Music for the Soul

My husband is a guitarist.  I mean, he can really play the guitar.  That man can pick up a guitar and just start creating music without even thinking about it.  The most beautiful music just flows from the strings like a river of notes that all make sense.

I play the piano, but nowhere near like my husband plays the guitar.  I can play something if I have the music in front of me, and can even play it well, if I practice long enough.

My husband taught himself to play by ear.  He never learned to read music.  He can listen to any song and soon pick up the chords.  But his true gift is his own compositions.  He doesn't write them down.  He told me once that each piece he plays is unique - it will only ever be played that way one time and depends on how he is feeling when he plays it.  The next time, it will be different.  And it will mean something else.  I tell him it seems as if every piece he plays is telling a story without words.  He says that music is a musing of the soul.

I've been begging him to make a CD for me of his instrumental pieces because I find them so beautiful and relaxing.  When he does, I'll post my favorites here!

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.  ~Charlie Parker

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