Personal Narrative: A Music Analysis

No sooner than we came back with the drinks than one guy who I found was named Dan pulled out a baggie and rolled a couple of big joints. Those were passed around and it seemed like Jazz always had one in her hand as the guys kept passing them to her.

Music with a purpose. Music serves a purpose throughout our lives, it is more than just entertainment and something to use for background

Orchestra has always been one of my favorite classes to go to during the day. After choosing to play the cello in middle school, I continued playing the instrument in high school. It was in this class that I had made most of my closest friends, many of whom I still love to this day. I also loved how the rich deep tones that came from playing each note of the cello and how they were able to blend with the rest of the orchestra. I knew from my freshmen year that I wanted to get into the top class, Chamber Orchestra. I thought that I would have done everything in my power to get into the class, however when the time came I could not even bring myself to audition.

To understand why music is a product of human intention and perception, we start by defining or understanding the nature of music. Music is defined as the sounds or combination of vocals and instruments in a way that it produces a form of beauty, expression, or harmony of emotions. Arguably, people compose or make music through many ways (Resnicow, Joel E., 20-29). While some people might compose music without incorporating instruments, others use instruments to produce beats that match with their sounds. However, to argue that the

Music surrounds everyday life no matter where you are in the world. Hollow objects make notes when hit. Small wooden reeds, bamboos, and shells whistle when blown into. Anything tightly stretched twangs when plucked and the human voice has a delightful ability to go up and down at will. Even when wind rustles through the wind, birds chirp, or ocean wave’s tumbling is nature’s form of music. I constantly find myself being enthralled by the various forms music. You could say that in sense music as a whole is a form of art. The sounds that entwine harmonize, are rhythmically pleasing, have dynamics, etc., come together as a whole in order to compose a song. “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” (Confucius)

Attention Getter: What is music? Many people say that it’s a harmonious beautiful sound that is pleasing to the ear. According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a nineteenth century poet and educator, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” Not only is music a type of communication but it’s also type art which many people fail to remember.

“We’re on in five!”, barks the conductor. I look up, still chewing on a candy bar.“Hey, where’s the bass!” I run backstage, dodging stage crew and return with a black instrument without first tripping over scattered wires. “Alright, everyone: places!” As I reshuffle my sheet music, a few things catch my eye.

Entering high school, I met a senior that after talking to for a long while he became a close friend. He told me that he played the guitar and I told him that i've been playing the drums for 8 years so I talked to him about starting a band together. Once he got on board with my plan I made a schedule so we could practice at least 3 times a week. My friend told me that his cousin could get us a gig so I decided to talk to his cousin. After talking to his cousin, he told me about backyard shows and how lots of bands go and play there on Friday nights. He ended up getting us a gig to be the opening band in a show that his friend was hosting. I was excited even though I knew being the opening band wasn't the greatest thing ever, but I was glad that we were performing. Once we finished playing our songs, I was kind of disappointed in the fact that not so many people got to listen to us. After that I told myself that I'll be as well know as the better band that played.

As a child, I was always showered with the idea I could do and be anything I

UGH! I said in frustration.  “Dayla, what about piano and singing?” articulated my mother. During this time, I was going through the know-it-all phase and was only six-years-old. I LOVED to sing! My cousins  and I used to create our own music or stay with headphones. My mom and grandmother wanted me to be the next “Alicia Keys” and still do, now I have no problem with that at all. At the moment, I honestly did not care for the piano.

The typical teenager has a playlist of music on their phone of the newest music from the talented recording artist of this century. That’s not me, I am the kid with classical music blaring until I drive my friends into complete boredom and playing foreign music until my family questions whether I’m truly an American. The “good” music of today falls into the genres of pop and hip-pop, but the music lacks a story. I have always felt like an outcast who is searching for his purpose through words and music helps me find myself. I began to take piano lessons at the age of six with numbers of different teachers from old ladies who play on Sunday mornings at church to Broadway performers turned worship pastors. Each one of these teachers left an imprint

When I was little I was the party lighten upper. Everyone new Jazzmyn was the room. I would bring joy and laughs in the room. My best friend was Jordyn, of course, we would play many, many games. One game that I remember is “Batman and Princess.” Where I the princess would be standing on top of the stairs crying for Batman's help (Jordyn). Jordyn would be fighting off the bad guys chanting back “I’m coming Princess.” I also would always made sure everyone was accepted meaning if someone was eating at the lunch table alone I would always go sit my them. I remember in 3rd grade with Mrs. Glandorf we went to Iowa Lake to have a picnic and Brandon Vance was one of the first off the bus so he ran to a table and I was one of the last off the bus. Still seeing no one has sat down by him I did with my group of friends. I saw the look on Ms. Glandorf’s face and I can see she was very proud of me. I didn’t really realize back then but thinking about it today I was glad that I did it because that simple

Ever since I was a boy I always had the desire to be different. I didn’t want to fit in. I wanted to stand out. This all started when I was born in the a very town in India. I was there for a little bit. I was born in a family of a hard working mother and drug addict father who I can’t even remember. My family didn’t accept me because my parents weren’t married. I was always compared to my cousins I lived with. Even though I was better then them in every way, my family of snakes still looked me like I haven’t done enough or just not good enough. I was still a kid when they started to tell me that I would be just like my dad. They put so much effort into criticising me. I personally thought it was really funny. Every time anyone would say

Music is an art form that has continued to be practiced and expressed over the past few hundred years. It is commonly used as a multi-national form of nonverbal communication, meaning that it is the universal language that is understood amongst all cultures. While music is commonly used for enjoyment and leisure, it has the capacity to take on many other qualities. Music is the type of expressive art form that allows a wide range of emotions to be expressed, ranging from happiness to sadness and everything in between. This broad spectrum of emotions can lead to physical effects, both negative and positive, that can either improve or harm a

Music is defined differently for each individual. It is the universal language that speaks to us all, but in different ways. It is one of the few genres that can instantly transport a person back to the past. Music is also an art of sound which expresses ideas, thoughts, and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony. It is the design of giving structural form and rhythmic pattern to combinations of sounds produce instrumentally and vocally. To me, music brings a sense of calmness, happiness, and peacefulness. Music is the absolute bread of life because it feeds my soul.