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In chapter four of "Every Song Ever" we explore the concept of transmission within music and we evaluate the many ways that it applies to how we listen to and interpret music. Throughout his explanations, Ratliff provides us with musical examples and references that are used to help us better understand his own interpretation of the concept. Readers are able to use these examples to apply the concept of transmission to our own ideas and our own musical favorites. Being able to relate this to our own lives gives us an even further understanding into what exactly we are reading about. As we read, we are challenged to ask ourselves whether or not transmission is an important element inside of music and why. Ratliff does an excellent job of expressing this idea to his readers while he leaves it all open for perception and interpretation, just as it is meant to be conveyed.

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In his book, Ratliff describes transmission as the tone that the actual musical component of a piece is conveyed in relation to emotion and feeling, rather than just the lyrics of a song or really anything relating to the singer. He makes a reference to music critic Eduard Hanslick's idea that "Music can mimic the motion of feelings"(written by Hanslick; Ratliff, Every Song Ever, pg. 51). I agree with the idea that a singer or lyrics of a song alone do not entirely convey emotions within a song; it is sometimes due to the way music itself is written/played that allows us to truly feel the motion and aspects of whatever feeling the music is trying to convey to its listener.

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In the chapter, Ratliff provides us with the musical example of "Julia" by John Lennon. He talks about how Lennon changes his tone as he says the name of the woman he is singing about, emphasizing the change of emotion within the song. "The verses are absolute simplicity: the vocal line stays on one note until he arrives at the name of the woman he's singing to, which he respects,"(Ratliff, Every Song Ever, pg. 49). This example and analysis exemplifies the idea of transmission that Ratliff is trying to argue in that we can clearly hear the tone of Lennon's voice and while the words of the song are important, we don't always have to listen to the lyrics in order to get the gist of his emotions.

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I think that the piano piece "River Flows In You" by Yiruma is a great example of transmission. This piece makes me feel many different emotion when I listen to it, and I think its ability to do this is amazing, and is something that I rarely encounter in music. Sure I've been able to feel different emotions throughout a song, but with this particular piece, I am able to feel them all at one time. It is a beautiful, moving piece that is conveyed so smoothly and with a lot of feeling.

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Ratliff's argument about transmission provides us with many different ideas to always think about as we listen to or play music in our everyday lives. Transmission serves as a very important part of music because I think that evoking feeling and emotion is one of music's main purposes and that is one of the things that the idea of transmission strives to do.