KuruPrionz Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The linked article covers some of hte ways that Silence has been utilized as part of music. It focuses primarly on European Classical music but wanders a bit. My brother introduced me to Thelonious Monk in my early teens and of course Monk's wonderful use of silence made an impression on me. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/arts/music/silence-classical-music.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_name=INTER_20_XXXX_XXX_1P_CD_XX_XX_SITEVISITXREM_X_XXXX_COUSA_P_X_X_EN_FBIG_OA_XXXX_00_EN_JP_NFLINKS&adset_name=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F10%2F02%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fsilence-classical-music.html&campaign_id=23843787381130063&fbclid=IwAR2qzFB3xa6UCrYrDUPeBH-cskxSyMUSmiOMyyMQ22-Q9_jS_ScSpgUJjO0 I try to include silence in my guitar solos and also when I am playing solo - Vocals and Guitar. Who uses silence in their music and how? Discuss... Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 better link Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thanks Bone!!! Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG11 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 One of my favourite (UK spelling) pieces featuring regular moments of silence is a from J.S.Bach's cantata "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", BWV 93: the tenor aria: "Man halte nur ein wenig stille" (Man halts only a short time still.). Quote Akai EWI 4000s, Yamaha VL70m, Yamaha AN1x, Casio PX560, Yamaha MU1000XG+PLGs-DX,AN,VL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 I rarely have moments of complete silence, but when mixing, I'm pretty relentless about removing tracks that don't contribute something significant to the music. I also do have many moments where the music itself drops out completely, but there's a sound effect, a reverb overhang, or something "non musical" in its place. Quote Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Other works featuring silence John Cage 4'33" Alphonse Allais's Funeral March for the Obsequies of a Deaf Man (twenty-four blank measures) Erwin Schulhoff's In futurum, a movement from the Fünf Pittoresken for piano made up entirely of meticulously notated rests Yves Klein's Monotone-Silence Symphony an orchestral forty-minute piece whose second and last movement is a twenty-minute silence (the first movement being an unvarying twenty minute drone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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