Re: acoustic impedances; what makes a good instrument

From: Karl Young (kyoung@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 10:25:42 PDT

ok, ok, maybe you and Nan Ch'uan were more to the point...

>The Art of Science,
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ribbled@med.kochi-ms.ac.jp [mailto:ribbled@med.kochi-ms.ac.jp]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:42 AM
>To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: acoustic impedances; what makes a good instrument
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>Interesting discussion....
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>As to the physics of the bore
>Bore acoustics may bore some
>And inspire others
>And yes, create that 6 million dollar shakuhachi
>But not the virtuoso
>That goes back to blowing ro
>For hours, months, decades
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>Science grew by acting against reason
>It must be just as mystical as Zen
>Did the scientific method ever stop
> Einstein, Newton, Galileo
>And other masters from their goals?
>And a scientific bore may someday equal
>the one in a Zen monks' dream
>Either way it all goes back to ro
>You gotta blow....sorry, gotta go
>Starting to lose the flow....
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> D.R.
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