The Morning Orchestration
Photograph by ian boyd
If you could have heard the sound track of my life this morning, it would have been described as the following:
The Ellie Blunt Morning of April 14, 2009 Orchestration Notes
The silence of pre-dawn is subtly intruded upon by a few notes of the flute (imitating a bird song). Clarinets, oboes, and a few violins very softly begin to play in a grave tempo. Slowly an accelerando occurs, moving the timing to largo and then an adagio. Our protagonist (the transparent hypnotist) is slowly becoming conscious as the sun rises. Then there is the discord of sound created by a violin, emulating the sound of a hungry cat trying to wake up her mistress. As the protagonist begins to rise the tempo perks up to allegretto, and as she gets out of bed and puts on her robe, the true tempo – allegro – comes to fruition. Here all the instruments are engaged in an upbeat sound using major cords. The rhythm gallantly follows her footsteps down the stairs, staccato-like. Then all the magnificent sounds of harmony fall into quick discord, as the protagonist, yet again falls down her stairs. The once happy sounds end with a cacophony of noise that eventually melds into a dirge. The refrain is heard in the minor scale. She slowly drags herself through the morning ritual of feeding the cat, finding coffee, and sits down her at laptop. The movement ends in the minor key.
So, dear readers, I hope you will forgive me for not having anything inspirational to say at the moment. The day must go on, but all my intellectual thoughts about what to write here, fell away as I slid down the stairs, and felt the aches and pains of such an action.
Now I must slowly (and carefully) work my way back up the stairs to put on professional clothes, reconsider my heels (in favor of my comfy Merrells), find some aspirin, and ascertain if I need to go to the (gasp and sigh with a touch of “oh no”) doctor.
*For those music aficionados out there, I apologize for any misusage of terminology. Alas, this is why I am a hypnotist and not a musician.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Love it! Who cares if you use the words appropriately - you make a beautiful scene come alive. Enjoy your day and the music it brings.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:00 am
sometimes music are the expression of feelings, it goes the rhythm of our heart and mind. that’s how it makes u a happy person.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
This is an awesome creation, what a creativity! Me too, i love music. Life is just like music, there are high notes that sometimes you need power to belt out to hit the right notes, just like our life, trials will come we just need to do our best and practice a positive thinking attitude to overcome hardships.