musicality code

Music is but sounds harmoniously sowed
and when sufficiently harvested
is indistinguishable from magic.

ANONYMOUS (FROM AN INSCRIPTION ON THE WALL OF THE 2000 YEAR-OLD GSALRIG CHONGG MONASTERY IN TIBET).

Dan Brown has his Da Vinci Code, which he made millions.

Lawyers have their Ethics Code, which legalise their millions.

I have my Musicality Code, which I made nothing.

Except being musically richer and will share with you, dear friends, for free, if you would care to read.

The Musicality Code is simply:

MACRO + MICRO + EMOTION

For better clarity, think of a family module to represent the Musicality Code.

Macro - the Man in the family. Masculine, big, bold, strong and energetic. In music, the big stuffs - power, dynamics, slam, loudness, bass extension, high frequency extension, dynamic contrast and high level resolution.

Micro - the Woman in the family. Feminine, sweet, soft, gentle and delicate. In music, the small stuffs - microdynamics, detail and inner detail, refinement, delicateness, decay, texture and low level resolution.

Emotion - the Child in the family. Unrestrained, innocent and natural emotions from mind, body and heart. In music, the stuffs that move and touch us - the expressive and quivering voice of a female vocalist, the fluttering sounds of the bow gently touching the strings, the heartfelt lyrics of a torch song..., the list goes on.

Macros give excitement; micros give refinement; emotions give soul.

Mix them up and balance well in time and space.

The result?

You will get REALISM and ALIVENESS, which to me are the highest achieveable twin peaks of fine music reproduction at home.

The above, dear friends, is my Musicality Code.

[contributed by km ng]