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  • Essay / Personal Essay: The Power of Music - 724

    I thought I must be exceptionally good at reading expressions and situations, because I always knew when something bad was about to happen while I was was watching a movie. I finally realized that it was the music that would communicate what was going to happen, not my sixth sense. Before I realized it, I was screaming at the screen, “No!” Duh! If you hear a noise, don't go towards it! But without the high-pitched, staccato cries, my comment would be, “Oh, you’re fine; Go for it ! Think of the initially slow, low-pitched brass sound that gradually gets faster: dunnnn dunn…. dunnnn dunn… dun dun, dun dun, dun dun, da da da DA! There must be a shark in the water! Who knew music could communicate something like this?