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“How light the touches are that kiss the music from the chords of life!”

Light Music Kissing Chords

Book:The betrothal. The espousals

Source: The betrothal. The espousals

“And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses.”

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Author:John Lennon

“Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.”

Sometimes Music Chords

Author:David Bowie

“There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.”

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Book:The Poems of William Cowper

Source: The Poems of William Cowper

“The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.”

Music Taken Jazz Chords Lush

Author:Carla Bley

“Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.”

Play Born Music Heard Jazz Chords High Notes

Author:Charlie Parker

“What I think I do is to relate any new material to how similar it is to something else. The closest that I can come up with something that's already in my experience, the easier it becomes. All I have to do then is remember where it differs, like relating a chord sequence that comes from some other tune, or several different tunes, or maybe parts of them and then work it from there.”

Thinking I Can Different Remember Music Materials Easier Come Up Relate Tunes Working It Closest Sequence Chords

Author:Tal Farlow

“It’s like a language. You learn the alphabet, which are the scales. You learn sentences, which are the chords. And then you talk extemporaneously with the horn. It’s a wonderful thing to speak extemporaneously, which is something I’ve never gotten the hang of. But musically I love to talk just off the top of my head. And that’s what jazz music is all about.”

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Author:Stan Getz