Subject: Re: brightness From: Densil Cabrera <densil(at)ARCH.USYD.EDU.AU> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:18:09 +1000> >Instead of physical high/low, bright/dull may be related to near/distant. Perhaps a similar proximity analogy partially accounts for the association between low frequency content and the impression of a tone's or noise's size - which for historical reasons is called 'auditory volume'. An increase in the bassiness of sounds (as well as in their brightness) is associated with close sources.