Music is made expressive and exciting and emotional by the skillful use of contrasts by its performers. Music that is all loud or all soft, for example, becomes sterile and boring, while music that builds to climaxes and retreats into serene quiet is highly expressive. One area of music that relies on contrast is that … Continue reading Understanding Musical Accents: Enhance Your Performance
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Connecting Music and Visual Art
Yesterday, I visited the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, U. S. A. My focus on this occasion was to view the modern art collections. I went through slowly, taking in each picture or sculpture, and discussing it with my daughter, who accompanied me on the outing. Eventually, we came to a painting by Norman Lewis … Continue reading Connecting Music and Visual Art
It Don’t Mean A Thing
In all of American popular music, there has been two distinct "feels;" straight feel and swing feel. The swing feel became popular in the 1930s and 1040s with the big bands of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, the Dorseys and others. Until then, jazz styles including dixieland and ragtime, had a straight feel to them. In … Continue reading It Don’t Mean A Thing
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