Klarinet Archive - Posting 000378.txt from 2002/11

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning for ensembles and larger
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:21:29 -0500

<><> Dan Leeson wrote:
Are you confusing your own personal reaction with physical truth?

In passing, I want to comment that somebody posted a year or so ago
about the Mendelssohn octet being 'happy' despite the minor key. When
I purchased a copy and listened to it myself, I had exactly the opposite
feeling, and my 'feeling' was quite strong.

But my purpose for this post is to call attention to the word
"physical". A personal reaction **is** a physical event, regardless of
whether other people have the same reaction or not.

Without meaning to speculate about what a person's 'soul' is, I suspect
that an adjective such as "universal" describes your point more exactly
??

I'm not arguing about a key's effect. I'm pointing out that equating
"physical" with "universal" is a dangerous leap that is more a statement
of faith than a defensible fact.

Cheers,
Bill

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