Klarinet Archive - Posting 000760.txt from 2002/11

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Centred tone
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:59:48 -0500

<Bill wrote:
Could someone with a strong southern accent (USA) vs. someone with a
strong cockney accent (England) vs. someone with a strong Far Eastern
accent ever agree on a metaphorical description of tone?

My Answer:

IMHO they could, Bill, given that the multicultural human ear organizes
tonal spectra in ways more nearly alike than the multicultural brain assigns
a tonal colors to word meanings. People of different idiomatic and
linguistic persuasions might not notate a given sound in the same way, but
they would be likely to interpret a "phonogrammatic" utterance as it relates
to clarinet tone in the same way. What would be necessary, I suppose, is to
come up with a "Southern" notation, a Cockney notation, a Far Eastern
notation, etc., if we want to generate a multicultural catalogue of sounds.
I'd be fascinated to view the finished product of such an effort!

Regards,

Kent

---------------------------------------------------------------------