I goofed so badly on Nov 30 in sending nonsense written for Duane to Bryan "in the clear" to all of you that I had best explain publicly to everyone how it...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 1, 2004 6:23 pm
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There is a brutally frank story on the front page of this mornings Washington Post, reported by Anthony Shadid, of his interview with a Muslim fanatic,...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 1, 2004 6:50 pm
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Ernest, I'm still completely flattened after the last bout of whatever-it-was, but I've been following everyone's messages with fierce interest. What you say...
David, You are NEVER boring. If you were preaching in Washington DC I'd be there every Sunday. Ernest ... From: David Crookes...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 1, 2004 9:04 pm
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Dear Cas and JohnB, It is good to hear from you and to see that you are moving ahead with your study of the Psalms. ... ***** Cas, I am grateful that you find...
Dear Duane, I've been completely flattened for the last couple of months, but I'm slowly getting back to rights. Herewith a simplified system of musical...
Get well, David, and thanks for this msg. I tried to buy the program (which could solve my notation problems) but my son owns my domain name and so I have to...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 4, 2004 5:33 pm
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+++ updated duane's analysis of psalm 81; click here for direct link to pdf: http://bibal.net/04/proso/psalms-ii/pdf/dlc_ps081-001-d.pdf regards, john burnett....
Dear David, I apologize for being slow in responding to your remarks on music notation. I have been distracted with an article I promised more than a year ago,...
Ernest, I am forwarding this bit of information about terminology to you and the others in the BIBAL Forum because it concerns our larger discussion of base 10...
Bill, this exchange between you and John Bremer reminds me of the brief discussion we had there in your home some weeks ago. I think you have an understanding...
Duane, I prefer to see how Bremer answer this question. I don't like Scott's suggestion, although he is demonstrating how a new technology can make it ...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 6, 2004 6:51 pm
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Bill, my Webster's Unabridged Dictionary gives the following for "base" (#13. Math): "the number that serves as a starting point for a logarithmic or other ...
Ernest, I am forwarding Bill Scott's response in hopes that we can take steps to clarify our terminology. You have worked on this stuff for many years now --...
+++ hi duane. ... just a quick note-- i'll read your article later, but gotta run. the main outer vestment of an eastern orthodox priest is the "phailonion" or...
Jim, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for locating these errors. I have made the corrections accordingly. I wrote the paper much too quickly -- in two days. Whenever I work...
Duane, I'm trusting your arguments re "base" to hold up, at least for some years yet. Math definitions are very slow to be abandoned. In base 60 the virtue is...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 7, 2004 12:52 am
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... As you note, this comes up when you google "number systems." Try "base 60" which takes you directly to the Babylonian/Sumerian world of antiquity. This one...
Ernest, I am no expert on this subject. You know far more than I do about base 60 arithmetic in relation to matrix arithmetic and the world of harmonics in the...
Neugebauer himself is under some assault by youngsters like Eleanor Robson, who is brilliant in her own way. I tend to have profound respect for him, although...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 7, 2004 5:33 am
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Lyle, thank you VERY MUCH for sending along this information about Fokkelman's work. I participated in a seminar at the Hebrew University with him some years...
Duane, In line with your comment, let me add a note about the significance of 120 and of 125 in harmonics. The biblical limit of man's lifetime at 2x60=120 is...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 7, 2004 8:02 am
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Duane: Here is a first draft for everybody's consideration. This is probably the hardest thing I ever wrote. Ernest...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 8, 2004 6:50 am
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In the clearer light of morning I had to touch up p. 1 and considerably revise p. 3. Ernest...
Ernest McClain
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Dec 8, 2004 4:27 pm
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Dear Duane and Ernest, Is it possible for others like myself to be able to download the Genesis 1-2 Musicology report? Henrik Mann...
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Dec 8, 2004 5:20 pm
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Henrik, file attachments are sent out only to those who are receiving "Individual Emails." I am changing your preferences in the group accordingly. If you do...
I HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY TO ACQUIRE ADOBE FOR MYSELF AND FAILED, AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING AGAIN. UNTIL THEN I MUST DEPEND ON DUANE TO CONVERT MS FILES TO...
