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These posts are my musings and cover many topics.  Some posts will be observations that I have made over my lifetime...some will be what I call, truisms.  Truisms that I have developed from having to deal with the tough situations life sometimes deals us.  I developed these little philosophies to help me avoid a situation in the future or  to allow me to have a better outcome the next time around.  All observations, truisms , and whatever other post this blog contains are  based on my own personal experiences and  opinions.  Hopefully, some post will be of some help to someone in a situation or  give someone another perspective...another way of looking/thinking about a situation that is helpful.  I love writing these posts and I appreciate you  reading them :-)

Please be aware there is a NEW  feature added to  some of the Musings.....AUDIO....There will be an audio bar on those Musings that offer this option.....You may not feel like reading at that moment....now you may listen:-)

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"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."- Gibran

FOR THE LOVE OF BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS.......

2/14/2014

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This is a personal musing and might not suit the interests of many of my regular readers but, it has been on my mind all day ...well....since yesterday actually.   I am thinking  I can get it out of mind by writing about it....that usually works wonders for me :-)


I have been studying scales and their associated chords so I can learn and apply what I learn to my compositions....my little cello songs that make me so happy writing them....you can hear them on my Musical Musings page.
I have studied and written music in C Major, F Major, G Major, and my beloved E Minor....well, beloved until new wonderful sounds hit my ears the other day.   I heard the most beautiful  scale  with its lovely sounding chords and knew this would be my next  project.  The scale that I am speaking of is...Bb Major....to those who are not conversant in scales...it doesn't matter what  that name means...it is the sounds that are important.   

These chords that belong to Bb Major have sounds that to my ear...right off....said: gentle, kind, soothing, peaceful,  and smooth...very smooth sounding to my ears.   So , I can not get those sounds out of my mind and started a new composition this evening called SOLILOQUY (Opus 5)....I will also use these beautiful chords as background music (hopefully) for the Frost poem I talk about in my previous musing.

I was talking to a non musician friend this evening and she asked what does it sound like...she is not computer literate so I am unable to send her the chord progression I did  with these chords.......
I told her to envision  her tired head sinking into soft pillows....or pulling a  comforter close on a cool night.....or sitting quietly drinking coffee and thinking pleasant thoughts...or being in a hammock with a gentle breeze...it sounds like that and so much more to my ears, I said....I will play the chords for her when she comes over so she will get to hear them :-)

Well, I feel better and clearer minded having written and told you about how these sounds affected me and how enthralled I am with them.  You may be wondering what they sound like to your ears..so, I have put an audio snippet ,at the end of this musing , of a Bb Major chord progression I made yesterday.  I hope you like it and can hear the characteristics  that I mentioned of the overall sounds.....if not, that is ok too, as all ears like different sounds..... 

If you, my musing reader or listener, are still with me, I thank you for reading  or listening about my love of Bb Major chord sounds.  I feel much better having talked with you about them:-)   My hope, now, is that I do them justice in my  compositions:-)
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    I am an adult female who is a cellist, composer, and a student of life experiences (by necessity).  I feel we are all students in life until the day we die.  I am, a realist and I try to stay grounded in what I feel is  the truth in any situation. I feel we have a responsibility to God, ourselves, and the people who love us to be the very best person we can be.

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