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What Is Music? (+ Playlist Recommendation!)
🕑 Added 2021-08-28 13:18:28 +0000 UTCForgetting the playlist on your phone, let's really ask what music is. Does it come from hitting some notes on an instrument, or does the action of creating music come from a resonance, rhythm or beat within us? Can that rhythm of our souls be described as something simple? Perhaps with a few chords or a basic drum pattern?... OR can the depth and complexity of our souls be reflected in truly magnificent orchestral pieces?
Surely, the manifestation of tremendously beautiful and complex classical pieces are actually the reflections of the orchestral sounds from within ourselves.
Perhaps you're into some modern pop music, which is absolutely fine, but if we're to comprehend the essence of music in its purity, then I recommend listening to classical music to help develop our emotional and higher centers of consciousness. This type of music helps us connect with the music of our soul, similar to what Shabd Yoga teaches.
I often meditate with these types of music in the background such as Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Franz Liszt etc.
When we know how to listen in a non-judgemental and non-subjective way, we can resonate with these masterpieces and become moved an a level far deeper than what our minds can comprehend. When we're moved in this way, new dimensions of inspiration and understanding can fill us profoundly by putting harmony back within us.
We discussed this in the Discord group recently and Brian decided to make a great playlist of his favourite pieces that personally influenced his own journey. When you have to time to yourself, or perhaps if you're struggling to meditate, consider having a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-5KBIHZgQ456s5SCk9IPDJa3H5pAL18p
Comments
Gene Hart
Wonderful! I bet you had some very moving experiences.
Dale Rogers
I grew up singing in a choir. I sang in choir from the age of 5-20. I also play guitar. My first college major was Music Education with a focus in classical guitar. Singing in a choir is amazing. You learn to control your voice, stay on pitch. You learn the relationships (intervals) between notes. A second is dissonant and wants to resolve to the major 3rd. Certain vibrations make us feel easy. Others make us feel uneasy. When your follow a choir master, he/she directs the movement of the volume, passion, sweetness, rhythm. It’s like being in a flock of birds. As the lead bird turns this way or that, the entire flock moves with it creating a ballet of sorts. The precision is quite impressive. Imagine that precision and entrainment with voices. It is a profound emotional experience.
