He encouraged us to analyze the lyrics as poetry and as soon as he played the song and we read the lyrics, my soul began to thrum.
McCauley, brought in a record: Paul Simon s I am a Rock. In eighth grade, I began to develop an interest in songwriting. I sang in school choruses and church choirs and also with friends in high school. I would experience this joy often when singing in harmony with others. It was incredibly peaceful and exciting at the same time. At times especially when we were singing in harmony I began to feel this joyful vibration inside of me that seemed to connect to everyone else. My father loved to sing, and we often sang as a family on car rides. (Guitar Notes, page 73) I first remember experiencing this feeling when I was a young girl. It s like you re perfectly in tune with the song, as if you are the music and the music is you. When the vibrations of the music make your soul vibrate, you feel the thrum. In the process of writing, I decided to give the feeling a name: the thrum. I didn t have a name for this feeling, but I knew that I wanted to explore the story of a boy and a girl who connect through this feeling. In the case of Guitar Notes, I was inspired by a feeling: the feeling I get when I sing.
Inspiration for the Book Where do story ideas come from? Sometimes ideas come from a specific character or from an event that inspires a plot. As their friendship develops, so does their musical partnership but just when they begin to perform as a duo calling themselves The Thrum Society events conspire to take their music from them and tear them apart. But when they begin writing and singing songs, the music gives them an intense feeling of joy and connection, a feeling that Tripp calls the thrum. At first, the two seem to have nothing in common: she is a goal-oriented, straight-a perfectionist, and he is an odd loner. But Lyla Marks, the perfect cello player who also uses the room, begins to leave snippy notes about the trash he has left behind. 21ģ Mary Amato s Guitar Notes Interdisciplinary Exploration Unit 3 Author Notes Summary of the Book When Tripp Broody s mom takes away his guitar, he signs out the school guitar to use in the practice room during his lunch period. 16Ģ Mary Amato s Guitar Notes Interdisciplinary Exploration Unit 2 Science How We Hear Vibration What is Resonance? Physics-of-Sound Websites: Youtube videos Making your own Guitar Art Painting or Drawing Graphic Design Film/Video CD Template Guitar Template. 8 Creative Writing Prompts Writing your Own Song Lyrics Study in Song Revision Music Just Play Melody as a Pattern Harmony Sing/Play Tripp and Lyla s Songs. 3 About the Writing and Revision Process. 1 Mary Amato s Guitar Notes Interdisciplinary Exploration Unit 1 Guitar Notes by Mary Amato Interdisciplinary Exploration Unit Contents Author Notes.
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