[Smt-talk] Car names

[Samarotto, Frank]

We recently bought a Mazda 5, obviously a reference to scale degree numbers. We also liked the Mazda 3, and found it difficult to decide between the two. (The company does not make a Mazda 8, perhaps it should.)

Curiously, the car does equally well uphill and downhill.

Frank

Frank Samarotto
Associate Professor of Music Theory
Jacobs School of Music
Indiana University Bloomington

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On 7/23/12 12:27 PM, "William Caplin" <caplin at music.mcgill.ca> wrote:

> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers naming
> their cars after musical terms?
>
> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major areas of
> research).  Then there's Kia's "Rondo."  And just today I read about a new
> electric car from China named "Coda."  (I suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far
> in the future.)
>
> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that doesn't
> seem to resonate with North American or European makers.
>
> Have I missed others?
>
> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!
>
> Bill
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