tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post6109016126179697111..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Who'd have thought it?Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-22219950964667140482008-11-29T20:15:00.000+01:002008-11-29T20:15:00.000+01:00The discussion of snow brings to mind the book "Sm...The discussion of snow brings to mind the book "Smilla's Sense of Snow" which entered the language of snow from a literary perspective. How fascinating to thinking of hearing it.Diane Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178263734982687383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-82318590837733292562008-11-24T10:47:00.000+01:002008-11-24T10:47:00.000+01:00Ren B:Lexica in languages are indefinitely extensi...Ren B:<BR/><BR/>Lexica in languages are indefinitely extensible, that is, the speaker will have all the words he or she needs to use. English speakers who live near snow have many more words for snow than those who live in the tropics. So if a composer (a) noticed and (b) had to name X sorts of snow or hues of white, then she or he would have them. It's a bit like the ever-larger boxes of crayolas. When a kid moves from the 64-color crayon box to the 64-color box, he or she will inevitably assimiliate all the new names. Aqua, salmon, etc.. amd presto, now the kid has 64 color words.<BR/><BR/>This is why the whole "Eskimo words for snow myth" is a problematic meme. (That said, there are active disputes about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis at a deeper level; the case of the Pirahãs of Brazil presenting a particularly interesting challenge).Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-74997846713754568872008-11-24T01:06:00.000+01:002008-11-24T01:06:00.000+01:00I've tried searching too, but with no success.As a...I've tried searching too, but with no success.<BR/><BR/>As a side note: if you're a musician and would like to make music out of the sounds of different snowflakes... would you have sounds for all those words for snow and color names for white? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-625534070064529872008-11-24T01:02:00.000+01:002008-11-24T01:02:00.000+01:00I think this might be a very interesting sound. Si...I think this might be a very interesting sound. Since I'm really into sound creation and playing - not only musically, like a toy (haha) - with it, I would really love to get a sample of it and try to use it in my music.<BR/><BR/>I'll search around. Hope I get something interesting.<BR/>And, maybe if I could get their static characteristic out and make it more interesting... I could show you if you wish!<BR/><BR/>Best wishes!<BR/>Breno RonchiniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-85880492552392780522008-11-23T23:26:00.000+01:002008-11-23T23:26:00.000+01:00Samuel,Sorry, I don't, but I'll do some searching;...Samuel,<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I don't, but I'll do some searching; the topic was covered in the big science magazines in the late '90s.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I just found this item:<BR/><BR/>http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2564<BR/><BR/>which seems to indicate that chrystallization is accompanied by the transmission of radio waves. This, which is something different from ringing the snowflakes like bells, still sounds like potential music to me.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-6691509543429991122008-11-23T22:40:00.000+01:002008-11-23T22:40:00.000+01:00Hi Daniel, do you happen to have any links to onli...Hi Daniel, do you happen to have any links to online soundfiles?Samuel Vriezenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225noreply@blogger.com