On 9 Feb 2005 at 21:14, Richard Yates wrote:

> > No, I'm not using any special meaning.
> >
> > Asterisks are not quotation marks.
> 
> I did not say or infer that they were. You use them for emphasis as if
> saying the same thing louder makes it clearer.
> 
> Which of the dictionary meanings that I quoted applies to your use of
> the term 'musical' in which you say physics has no significance?

None of them.

When I say "musical significance" I mean significance in regard to 
the musical content of a work of music, the musical meaning of the 
work.

You seem to me to be arguing that acoustics are part of the musical 
content of a work of music, where I'm saying that it is only the 
mechanism by which the content is conveyed.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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