Re: [Harp-L] vibrato vs. tremolo 2



On 8/24/10 4:50 PM, joe leone wrote:

s.j.....Well then, by this criteria..ALL definitions are useless here. I suggest we quit using definitions.


From reading this response it's clear to me that you either misread Mr. Ross's intent or you're poking fun. What Jonathan wrote makes perfect sense to me and I did not read it to mean that language as a descriptor was worthless. My interpretation is that he meant that language is contextual and that context is as important in deriving meaning as is the actual word. Establishing the meanings of words by fiat would meet with about as much success as herding cats. JRR of all people realises this. He has made several attempts at harmonica related coinages and they've all been miserable failure with the exception of his brilliant German major tuning adopted by at least myself and Winslow. fjm



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