Beauty, Soul, and Reverberations
Musicis comprised of a series of uncountable reverberations, and the mind is also ceaselessly reverberating by the
second. Thus, Emotion = Energy. When a musical note reaches you and reverberates with your sentiment with
the same sympathies and connections, your heart will be deeply moved. Then you can completely get into the
state and sensation that are exhibited by the music. The great power of music is right here: it is not only an
entertaining tool, but also a robust forte that can control the emotion of the audience. This contagion is not
limited by time, space, nationality, ethnicity and age. It can penetrate the deep spot of everybody's soul with its
strong musicality accompanied by its moving force.
Talking about a female singer with super intense reverberations, I would like to strongly recommend an immortal
legend of Italy, the diva, Mina. She has been famous since the 60s of the last century and has become a dominant
and unsurpassed figure in Italian pop music till today. It is said that she has not showed her face on TV or
accepted any commercials and interviews for the past 20 years. She only continues to release one album on a
yearly basis. With her unique charm, she goes on shocking the long numbed souls of the people. Mina, also
called the godmother of the Italian light music (musica leggera), has long been a household legendary singer in
her homeland. With the agility and strength of her perfect voice, she conquered the ear of numerous people.
Mina, originally known as Anna Maria Quaini, was born in the beautiful and passionate city of Cremona, Italy.
The musical energy generated by her incomparable passion and the rendering power of live performance are quite
astonishing; coupled with her wild gestures and spontaneous body shakes, it is guaranteed that every single cell of
the listeners will be singing and dancing with her. For this reason, the public labeled her the Tigress of Cremona.
It is always hard not to fall in love with her when listening to Mina sing. Her voice is always pleasant and makes
you feel happy with her. Moreover, because her music possesses a strong sense of film narrative style of
interpretation, attended by her three-octave vocal range, you cannot help but want to adore her, understand her
when you hear her voice. Furthermore, one wants to know, why a woman who is so straightforward and truthful,
refreshing, or even capricious, can have such strong emotions and intoxicating stage charisma. What kind of a
woman is Mina? On the other hand, if the musical power comes from reverberations and is capable of changing
the strength of our soul and make our hearts strong and free, there is no doubt that Mina is such an effective singer.
We can see, the techniques of the so called blind musicians, including blind singers and pianists, may not be the best
and the most skillful. But they are all capable of presenting us with touching and tremendous musical appeals.
Maybe because their feelings are more intensive and direct than ours, we can always feel the faithfulness that they
want to express. Yes, only “faithfulness” can help us bring forth the uniquely touching musical beauty from the
various emotions of the human nature. In fact, the process of life coincides with the progression of music in a way
that they have the same flow. Therefore, we should not intervene, just resign ourselves to the flow, submit
ourselves to the feelings and the sensations
Consequently, in order to play “Drunken Fisherman Singing in the Evening” well, we need to highlight the emotional
and vibrating energy of the piece to make it a song which can reverberate with our life. Of course, before doing
this, we need to raise our own strength to find the core of the song. What do we do, then? We have analyzed
this piece and find the following characteristics: