Bio

Music forms a vital part of worship. It is an unusual language, for while in its simplest rhythmical form it speaks to the untutored and primitive peoples, in its profoundest form it stirs the deepest intellectual and emotional power of the most highly educated and cultured. There is music for all from the naked rhythm of the tom-tom to the rich symphony orchestra. To the simple rhythm of primitive music we may add a pleasing succession of sounds, and we have melody. We may add a second melody running simultaneously with the first, and we have contrapuntal music in its simplest form. If we have several melodies running along together, in which all the notes sounded at the same time are in pleasing combination, we have harmony. If we play these harmonious chords on instruments of different tone qualities, we have symphonic orchestration the highest form of music, which requires for its appreciation intellectual and moral understanding and imagination. Its full enjoyment may indeed require long musical training.

New Jersey, Paterson United States

Member since: 10 Apr 2014