tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776446.post115167613450426304..comments2023-12-10T11:03:01.725-05:00Comments on Occasional Sightings of the Gospel: Playing the SilenceThom M. Shumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09267107871832458323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10776446.post-1152504495138236182006-07-10T00:08:00.000-04:002006-07-10T00:08:00.000-04:00As a musician, as well as a worshiper, I love this...As a musician, as well as a worshiper, I love this idea. Let me give you another concept to go with it. Sometimes the silence is what sets off the drumbeats to emphasize them, and sometimes it's what gives us space to hear God's message. When you add harmony to the rhythmn, though, the silence also serves to permit (and emphasize) a change of course. I learned this when I sang a Bruckner piece in a large, acoustically live church, and finally realized why the composer had marked the music G(rand) P(ause) in one place. With it, we had glory; without it, we would have had terrible chaos as the two chords fought each other amid the echoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com