Klarinet Archive - Posting 000247.txt from 1997/08

From: agrenci@-----.net (Andrew Grenci)
Subj: "Bright" revisited (was Re: Float Test and cologne/Koln)
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:29:41 -0400

Diane K. wrote:
>
>To paraphrase an individual who I believe is still galavanting around
>Europe even as we "speak": Please define in precise acoustical
>terms what alterations in the tone quality you are referring to when
>you use the "bright". Although this term has a clear meaning in
>reference to luminescence it is meaningless in the context of
>acoustics...
>
>
>diane k.

To which the only obvious reply is: Please define in precise terms what the
word "clear" signifies as used above. While this word is easily understood
in relation to the ability of light to pass through solid objects or
liquids, it has no precise meaning regarding "meaning".

Andy Grenci