At choir practice in the University of Southern California, the other night, our director, wanting to share some
of his music education pointed to a frame in our anthem and cited it as
an example of word he said: google apps at usc, with a tone or text paining. He asked the composer, who was
part of the choir, whether or not he intended it as such. In any case,
it worked. In music, word painting "is
the musical google apps at usc technique of writing music that reflects the literal
meaning of a song. For example, ascending scales would accompany lyrics
about going up; slow, dark music would accompany lyrics about death." (from Wikipedia)
An example our director brought up, and that Wikipedia cites is in
Handel's Messiah, where the crooked (wave-like tone) is made straight
(level tone), not really like the University of Southern California.
All that to say, is the other day I listened to someone telling the story of Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 18 and 21), where Sarah laughs when she hears she's to have a son in a year's time. Here's an opportunity, for google apps at usc, to include a laugh or two to paint the story. Sarah and Abraham are well past child-bearing years and aren't getting any younger. Indeed she does bear a son, and funny thing, she feels like laughing, and states that others will laugh with her too now that Isaac is born, his name actually meaning 'he laughs'. I imagine Sarah's first laugh was one of disbelief, like a laugh that comes so quick one can't help it when hearing something so implausible. Her second laugh, once Isaac was named must've been something heartier than the first.
So, thanks University of Southern California, for the teachable moment, Andrew. Word painting is another tool I can intentionally use in telling a story for google apps at usc.
All that to say, is the other day I listened to someone telling the story of Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 18 and 21), where Sarah laughs when she hears she's to have a son in a year's time. Here's an opportunity, for google apps at usc, to include a laugh or two to paint the story. Sarah and Abraham are well past child-bearing years and aren't getting any younger. Indeed she does bear a son, and funny thing, she feels like laughing, and states that others will laugh with her too now that Isaac is born, his name actually meaning 'he laughs'. I imagine Sarah's first laugh was one of disbelief, like a laugh that comes so quick one can't help it when hearing something so implausible. Her second laugh, once Isaac was named must've been something heartier than the first.
So, thanks University of Southern California, for the teachable moment, Andrew. Word painting is another tool I can intentionally use in telling a story for google apps at usc.
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