Monthly Archives: September 2012

Time is like a beautiful song. Marvelous as the rhythm is, time is full of unexpectation. Life is filled with happiness, sorrow, calmness, anger, etc. And only various tune can form a piece of emotional music to move audience’s heart … Continue reading →

As far as I can recall from music theory lectures in choir three or so years ago, musicians sometimes use the word “time” in the context of, say, “3 4 time.” Ah! That’s called the time signature. It goes, I … Continue reading →

Time, generally is unchanging.  Whether one wants it to go faster or slower, time moves at a constant speed.  However, when one is having fun, time seems to go by faster and vice versa, when one is sad or bored, … Continue reading →

It is interesting that musical time contains the word “time” at all.  Time, as accepted by the West, can be broken down into definite intervals such as hours, minutes, seconds, etc. whereas musical time cannot.  Musical time creates its own … Continue reading →

Time is very much based upon perception. Time can fly when you’re having fun, or can drag on and on when you’re in a situation you don’t want to be in. Therefore, time has a connection to your feelings and … Continue reading →

Musical time is very technical. A composer has to decide whether he wants to follow regular rules for creating a song or whether he wants to make up a new arrangement. Tempo is one choice that affects our perception of … Continue reading →

To me, musical time is different than the normal time.  It is a time to listen rather than converse, a time to reflect rather than act, it is a time to sit and relax rather than to progress.  With such … Continue reading →

When asked the question of what musical time is and what it entails, many might use ‘tempo’ as a contributing word to aid the definition. They may give the traditional definition of tempo as being the pace or speed of … Continue reading →

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