Music Analysis

(First, sorry for the late post, but I left my house at 7 this morning for school and didnt get home again til quarter after midnight, thanks to working. Ohhh sbux closing shifts.)

Tonight, I'm thankful for music analysis. I know that sounds really boring and gross and weird, but SERIOUSLY! When one needs a good distraction, analysis of something you love does the job pretty darn well. I was happy to find that I got a B on my last Music Theory test, so I'm finally starting to understand it. YAY! So all throughout class, since I needed to be distracted, I was focusing especially close. And it makes sense so that was encouraging. But I was still down today.

So, I talked to a good friend after class and had about an hour and a half to kill before choir. He let me talk and cry and the like, and was very understanding and kind. That was the first step to feeling better, but there's nothing like music for me. When we got into choir I just took a big breath, got on the risers, and started stretching. Within minutes, both my emotions and need to go potty were the last things on my mind. I got to focus and create, and it was wonderful. Especially since our music is very challenging (Bach's Gloria in Excelsis Deo Cantata 191 and Arvo Part's Magnificat), I can't just sing. I have to think. I have to listen. I have to make sure my vowel is right because for some reason we were really flat today. I had to be there and nowhere else, and I am so thankful for that.

Music is beautiful, in it's science, art, and complexity to entangle both those worlds. To be able to finally analyze it properly feels like a gift and I'm thankful that I CAN do it, and also that I'm letting myself. It feels so good to chase a dream :)