WHEN MUSIC SPEAKS

By Udo Silas                         Music speaks. Some, a lot say its language is universal. But it is also personal. In simple terms, music is rhythm and lyrics. While the rhythm sways, the lyrics stay. The sway is for the moment. The lyric lingers like forever. So is rhythm ephemeral? More than a few would disagree. “Rhythm is what makes music move and flow. Rhythm is made up of sounds and silences. These sounds and silences are put together to form patterns of sound, which are repeated to create rhythm. A rhythm…

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