tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33092264.post-52322950881603011512008-03-10T15:05:00.008+05:302008-05-06T14:19:59.660+05:30Let us try to think a while about what music is.<br />It is a sequence of notes and sometimes a combination which is pleasing to us, this seems to be the answer.<br /><br />The human ear has a characteristic because of which we are able to feel that the notes having ratios of their frequencies as whole powers of 2 are similar to each other in quality when they are played with respect to a scale.<br />If we choose a note with a starting frequency f Hz and go on increasing it with the pattern 2^n/12 × f where n is from 1 to 12, we will get all the unique notes in the octave and when n will become 12, or when we will multiply f with 2, we will get a note that will seem similar to the first note but will have a higher pitch than the first note.<br />This is the mystery of audition which classifies sound of different frequencies into notes of similar qualities, because of which we are able to identify C and can differentiate it from D.<br /><br />Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.<br />Similar are the notes and tunes because they are never spoiled by lyrics and can be felt in many different ways.<br /><br />Unfortunately people of many countries nowadays are arranging "music competitions" among 8 to 12 year olds those who are told to reproduce songs that are usually of poor qualities and lack the basic properties to be considered musical and the judges give them remarks and advise them to perform better at certain situations.<br />The judges are coloured by principles that have no basis but have been accepted by the current mass, but interestingly they seldom have the slightest idea regarding music.<br /><br />There is no way of determining whether a note of a particular frequency is a Sa (C), Re (D) or Ga (E) if it is played alone independently. The quality of a note is relative and is felt with respect to the other notes that are played before and after it.<br />This is the most fundamental fact that they ignore and the next, they try to apply principles and forget that music has to be pleasant, this is the only thing which distinguishes music from noise.<br /><br />True musicians find the finest music in the voice of the robin and the nightingale, and sometimes in silence itself but it seems quite clear, when we will ask people after several years about what is music, they will point to several monster groups because they will get thousands of awards and music will be the voice of the monsters.Bapulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07171724623428534209noreply@blogger.com