Thursday, February 17, 2011

The Sounds of Flute, Violin, Saxophone, and Piano

You are no musician. You wish you were. You keep telling yourself you would learn music before you die so you could set some of your words to music. Anyway, here are your impressions or rather, your vibrations when you hear the sounds made by the following musical instruments

Flute:

A wind instrument. In the right hand, we have a sound that is haunting, lingering, and floating forever in the air till your soul transformed by the sound.

Violin:

A string instrument, similar in effects to the flute, but more varied and intense due to the stronger vvibrations of the sound.

Saxophone:

Another wind instrument, and the most passionate and intense sound of all. The best time to hear it is at night. That's when we know Man is an emotional being and he communicates his emotions more than just through verbal language. Contrary to the staccato sounds produced by instruments of percussion or simple, primitive pattern of rhythms produced by drums, he somehow finds ways how he feels by blowing air into a brass instrument that magnifies the sounds and carries far into a distance in the stillness of the night. It's difficult not to have all the molecules of our beings stirred up when we hear the wailings of a saxophone.

Piano:

The granddaddy of all musical instruments, capable of evoking feelings of serenity, sadness, light-hearted joys, and unrestrained flow of ecstasy. It is a complete instrument thanks to simultaneous production of different notes.

All societies make music, just like all humans are endowed with language. While language is a barrier from one narion to another, music transcends human barriers and unites us and reminds us that we are all related and can understand one another and that indeed of all creatures and beings on this planet, we are an epitome and an exception.

Wissai

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