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what it all means...

i just accidentally deleted my whole entry. that makes me really sad... here we go again... i guess.. the first one was better.

what it all means... there are several things i've taken away from this class, the first being that i firmly believe that music is the "state" language of the world. how else can we all truly communicate and understand each other but through music. we all speak this common language, just different dialects. but because of the common bond of the music language, we can relate to other cultures and appreciate their dialects as well as our own. the second thing that i'm taking away from this class is the indescribable and intangible aspect of music. you can dissect a piece down to its guts and know everything that is harmonically and structurally going on with it, but still have no CLUE about "what it all means". but at the same time you can just listen to a piece, but unless you understand some of the harmonic and structural elements which make it tick, you might also lack a full appreciation for the music. these two aspects of musical analysis need to be fused together, but it is hard to include both of them without giving an abridged version of both... an anecdote: so in class we learned all about the twelve bar blues, and chord progressions, and from this knowledge the fab 5 in our group presentation were able to compose a blues song in under 3 minutes. the time alotted aside, it is not a great song. however, what MAKES a song great? that's the stuff taht can't be taught, no matter how many chords you analyze and how many progressions you try, it's not the analytical aspect that makes a sosng great, it is the emotional and intangible aspect which does, and that's the best i can do at describing it.