What do words and music do to a human life?
Victo Hugo said, “What one cannot say, and one cannot keep silent about, music expresses.”
Linguistic Counterpoint
Linguistic Counterpoint is where words and music come together as one subject. Language shapes sound and sound shapes thought. Both have been shaping us since long before we noticed. Our writings extend and explore the connection between words and music.
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If You Knew It Was AI, Would You Still Love It?
With all our talk about how important the union of words and music is to us, we must admit that language can’t fully interrogate or explain music any more than a brain can explain itself.
What makes sound patterns meaningful?
Understanding sound patterns when learning a new language helps to increase your fluency, and composers know that if they stick to certain rules, they can create effective sound patterns by creating a melody and a chord progression that works in a meaningful way.
Words and music: The making of the human brain
Charles Darwin is quoted as saying, “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”
Made for Each Other: Music and Text — Revealing the Language of Plainchant
Part III
Made for Each Other: Music and Text — Revealing the Language of Plainchant
Part II
Made for Each Other: Music and Text — Revealing the Language of Plainchant
Part I
Can music be Dangerous like a Manifesto?
Music is a powerful medium for cultural conditioning.
New Book on Composing
Making Music —The Process and the Artist
Does music need words?
On music, meaning, and why I have wasted hundreds of thousands of words