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Frank Sinatra

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Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night (audio original)

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I agree with Ben Ratliff's concept of transmission. I agree when he says that transmission is a motion (page 54). 'When you have dedicated your life to an idea of excellence and then self-preservation, then you are practicing a form of transmission every time you play". I agree with this statement. I believe that those who have truly dedicated their lives to self-preservation and excellence in regards to music (John Lennon, for example) have clearly practiced transmission by allowing us into their minds through their lyrics. The lyrics are relatable and moving, and have survived decades.

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'Strangers in the night' by Frank Sinatra is one of my favorite songs. It is relatable and filled with emotion-evoking lyrics. I personally think that he is talking about someone specific. The tempo is slow and relaxing, and his voice is deep which adds to the loving tone of the song. Throughout the song there are gradual changes in tempo and pitch. The tempo gets faster and the pitch higher when the lyrics of the song become more passionate.

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Included in his playlist is the song 'Julia' by the Beatles. The tone is loving and calm. A tone like this relaxes us. The lyrics are about saying a name to connect with a 'spirit force'. 'He's making the connection in real time'.The song explains how John Lennon is conscious of how very little matters 'except the essential things'. He later has complicated thoughts but does not 'project this onto Julia'. A lot of us like this song because it may relate to us in some way. Perhaps we've had relationships or are currently in one where we share some of the same thoughts shared in the song.  In Chapter four of his book, he states, "Most discussions of musical sentiment that I have ever seen seek to establish such a code, a symbolic system, even a relatively esoteric one with which listeners in the past were supposed to become acquainted". In simpler terms, Ratliff is describing a huge part of musical transmission. Music from the past that is still well known today generally have something in common. A way to relate. In this case, it is emotion. Another way to relate to a song depends on what the song is about. Say it's a love song. You would have different emotions when hearing a country love song than the emotions you would feel if you listened to, say, a heavy metal song about revenge.

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"It's all in the tone... ...It's the most human part of music, the carrier of emotion".
Ben Ratliff is telling us that he view tone as the most human part of music, whereas formalists believe that music has nothing to do with the world of emotions. This aids the concept of transmission because if a song touches someone emotionally, they are likely to continue to listen to it and share it with others.

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Ben Ratliff in all his glory.

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First of all, what is musical transmission?

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First of all, what is musical transmission?

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Musical transmission is how music is passed on and learned.