Tone and Temperament

Resonance = vibration. In terms of an stringed instrument, the stimulus of plucking a string or the stroke of a bow creates a vibration on the string. It's not the string that creates the sound rather the vibration excites the wood surface of the instrument and gives the tone.

The resonance of the wood is complex. This is why one instrument sounds different than the others. Bracing within the body of the instrument can control the tone. The type of wood also makes a difference controlling the tone.

Last, the musician must use his/her temperament to hear, control and blend the tones to create the final product.

Musicians are by nature temperamental beings.

Ethical Dilemma - Circular Logic

Vegetarians. They don't eat meat. Probably some for reasons of health but others and probably the majority because they don't think killing animals for food is ethical. For moral reasons. You know, cows have big eyes and so on.

So what if there was a scientific breakthrough and it was discovered that plants had feelings. That carrot that got pulled out of the ground had silently screamed. Vegetarians would have a dilemma on thier hands. Puzzled, would they choose to starve?

There is another choice, scavenge and eat what was allready dead and not by their own hands. Like buzzards and vermin do.

Ironically, the creatures that we think are nature's most disgusting just might be the most morally ethical, well, at least to vegetarians.