Personal Essay: A Music Analysis

From a young age, one of the most influential aspects of my life has been music. At the age of three I was handed a violin, and was encouraged to continue lessons throughout most of my childhood. I was taught where to place my feet, how to support my posture perfectly, and where exactly to place my fingers to produce the right note. This was the first example of music that I had, and through this I was shown that music is precision, perfection, and that the rules needed to be followed to make it beautiful. As I became older and began thinking more for myself, I started to question this method of creation. We are taught at a young age that music is a form of art, and I found myself questioning why a form of art as amazing and full of possibilities as music would …show more content…
Aging out of violin gave me many opportunities to try something new, and knowing that I had a talent and an ear for music in general, I began teaching myself guitar in my free time. This is something that continues to bring me constant happiness and peace, simply because there is nobody telling me what my limits are, or what I am required to do. Creating my own music is something that took and takes a large amount of thought and self-discipline, but I am truly doing what I do best when I know that there are endless possibilities to what I can create, and there is an endless amount of originality that I can put into my work. With this being said, I have also learned that it is okay to be given rules when working with music. Through my churches youth program, I have become involved in a praise band, and have been very generously offered the position of one of the main worship leaders. This simply means that I lead a group made up of my peers and closest friends in song every Sunday