to learn guitar, see > this as a feature. I understand what you're trying to get at, but the analogy seems really strained. As someone who started on piano and then took up cello later, I don't think that the "problem" you describe is really a problem at all. When you first learn, they just don't teach you that there is more than one way to play a note. There's one way to play a low G, and that's the open G string. By the time you're taught that you can also play it on the C string, you have enough experience that you know how to make use of the information. I'm sure it's pretty much the same way on guitar. It would strike me as odd for a pianist to "hate" guitar because of that, and it would be really bizarre for a beginning teacher to tell his students "There are two ways to play a G, and you have to guess which one whenever you see it". Now, the fact that the note you're actually playing is an octave lower than what you see on the page---*that's* a reason to hate it. :) -- Adam