Re: Vowel "colors", was "colored scripts" etc.

Dan Sulani scripsit:

>     In the same way of thinking, why not extend
> the idea to _sound_? Not like the old
> "sol re sol", but more subtle, using, perhaps,
> microtones for one dimension, (or perhaps the "Western"
> notes for "vowels" and microtones in between for
> "consonants"), timbres or types of instrument for another, etc.
> (Naturally, trumpets get the best grammatical features!  ;-)   )
IIRC, Solresol itself had a color representation, whereby the
seven syllables/notes were mapped onto the seven spectral
colors in a natural way.

> "Words" could be chords ("read" from low sound to high or the reverse)
This concept is used in Vernor Vinge's sf novel _Fire Upon The Deep_.
Individuals of the "Tines" species have multiple bodies, and assign
a single syllable to each body (there can be from 4 to 6 of them).
The full name is spoken by saying each syllable simultaneously,
one from each throat.

For example, the four "members" Wic, Krk, Rac, and Rum form an
individual whose name is approximated in English as "Wickrackrum",
although of course English can't really handle the lack of
sequencing that the true Tinish chord provides.

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