[Smt-talk] Car names

[Donna]

In response to a private response, I'd like to clarify my previous post: Since most things on planet Earth (e. g., automobiles) are subject to gravity's laws and work with them in order to 'defy' them, is sound also subject to gravity? Or is this 'just' a metaphor? If sound is affected by gravity, how (no need to repeat Schenker)? And how can/should we work with it when we create and analyze? Someone once said, "If an architect builds a faulty building, people are killed and he/she goes to jail--when someone writes a bad piece of music, fortunately, no one goes to jail (at least not post-Stalin)."
So perhaps these questions are inconsequential? Not answering them allows people to employ themselves, right? (Someone else once said to me, "Oh well, who cares? Not caring gives us something to do.") But, for whatever reasons, it matters to me and I would really appreciate some good answers! 

Best,
Donna Doyle
Queens College
Flushing, NY 11367



On Jul 27, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Donna Doyle <donnadoyle at att.net> wrote:

> Can someone tell me why we're able to design cars that 'defy' gravity while we seem to be less successful
> doing the same with sound? We certainly have given it a good try.
> 
> Donna Doyle
> Queens College CUNY
> Flushing, NY 11367
> 
> 
> On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Donna Doyle wrote:
> 
>> Yes, the 8 line is practically nonexistent and the 5 line more interesting than the 3, despite its unsupported stretch.
>> Good your car goes uphill as well.
>> 
>> 
>> Best, 
>> Donna Doyle
>> Queens College
>> Flushing, NY 11367
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Samarotto, Frank wrote:
>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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