Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 03:36:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199804200736.DAA06118@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Robin Turner Sender: Lojban list From: Robin Turner Subject: Re: years and oscillations X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: f83b97c2b90fd92e14066aa274265533 X-Mozilla-Status: 8011 Status: RO Content-Length: 785 Lines: 23 Jorge wrote: > My second question is about slilu and tonga: > > slilu: x1 oscillates at rate/frequency x2 through set/sequence-of-states x3 > (complete specification). > > tonga: x1 is a tone/note of frequency/pitch x2 from source x3. > > What goes in the x2 place? If we put a number, what are the units > of frequency? > I don't know about slilu, but in the case of tonga there are two alternatives: the actual oscillation in Hz, or a note in a particular scale. There is no fixed relationship here; for example, in most music a=440 Hz, but in baroque music a=415 Hz. You might also need a specifier/article (like 'li' for numbers) to indicate that it is a note in a particular scale - I don't know if such a word exists. Robin