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Re: Playing With Emotion

Author: seabreeze
Date: 2022-04-09 01:36

So what do people do to show that a piece of DANCE music has struck an emotional chord with them? Why, they clap their hands and join in the dance. They get their feet moving. In this orchestral piece, the clarinet has a big burden of introducing a dance theme and awakening attention to it. Soon other orchestral instruments will pick up the melody and introduce contra-melodies, but the clarinet is like the first beam of sunlight breaking through the clouds of morning to let everyone know the night and time for sleeping has ended. You've got to WAKE THEM UP. Go in a park with a percussionist friend. Have them click out that little rhythm pattern on a wood block, and you start playing the melody over it You will know you are playing with emotion when onlookers stop looking, nod their heads, snap their fingers, and start their feet moving. Then you will have struck gold. You don't have the right emotion in dance music till you get bodies warmed up and feet moving. The emotion of the dance is a group vibe, and yes, it is contagious when it's working right. The clarinet must be in the imperative mode from the beginning; it must unmistakably say "Rise and shine; open your eyes; sleep's over; get up and dance." Do you know the words to Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man"? Something like Hey Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me; in the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following You. You've got to be the Tambourine Man and provide the "jingle-jangle."

Post Edited (2022-04-09 19:27)

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