Stories, stories… our lives are full of stories. Happy, sad, funny, tragic. All kinds of stories.
Words are the tools to tell stories. But is it possible to tell a story without words? If you think about cinema, cartoons and photography, the answer is yes. But how about sound? Is it possible to tell a story with sounds?
As a musician who plays instrumental music for a long time, I definitely say yes!
Music that has lyrics attached to has a clear story telling because of words. Although it has a melody behind the lyrics, people tend to pay more attention to the lyrics than to the melody. On the other hand, instrumental music allows you to focus on the melody more clearly. This allows you to have subjective feelings that only you have. The way you listen to instrumental music and the feelings that it evokes are unique.
Let’s understand how it works. Please, play the song below while reading the rest of the text.
When I composed this song I had my inspirations and my feelings and these feelings are diluted in the melody.
Now pay attention to the melody! Some of the feelings it brings to you are similar to the ones I had when composing, but you have your own feelings.
To me, this is the most fascinating aspect of instrumental music. The fact that each person can have similar feelings and particular ones.
From now on, try to identify the feelings each instrumental music brings to you. Later I will add the improvisation aspect of the genre.