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not a very interesting topic name...However I was just wondering what are your favorite aspect of music is. Hard to explain but what I mean is what really hits the spot for you in music.
Is it decepetive cadences, pedal notes, appogiaturas, ect.
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Counterpoint
key changes
syncopation
gee I wonder who my favorite composer is...
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One of the things I always marvel at is the way people from all walks of life and ages can come together and suddenly make great music together. Jazz musicians, bluegrass, orchestral.... they don't even need to speak the same language but music somehow happens. No fisticuffs, gunfire or even harsh language - just music. I love that.
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well I was kinda talking about compostional techniques but what ever...
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For me, it would be hard to pick a favorite *technique.* Composers can use any and all of them, and it all depends on the skill of the composer. I may enjoy counterpoint, for example, but I won't enjoy a poor example of it. I may not have given a thought to whether I enjoy or am even conscious of orchestral color choices, and then I'll hear something that's very interesting in that way and be totally amazed.
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What I like most is how Beethoven built the second movement of the 7th symphony :
a rythmical theme starts with the bass and is repeated at the cello while the cello starts the beautiful, lyrical theme that reminds me a lot of Venitian baroque music. And then both themes move upward.
The combination of rythm and lyricism is incredibly powerful.
In a way, I feel that since medieval and renaissance counterpoint music, this structure might be the archetype of western classical music.
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This is not really addressing your question, but I am always oddly moved when a full orchestra on stage before a performance (after tootling, grunting and squeaking their own individual parts) all hit that tuning A and suddenly become a single entity.
I also love polyphony.
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Originally posted by Nina:
This is not really addressing your question, but I am always oddly moved when a full orchestra on stage before a performance (after tootling, grunting and squeaking their own individual parts) all hit that tuning A and suddenly become a single entity. Yes - it never fails to give me goosebumps!
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I'm a sucker for pedal points.
Especially Brahms's:
3rd movement German Requiem
recapitulation of first movement of Bb sextet
the end of the first concerto, last mvt.
the end of the f minor sonata, second movement
the end of the C major sonata, second movement
the end of the Handel fugue
...that guy could sure write a wicked pedal point!
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Surprise, I think - the stream of ideas which surprise and delight once the creative flow takes hold during improvisation. The sensation of having composed something which says exactly what I wanted to say is good too, but that feeling is static, whereas the effect of improvisation is dynamic.
They are both good, but as I get older I prefer the improvisation.
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Watching another pianist have a memory lapse. There isn't a thing more rewarding in the world!
Seriously, I really like counterpoint, especially those found in Bach's choral works. I also like that big romantic sound, like in a Brahms symphony, but I also like an intimate sound, like in a Bach invention.
Most of all, I like the sound of the piano- that is why composers like Messiaen appeal to me a great deal. The actual sound that comes out of the instrument is beautiful, there are so many levels and colors possible. (Same goes for String Quartets)
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Resolutions. There is a moment in Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (#3) that... I don't know the name for what happens... a musical orgasm. I have the exact time that it occurs written down so I can put the CD on to that moment whenever I wish, and experience the ecstasy.
Resolutions.
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Bernard, sometimes I do that too, like with the end of the C major Brahms symphony- so much energy!
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Yesterday, I heard for the first time Sibelius' Lemminkaïnen Legends (op 22) by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the LA Philharmonic. The Swan of Tuonela was so beautiful, I think it will stay with me for the rest of my life. This atmosphere of light is so moving. In fact, any music that will "show" you the light moves me : Haydn's Creation (Let there be light). Tristan's prelude, Pelleas and Melisande : you can alsmost see the patterns of light and darkness. But the Swan of Tuonela, I feel it gently Gliding Where does grief lead ? Benedict, you are not doing a haiku again ? What's wrong with haiku ? You'll spoil everybody's day. I'm glad you are my friend. 
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How now, brown cow.
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