Klarinet Archive - Posting 000497.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Technical truth via the democratic process
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:55:25 -0500

Dan Leeson wrote:

>>But I'll be damned if I will give up this idea simply because it is
alleged to be a minority view, and, therefore, unlikely to be correct!
That is the attitude of a dictator in a totalitarian regime.<<

We have disagreed on the issue of using certain adjectives to describe sound
from the very beginning, but on this one I couldn't agree with you more,
presuming your premise is a correct interpretation.

In one of my earlier posts, I asked you how much progress you think you have
made in dissuading the clarinet public from using the terms you find
objectionable.
That is a different question. All it implies is whether others are listening
to you.

Given what I have read, I believe certain terms can be defined, but it will
take the efforts of all those interested to come up with results that have
greater universal meaning or application than they do now.

Whether useful to you, do you think that is possible? And if not, why not?

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