Re: Positive - Comparative - Superlative

Padraic wrote:
> >I was indeed looking for an open ended system. Also musette could be
>"first
> >oboe" and english horn (really cor anglais which is neither english nor a
> >horn!!) could be "third oboe." The trick would be defining the "anchor
> >point" of course. But we do that inherently anyway even in this
> >"conventional" system don't we.
>
>Well, looking at things from the bass end of the scale gives one a
>slightly different perspective. Anything smaller than a euphonium or
>bass clarinet are just wee little toys!
>
>The anchor point might be a tad difficult, especially if applied
>universally: the smallest things are neutrinos and the biggest are
>universes. Anything on a human scale would involve some pretty obscene
>numbers for this kind of system!
Why not use an expontial system? Let 1m be "0", 1cm be "-2", a kilometre be
"3" etc. This means that things on a human scale will get nicy number near
zero. The obscene numbers would be reserved for the really tiny and really
huge things. The bad thing is that your oboe'll turn out to be a fractional
number ...

                                                Andreas
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