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.
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