Music as Love
When you play your guitar or sit quietly at the piano in the late afternoon and just play whatever notes come to you, do you find that some are quite beautiful and soothing while other combinations are a bit on the rough side? With a little more experimentation, have you found by bringing together the “pretty’ sounds with those more tense that often very simple yet satisfying compositions are formed?
When we are relaxed, our ears naturally seek out and crave the more soothing and rich tones, but also are capable of confronting the more dissonant tones when we find ourselves tense and wound up. The beauty of music is often a parallel to our human emotions, a yin/ yang or push/ pull of opposites. It accurately expresses our soul …show more content…
Interestingly, the parallel goes a bit farther. Music is comprised of 12 unique notes, and likewise, people are influenced by the 12 unique energies of their birth months.
Could it be that if you fell in love with someone born in the same month as you, a unison interval would be created––2 sounds played on the same note? Or if your partner was born 3 months before or after you, that you would form an interval of a minor 3rd, like a C and Eb.
If we can accept the possibility that we in our relationships share something deeply profound with music, then a new world of possibilities opens. If we knew why one relationship was effortless while another was continuously challenging and aggressive, and we held the tools with which to elevate their level of harmony, wouldn’t the world be a better place?
The intervals of music traverse from unity to diversity and back again. Like our relationships, they move from oneness to total individuation and back again. The beauty is that all the intervals are needed to form the great music we have come to love and …show more content…
As an example, the relationship formed by 2 people born 1 month apart would form in music a minor 2nd interval. That interval is very difficult to handle. It’s the sound of the first 2 notes of the score from the movie “Jaws,” written by John Williams. Remember the 2 pulsing notes that forebode danger? When 2 people find themselves in that relationship they need to give each other room and respect. The possibility of conflict or neglect by either partner is great. There is no way that they will do everything together. In fact, they will both crave to be separate and unconnected while maintaining the relationship. Yet, for 2 people who may be deeply engrossed in their respective careers, it could prove to be an ideal arrangement. By understanding the musical dynamic at play––the degree of harmony inherent in their presence––they can manipulate their relationship to give them not only love and passion, but unencumbered space to pursue their individual
When you play your guitar or sit quietly at the piano in the late afternoon and just play whatever notes come to you, do you find that some are quite beautiful and soothing while other combinations are a bit on the rough side? With a little more experimentation, have you found by bringing together the “pretty’ sounds with those more tense that often very simple yet satisfying compositions are formed?
When we are relaxed, our ears naturally seek out and crave the more soothing and rich tones, but also are capable of confronting the more dissonant tones when we find ourselves tense and wound up. The beauty of music is often a parallel to our human emotions, a yin/ yang or push/ pull of opposites. It accurately expresses our soul …show more content…
Interestingly, the parallel goes a bit farther. Music is comprised of 12 unique notes, and likewise, people are influenced by the 12 unique energies of their birth months.
Could it be that if you fell in love with someone born in the same month as you, a unison interval would be created––2 sounds played on the same note? Or if your partner was born 3 months before or after you, that you would form an interval of a minor 3rd, like a C and Eb.
If we can accept the possibility that we in our relationships share something deeply profound with music, then a new world of possibilities opens. If we knew why one relationship was effortless while another was continuously challenging and aggressive, and we held the tools with which to elevate their level of harmony, wouldn’t the world be a better place?
The intervals of music traverse from unity to diversity and back again. Like our relationships, they move from oneness to total individuation and back again. The beauty is that all the intervals are needed to form the great music we have come to love and …show more content…
As an example, the relationship formed by 2 people born 1 month apart would form in music a minor 2nd interval. That interval is very difficult to handle. It’s the sound of the first 2 notes of the score from the movie “Jaws,” written by John Williams. Remember the 2 pulsing notes that forebode danger? When 2 people find themselves in that relationship they need to give each other room and respect. The possibility of conflict or neglect by either partner is great. There is no way that they will do everything together. In fact, they will both crave to be separate and unconnected while maintaining the relationship. Yet, for 2 people who may be deeply engrossed in their respective careers, it could prove to be an ideal arrangement. By understanding the musical dynamic at play––the degree of harmony inherent in their presence––they can manipulate their relationship to give them not only love and passion, but unencumbered space to pursue their individual