Music - A Positive Connection to the Intangible

October 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM

Hello Violinist world. I wish another beautiful day full of sun and joy your way.

Today as I type I think of how music affects us. It is very personal and different for everybody. But we all have experienced that moment that is so difficult to describe. Your heart feels it is swelling up and a feeling of electricity may wash over you. I have thought about keeping a journal and recording the specific moment this occurs. Measure 111 in the last movement of Brahms A Major sonata I will always remember. The minor section of the slow movement of Beethoven's seventh symphony gets me every time from the rythmic first measure. Two years ago I had the pleasure of hearing the Berlin Symphony play Brahms Symphony Number 4 and I had tears from within the first four bars.

We all have been touched by music. Perhaps for you it is a certain symphony, a specific measure in a concerto, the musical style of a composer or country that "rings true" to to you. For me it is the last movement of Shostakovitch's fifth symphony, his string quartet number 8, his e minor piano trio or whenever I hear Vyssotsky sing. This music "rings true" to me.

I hate to even think of a scientific explanation to this magical phenomenon but perhaps we all have a certain vibrational frequency average. This vibrational frequency "rings true" with the vibrational frequency of the vibrational frequencies of music. I firmly believe that music is like exercise and that an exposure to this can raise one's vibrational frequency hence the positive affects of music therapy.

Whatever the reason - music is the one of the closest connections for all of us here on earth to the intangible world. Eugene Fodor said it perfectly -

"Music is a way to discover the Divine within us.”

My thought for the day from Hippie Peace Freaks on facebook ties in perfectly to this post -
"It's the simple things that can clear negativity. Take a deep breath, put on music that makes you happy, recall a pleasant memory. Negativity is a dark shadow...erase it by turning towards your inner light of your soul."

Enjoy those special moments in music, in life, in nature and in practicing.

Happy Practicing:)

Heather Broadbent
www.onlineviolin.net

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