Back to basics vs FAQ

There has been some talk on the tuning digest as to the merits and
disadvantages of an alternative tuning FQA and back-to-basics information
package, and its possible application in making a website.

I would be very happy to have one of these to link to, and I would read it
many times as an educational resource.

I wanted to thank veryone on the list for the great responce I needed for
back-to-basics and information about musical terminology.

I feel that what needs mentioning is that this information resource would
have to be sequentialized, and stratified, and use in depth articulate, and
intricate descriptions.

I feel that placed in various steps along the way, using a decimal system of
notation, could be plain English exercises, and examples, pop quizzes...

Thus:

1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.4
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.5
2
2.1

....something like that???

No?
I mean, its all very well having a zillion cross links, and definitions
within definitions, but this oftenproduces a maze of information which is
very exhausting to read, and its easy to get lost.

Working examples, and pop tests would be an advantage.

Start simple, and build up.

Hope this helps.

--Sarn.

[Sarn wrote:]
>There has been some talk on the tuning digest as to the merits and
>disadvantages of an alternative tuning FQA and back-to-basics
>information package, and its possible application in making a website.

Sarn, it's very unfair for me to tease for for a typo, since I make so
many myself, but I just couldn't help loving the acronym FQA, which
would stand for "Frequently Questioned Answers". Seems there's a LOT
of that going on on the list! ;->

>I feel that what needs mentioning is that this information resource
>would have to be sequentialized, and stratified, and use in depth
>articulate, and intricate descriptions.

Your suggestion for a hierarchical organization for FAQ's, though of
clear utility if feasible, might be difficult to achieve effectively,
I believe.

>I mean, its all very well having a zillion cross links, and
>definitions within definitions, but this often produces a maze of
>information which is very exhausting to read, and its easy to get lost.

I understand how you feel, but at least there's a "home", i.e., the
top of the FAQ list itself. The zillion cross links, overwhelming as
they may sometimes seem to be, accurately reflect how things relate to
each other in myriad ways. I am still a huge fan of the printed word; I
love the feel of a book, the smell of a book, etc., etc., but the
advantages of hyper-links are gigantic, IMHO, in spite of the frightenly
infinite feel of them.

>Working examples, and pop tests would be an advantage.

Yes, though having lots of volunteers would certainly help achieve this!
Will you consider writing "tests" for things you've struggled to learn?

>Start simple, and build up.

Agreed; the first questions on the list should be the most simple,
providing, if possible, a foundation for the ones to follow.

JdL