Re: [microsound] tectonic-acoustics

[Dale Lloyd <dkl37@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:14:29 -0500 "Gunnar Garness"
<ggarness@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'm certainly glad I'm not boring you Dale :)  I heard the term 
> "tectonics"
> come up earlier on this list (perhaps it was mentioned by you?) and 
> I wonder
> whether this is a term which is common to a musician's vocabulary?   
> When it
> gets used in an architectural context, tectonics refers to the 
> formal
> expression of both the craft and inherently material nature of 
> architecture.
> An example might be that wood has certain inherent qualities and 
> concrete
> has distinct others.  To take the knowledge of how those materials 
> behave
> over time and how they join one another and to then let it guide 
> larger
> issues about the form of a structure would be giving the building a
> distinctly tectonic form.  How do suppose that term might translate 
> to the
> creation of music?
> 
> Gunnar
Tectonica? Sorry. The term (tectonics) was used by me to illustrate my
interest and investigations of the sonic properties of various
structures. I made reference to others who have used the word. Why they
use it is beyond me. I usually employ the term "tectonic-acoustics." You
stated the inherent qualities of different materials in regard to
architectural "tectonics" and I see that being relevent to my use of the
word in that the materials used for a given structure would, of course
affect the sonic properties of a given space within. Also, the word
"architectonics" can be used to describe structural design in a musical
work. 

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