December 10, 2013
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This has been on repeat all morning.
Sometimes when you’re plugged in on the same
thing for hours, you begin to notice certain things.
Like how this song is in triple time – there is this
funky offbeat you hear when you listen to the strings.
Like the song feels fast, but it isn’t, really. 6/8. 3/4.
And then the dynamics become clear.
The moving and shaking of a song, the very
things that bring you on that musical journey,
pushing and pulling in different directions.
It makes you wonder if this is what makes
a good recipe for an orchestral arrangement.
Today’s song, for example.
0:01 - Start slow and discreet. A chorus of voices.
0:51 - Enter the percussionists and big stringers
- celloes, double basses. Can you feel the heavy beat?
1:57 - The little voices now. Violins, violas, flautists,
clarinets. All the cute stringers and woodwinds.
The tempo picks up.
2:36 - Magic! The horn line, in all its glory.
They literally lift this song. They sound magnificent.
4:20 - A sudden break. It catches you off guard.
Makes you listen to the littles instrument in this
big-piece orchestra – the triangle. It’s well-deserved.
Everyone matters in a musical ensemble.
4:34 - And then, BOOM. The big brasses.
My trumpets, trombones, baritones and tubas.
Take it to the finish line, boys!
You feel a little breathless at the end.
Like you’ve just experienced an eargasm.
But you haven’t.
It’s just dynamics.
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