Assignment 6 - Ethan Scott - Music Makes No Sense

An area of study that I am highly interested is music theory. I have played the trumpet for seven years now and I have always been fascinated by how music is actually made. I like to think that over this period of time I have gotten pretty good at the trumpet and have been pretty successful. Although I have always had a level of success in music the thing that continues to amaze every day is music theory. At surface level most people think that music is just people playing random notes and no matter what you do with these notes it may sound good and it may not. As I continue making music and playing trumpet I continue to learn just how wrong these people are as I continue to learn more about music theory and how different chords, rhythms, and inflection can intentionally create different moods and feelings for the listener.