Musicality and music before three
In music, we can similarly choose to highlight select notes or moments within a phrase. When we read text with a highlighter in hand, we choose to emphasize certain key words or phrases. Musicality Tip #3: The Highlighter Technique
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This technique works really well for drawing attention to the specialness of intervals, whether it is a close semitone, or an unusual interval like a tritone, or a large interval like an octave. Putting equal attention on the note before your desired climax has the effect of putting an aural "highlighter" around the specific interval, effectively drawing more attention to the upcoming note you want to highlight: “This is special/This is important/Listen to this”. Instinct may tell us to focus just on that note, however one of the best tricks I often use and find very effective is to focus my attention equally (if not more so) on the note before the desired note. Oftentimes there are specific notes on the page or in certain phrases or sections, that you decide are climactic, special, or are deserving of musical attention.
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Musicality Tip #2: The Note Before Technique In Classical and Baroque music, can you hear how the frequent use of appoggiaturas create dissonance (the ‘funky’) and consonance? How do you use appoggiaturas to create and resolve musical ‘tension’?
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