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I'm a fairly musical person, and a huge portion of my day is devoted to practicing my musical instruments; which is primarily composed of piano and alto saxophone, but I occasionally pick up my flute. I also plan to minor in music education because I want to give back to my community and encourage people to pick up musical instruments.
When I play a musical instrument, I can ignore everything that's wrong in the world. All I have to focus on is that I'm playing the right notes and the other technicalities of the instrument I'm playing. Sometimes, I find it hard to express myself through words, but I never have trouble expressing myself
through music because it's not something that I have to try for. When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do is pick up my saxophone and let the melodies flow and I'll start to feel better. If I'm in a good mood, I'll go to the piano and play a Beethoven sonata at Presto and just bang away on the keys.
Also, music allows me to peek inside the mind of others. When I'm sitting in a concert, I can listen for little things that the musician does that signals his moods or his habits; a crescendo that lasts too long, a mournful vibrato. A true musician is a person that allows the audience to really understand what's going through his or her head; someone that creates music that people can connect to. I love sitting through a concert where the music is so expressive, that after it's over, it feels like I know the musician a lot better.
People find it strange that I'm so musical, but it's a part of me. No matter where I go, I'll always be doing something musical, whether it be tapping my fingers on my desk in a rhythmic manner, or whistling a random tune. Rhythm is in all of us, in our hearts which is constantly beating out a rhythm -- the rhythm of life (that wasn't supposed to sound so corny).
What does music mean to you?
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