What's that instrument called?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:17 pm

It has long pieces of wood that hang on strings that you hit. When you hit the wood it makes a noise, and each piece of wood is a different note. I can't remember what it's called.

amar · Post by **amar** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:40 pm

chime?

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:53 pm

Cranberry wrote:It has long pieces of wood that hang on strings that you hit. When you hit the wood it makes a noise, and each piece of wood is a different note. I can't remember what it's called.

Noise?
Perhaps you mean sound...

Marimba fits your description:

http://www.hereintown.net/~glatta/marimba/marimba.html

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:13 pm

Yes, I think it might've been marimba. I saw it on television for a couple seconds and knew I should've know what it was called...but drew a blank.

P.S., Is there really a difference between 'noise' and 'sound'? If so, what's the difference? I know the difference between 'noise' and 'music', but not between 'noise' and 'sound' as I used it.

amar · Post by **amar** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:23 pm

Cranberry wrote:Yes, I think it might've been marimba. I saw it on television for a couple seconds and knew I should've know what it was called...but drew a blank.

P.S., Is there really a difference between 'noise' and 'sound'? If so, what's the difference? I know the difference between 'noise' and 'music', but not between 'noise' and 'sound' as I used it.

1. sound is a physical description of that thing that comes to your ears.
2. noise is noise when your brain does not like number 1.

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:27 pm

There are other instruments similar to Marimba but in different sizes and that kind of stuff. They have different names as well. Isn't there something called Xylophone as well? I know there are some other names too, but can't remeber them right now.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:48 pm

amar wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Yes, I think it might've been marimba. I saw it on television for a couple seconds and knew I should've know what it was called...but drew a blank.

P.S., Is there really a difference between 'noise' and 'sound'? If so, what's the difference? I know the difference between 'noise' and 'music', but not between 'noise' and 'sound' as I used it.
1. sound is a physical description of that thing that comes to your ears.
2. noise is noise when your brain does not like number 1.

I don't make that distinction (or understand it).

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:32 pm

Cranberry wrote:
amar wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Yes, I think it might've been marimba. I saw it on television for a couple seconds and knew I should've know what it was called...but drew a blank.

P.S., Is there really a difference between 'noise' and 'sound'? If so, what's the difference? I know the difference between 'noise' and 'music', but not between 'noise' and 'sound' as I used it.
1. sound is a physical description of that thing that comes to your ears.
2. noise is noise when your brain does not like number 1.

I don't make that distinction (or understand it).

1. Plant
2. Weed

All weeds are plants, not all plants are weeds.

Denny

amar · Post by **amar** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:47 pm

sound is neutral. like matter, or gravity. A physical entity.
Noise is subjectiv. If you dislike the sound, it is noise.

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:07 pm

Stop picking.

dictionary.com wrote:

Code: Select all

Noise      Pronunciation Key  (noiz)
n.
1. a. Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired.
   b. Sound or a sound of any kind: The only noise was the wind in the pines.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:42 am

Cranberry wrote:
amar wrote:
Cranberry wrote:Yes, I think it might've been marimba. I saw it on television for a couple seconds and knew I should've know what it was called...but drew a blank.

P.S., Is there really a difference between 'noise' and 'sound'? If so, what's the difference? I know the difference between 'noise' and 'music', but not between 'noise' and 'sound' as I used it.
1. sound is a physical description of that thing that comes to your ears.
2. noise is noise when your brain does not like number 1.

I don't make that distinction (or understand it).

BoneQuint offered us the standard usages for the word "noise". One needs to recognise AND make distinctions in the English language, as it is a language of nuances. To ignore (presuming knowledge of) such distinctions reduces the language to one of mere grey utility and no better. If you want to write poetry in English, Cran, you need to work with the weights and measures, the shades and textures of its vocabulary. That being said, I think simple is best.

Many concepts have numerous synonyms but their meanings are all slightly different, and these meanings and usages meld into other areas. Example: If you were to touch something with your finger and write about it, you could use: touch, contact, poke, jab, feel, sense, palpate (yuck), and so on. A thesaurus is a good help in these matters.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:48 am

amar wrote:sound is neutral. like matter, or gravity. A physical entity.
Noise is subjectiv. If you dislike the sound, it is noise.

What if you don't like gravity?

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:51 am

Martin Milner wrote:
amar wrote:sound is neutral. like matter, or gravity. A physical entity.
Noise is subjectiv. If you dislike the sound, it is noise.
What if you don't like gravity?

Then you write humorously. But you know that already.

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:52 am

Martin Milner wrote:
amar wrote:sound is neutral. like matter, or gravity. A physical entity.
Noise is subjectiv. If you dislike the sound, it is noise.
What if you don't like gravity?

Then you'd be anti-gravity.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:59 am

Nanohedron wrote:
Cranberry wrote:
amar wrote: 1. sound is a physical description of that thing that comes to your ears.
2. noise is noise when your brain does not like number 1.

I don't make that distinction (or understand it).
BoneQuint offered us the standard usages for the word "noise". One needs to recognise AND make distinctions in the English language, as it is a language of nuances. To ignore (presuming knowledge of) such distinctions reduces the language to one of mere grey utility and no better. If you want to write poetry in English, Cran, you need to work with the weights and measures, the shades and textures of its vocabulary. That being said, I think simple is best.

Many concepts have numerous synonyms but their meanings are all slightly different, and these meanings and usages meld into other areas. Example: If you were to touch something with your finger and write about it, you could use: touch, contact, poke, jab, feel, sense, palpate (yuck), and so on. A thesaurus is a good help in these matters.

Quite.

I'd suggest that a noise is something jarring and abrupt, like a saucepan falling on a tiled floor, while a sound might be continuous, like the humming of a fridge, but that's just my distinction.

Example 1: Cranberry drops a bag of spanners on a metal grating.

The Evil One: What's that noise?

Example 2: Cranberry, grinning, winds the handle of a claxon.

The Cruel One: What an unpleasant sound. Please desist.

Example 3: Cranberry and the Seedy One listen to the wind in the trees.

Seedy: Ah a gentle susurrus. When I hear it, I think of the souls of drowned sailors crying in the deep.

Cran: Stop it, you're scaring me with your pompous poetic pontifications.

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