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Chamber Music Studio

Young Artist Apprenticeship

Music Comprehension

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Young Artist Apprenticeship

Music Comprehension

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Young Artist Apprenticeship

Music Comprehension

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Swish, chirp, boom… words that suggest the sound they describe, sound words, Onomatopoeia! It is so primal for language or at least it’s where we get a glimpse into the connectedness of life and sound in our communication through language. Music is of course a form of communication (a sound or no sound is made, and it is meant to be heard or understood) and notes in a musical phrase often function like words in a sentence - requiring inflection, breath, pitch, and gesture. And just like when we make a sound word in speech, so also we can make ‘sound notes’ - notes that carry so much more than just pitch and length. They embody something of the immaterial through our attention and care for what any note or phrase in music might be expressing or reflecting upon. Then it is up to us how accurately we translate that into a physical reaction that produces an authentic and effective sound in our instrument.

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