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This week’s prompt word:
KEY
Since time immemorial, Music has been referred to as ‘the language of the gods’. This comes as small surprise to those inclined to consider the role of music in the world of Man, in fact, given the endless ways found to create it, the plural form, ‘gods’ seems only reasonable.
Of course, the natural world, abounding in examples of proto-music, ranging from the songs of birds, the howls of predators and the deep-sea chorus of many, if not all cetaceans, nevertheless only serves to betray a flaw when given over to man (and woman) to embrace and express this divine gift.
Just as the tropical storm is not the Ocean, the instruments fashioned (and voices trained) are not Music, merely individual mechanisms to amplify what is within the soul. At the heart of the dysfunction is denial on the part of whatever culturally-favored depiction of God one might prefer, a refusal to acknowledge that all songs and symphonies, lullabies and martial exhortations are played in the key of fear.
This primal key of the songs of Man (and Woman) is the fear of loss and it is the unintended consequence of the gift from the gods, the true Original Sin being the capacity to imagine time that has yet been heralded by the rising sun.
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I like the thought of music amplifying what is in the soul. Nice phrase: “played in the key of fear”
thanks, Frank
Wow, you hit some interesting notes with this Six. I agree that non-humans are the superior musicians, but respectfully disagree (or perhaps this is a refusal to acknowledge) that music is in the key of fear. Make a joyful noise in the key of life!
thanks, Miz Avry funny thing is I do love music in all forms (except yodeling and current-video-fare) so I will not irrevocably contest your… contention. Perhaps it is possible to rise from what might be considered a negative, well past mere compensation and enter a realm of good again.
(I suspect I under-played what I’m now thinking is the Original Sin, the capacity to anticipate the future (the etymology is really fun, in part: “…1530s, “to cause to happen sooner,” a back-formation from anticipation” (courtesy of Etymonline)
The Sin is the flaw, the effects are fear but the effort to encapsulate it are good.
…or something lol
C’mon, Clark, Del Shannon’s version of Swiss Maid raises yodelling to an art form!
lol
Interesting take on music. To me, personally, it truly is the vibration and extension of the soul. Love the piece you have written!
The sound of the African bush at the start and end of the day is the most magical of all music to me.
Just as well there is such an array of gods to allow for musical genres to fit every taste.
I’m a fan of Odin, cos I consider him to be the god of rock n roll.
thank … err Gods for that
Norse gods don’t be takin no shit
lol
At the risk of sounding Greek to you…Φόβος, fear, as primordial as it may be, at some point of the history of Man and Woman something else arouse from its embrace…
…pure, determined Defiance…of Fear…of Gods…of tyranny of mysticism…and manifested in Music too…
Great Six.
hanks, man
again twofers, you are terribly creative
In Revelation, if you read closely, for the most part the Angels cry out, but the people sing.
The key of fear…interesting…yes.
that’s what I enjoy the most of all these Sixes… more often than not, there is something that lingers past ‘The End’
Someone once said (not sure who) that God (not sure which one) gave Jimmy Hendrix his fingers and John Lennon his brain.
There are those who, in terms of access to the land of art and music, are much closer than we mortals
Interesting Six. It was the band Argent who recorded: God Gave Rock And Roll To You, followed by Petra, then most famously by Kiss.
I wonder, going way back to prehistory and the beginnings of humankind, which came first in terms of musical expression: the voice, or the drumbeat?
I might wager a bone hitting a tree stump, or gourd; some tribal and spiritual message given up to Nature.
Love that song
Warning!! Total musical apostasy! I prefer Kiss’s version*
imo… the drumbeat… who hasn’t lain awake hearing nothing but the rhythm of life in our inner ears which begs the question is percussion music? (not counting timpanae, vibes, or Zepelin-sized gongs)
*I’m hoping you know and/or can tell us that some or all of the instruments were studio guys
“…let there be light and music”. Wasn’t that the quote, lol
Thought provoking Six, Clark. All of which culminates in sentence 6. Without question.
And sometimes, Clark, even the best musicians in the world don’t always create beautiful music…
tru dat
Interesting six which bears further pondering. wondering if this fear has much to do with whether one attends most to the rising versus the setting of the sun…
interesting perspective… I suspect it will be determined by primary allegiance, sun or dark