Harmony isn’t only everyone singing or playing the same tune at the same time, powerful as that kind of harmony is.
Harmony can also be an active fitting together of differences so that together they sound more than the sum of the parts.
The first kind of harmony is easy to take part in. Just sing or play along wth everyone else.
The second takes more effort, to hear what’s going on around you, keep time and co-ordinate your own music making accordingly. An active fitting together of differences to create a much richer sound experience.
You can teach people to make the first kind of harmony just by getting them to practice.
For the second, you need a score.
Which means you have to become a composer, not an instructor.
Discipline makes Daring possible
HT to Bettany Hughes for prompting this one.
