I just had a startling revelation that I’d like to share. But in the case of most revelations, I’m aware it may sound like just another fact of life.
Listening to music tonight, it came to my attention that repetition and the layers of sound that made my body move in rhythmic time was more than just a comfort--it was order on an infinite level. My hearing senses, my memory and my anticipation were all working in an "information retrevial" sort of way.
We get pleasure out of expecting a sound in the next moment and when it occurs, it links our present moments together, creating order. The “information retrieval” part I’m discussing is how the brain can quickly reset itself when organizing those associations with that particular sound.
The layers work with silence and the void, and provide a chance for filling up, similar to how you go up or down a staircase. I realize that I’m not saying anything new here, and that you’ve all probably considered this, but here is my point:
Men created art and art is order. Mythologies suggest that God made us in the image of . . . Again an infinite reminder. It could be that the chaos we perceive in the world is really music to God’s ears, that the universe is a symphony.
Be my guest and discuss this, but I’d like to end with one last question:
IF we are all vibrations or frequencies at the core of our physical makeup, then what determines a person’s musical taste?
in music, these repititions or ‘motiffs’ are necessary to bring about a theme. anything that has a theme will possess repititions…
on a more micro level…the notes in a song are all repititions of the same notes on a key,
u cannot place them at will. from repititions,harmony emerges from chaos.
repetition, contrast and development are the three very basic components of a “good” melody.
Development is the most interesting, and is where we get a sense of musical travel, and often meaning. Development consists of both repetition and contrast.
I’m not sure exactly what you mean since atmosphere could have various meanings . . . but yes, and no. Musical travel or development does add new material too it, whether new rhythmic or new pitch etc material, and so it does shift to a new “space” in a way. . . but for it to travel it has to also be connected to an older theme in the music, or else it will be just contrast. so no, it doesn’t just shift.
Musical travel is mostly NOT shifting from one atmosphere to another, that would be MORE contrast, (to play something completely different)
Musical travel is more like a sunset, that retains parts (pitch, rhythm, harmony etc) of the old as it slowly shifts towards some musical event, like a climax in pitch, or in the case of the sunset, for the sun to disapear. Musical travel has to repeat parts of the past, and also change. Part of the sunset stays the same, like the color of the clouds, as it also changes parts of them at the same time.
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