“The pause is as important as the note.”
—Truman Fisher, American Composer
Image from Flickr by Ben Rogers
Do you enjoy music? If so, what types of music do you prefer?
Prioritize this list from high to low based on your preferences:
| Pop | Hip-Hop | Holiday | Electronic |
| Swing | Classical | Rock | Folk |
| Rap | Reggae | Disco | Jazz |
| Blues | Chamber | Country | Bluegrass |
| Alternative | Show Tunes | Baroque | Dance |
Although the instruments used in these various forms of music can be different, it is perhaps the pauses, or rests, as much as the notes that are played that give each genre its own special sound.
EXERCISE:
Consider your life as a form of personal symphony. Where would paying even more attention to the pauses, to resting between your life notes enhance the melodies in your world?