Klarinet Archive - Posting 000382.txt from 2002/11

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning for ensembles and larger
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 00:08:15 -0500

May the Metaphor Police forgive me, but......

<><> minor keys tend to sound "darker"

>From now on, rather than learning the minor keys, I will simply use my
"dark" mouthpiece.

Seriously, this use of the word "dark" is an exemplar of why metaphors
phail.

Cheers (in a major mood, because minor moods are unhappy.... aren't
they?),
Bill

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