<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hello Alan.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Nice thread for sure.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My own definition, though, would replace = the ideas of optimal power and sustain and even tone from note to note by the more = complex idea of charm, which may or may not include or exclude all or part of = the former and other things.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I'm looking to develop a = short but comprehensive definition of piano voicing. So far, I've = got:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"Voicing is setting the = overall brightness of the piano and evening out the tone from note to = note, while optimizing power and sustain. "</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ideas appreciated, please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Salem, = Missouri</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>