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There is a Mazda 1, though; in Europe, it's known as the Mazda <i>Ursatz</i>, "the car of nature."<div><br></div><div>MWM<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: fsamarot@indiana.edu<br>To: caplin@music.mcgill.ca; smt-talk@societymusictheory.org<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:10:18 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [Smt-talk] Car names<br><br>
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<font face="Adobe Garamond Pro"><span style="font-size:12pt">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.)<br>
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Curiously, the car does equally well uphill and downhill.<br>
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Frank<br>
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Associate Professor of Music Theory<br>
Jacobs School of Music<br>
Indiana University Bloomington<br>
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On 7/23/12 12:27 PM, "William Caplin" <<a href="http://caplin%40music.mcgill.ca" target="_blank">caplin@music.mcgill.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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<font color="#0000FF">> What do you all make of the latest trend of Asian car manufacturers naming
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> their cars after musical terms?<br>
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> We already have Hyundai's "Sonata" and "Accent" (two of my own major areas of <br>
> research). Then there's Kia's "Rondo." And just today I read about a new <br>
> electric car from China named "Coda." (I suppose a "Cadence" can't be too far <br>
> in the future.) <br>
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> Clearly there's a prestige factor associated with music in Asia that doesn't <br>
> seem to resonate with North American or European makers. <br>
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> Have I missed others? <br>
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> Wishing you all a pleasant summer!<br>
> <br>
> Bill<br>
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