Posts Tagged ‘emotions’
Looking for Meaning in Music, Part II
In my previous post, I said that music is essentially a vehicle of meaning. Music communicates emotions, but can only communicate so many before something else is added. Adding Layers Adding words to a song makes it more specific. The sounds of music are like broad strokes on the canvas. Lyrics are the details. They [...]
Looking for Meaning in Music, Part I
Music as Language Music is powerful to us humans. We consume – no, devour – music for everything. We play it for celebrations, we use it for sorrow, we use it to vent, we play it to romance. Music at its core is a language. Compare it to a spoken/written language. Music has letters (notes), [...]