I guess that’s a bit of a loaded question.\u00a0\u00a0 Since I am a professional musician who loves music more than the air I breathe and wishes that everyone else did to, of course I believe that you can’t even celebrate the 4th of July without music!\u00a0 Luckily, I’m pretty sure that many other people feel the same way!<\/p>\n
Look back a couple of days at this year’s 4th of July…how much music did you hear that is specifically associated with the 4th of july?\u00a0 I listened off and on all day long to different radio stations that were playing the standard American patriotic favortes like:<\/p>\n
You’re a Grand Old Flag<\/p>\n
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy<\/p>\n
My Country Tis of Thee<\/p>\n
The Star-Spangled Banner<\/p>\n
God Bless America<\/p>\n
and so many more!<\/p>\n
That evening I moved between orchestras at the Nation’s Capitol, the Boston Pops and a concert in Central Park, NYC.\u00a0 These included the famous Sousa marches (John Philip Sousa, America’s most famous band composer) and especially “The Stars and Stripes Forever” with it’s famous piccolo solo.<\/p>\n
Why is this music so rousing and pleasing to us?\u00a0 First of all, most of us have very positive and happy associations with this music and our minds immediately conjure up picnics with favorite foods, our favorite people and fireworks!\u00a0 Then there’s the factor of the musical instruments used.\u00a0 Lots of brass, percussion and wind instruments wakes up every cell in our bodies and minds and creates energy that makes us want to get up and start marching around.\u00a0 That’s the intention and that’s exactly what happens.<\/p>\n
There are loads of websites now that will give you the music and the lyrics to all of your favorites.\u00a0 And of course YouTube has it all too!\u00a0 Hope you had a wonderful 4th of July celebration wherever you were and heard lots of inspiring music!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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