I don't make music for eyes...

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.
Stevie Nicks

My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
Ray Charles

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.
Charlie Byrd

Timothy L Mccoul

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.
Herb Alpert

Timothy L Mccoul


Terms:
Form - The structure of a piece of music.

Dynamics - Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.

Allegro - A direction to play lively and fast.

Energico - A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo Tolstoy

Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
Gary Wright

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.
Charlie Byrd

Timothy L Mccoul

Music is love in search of a word.
Sidney Lanier

Timothy L Mccoul


Terms:
Key - The music's key is determined by which notes are played sharp or flat. The key has a big effect on how the music sounds. Major keys sound 'happy' while minor keys sound 'sad'.

Theme - A melody that appears at the beginning of a piece of music, which is repeated or modified. A large piece of music may have more than one theme (e.g. The Hebrides Overture).

Song cycle - A sequence of songs, perhaps on a single theme, or with texts by one poet, or having continuos narrative.

Scordatura - The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.