Music is more than just notes
Teach this to your everyone
The wind in the trees.
The birds.
The swaying of branches together, in concert with each other and other trees.
There's a particular…sound…a particular vibration that goes with the season of spring.
This is music too.
Today was an emotional day, and all I wanted to do was pop open the top of a very cold beverage (pomegranate soda, in this case) and let the 90°F/32°C heat and 20 mph/32kph wind speed do its work.
Think of the music involved:
- The release of suction of the fridge door and the clink-clink of glass as I pull out a soda.
- The top coming off.
- The release of that lip from the top o’ the bottle after the first pull.
- “Aaaaaaahhh”
It's working.
Remind yourself and your students that music is the vibrations you identify as pleasurable.
Wind in the trees
Birds.
The swaying of branches…
