Find out when Joel has new music by subscribing to the
free monthly news letter! Just enter
your e-mail address below and click the "Subscribe" button.
Privacy Statement: We will not share your
e-mail address with anyone.
music.joelbecker.net
Symphony No. 1: "Revealer of Secrets"
Written by Joel Becker
Friday, 09 July 2010 02:24
Introduction
The greatest sense of awe in existence is that gained from a greater knowledge of the Creator. With a larger understanding of who He is, there is a consequent realization of how little we are able to grasp of the magnitude and depth of His attributes. The creation is man's entry point into this boundless quest of learning who God is. He is the author of a universe full of secrets waiting to be discovered--physical laws, complex systems of information that posses both function and beauty--and He is the revealer of those secrets, to those who will explore.
Welcome to music.joelbecker.net, and thank you for visiting my site! It is not packed with music just yet, but I can notify you when something new is added that you can listen to or see. Just enter your e-mail address in the subscription form, which is underneath the Main Menu panel on the left side of the screen. Well, ok, since the notifications are via an e-mailing list, then technically it won't be me that actually individually notifies you but rather my site. But you get the picture.
After that, click on some of the items in the main menu on the left side of the webpage. I should have some things there by the time you're reading this. Eventually I'll have CDs and sheet music available for you. So stay tuned!
This is a scripture song that combines Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and Psalm 119:18, 20, 33. Special thanks to the Madrigal Singers of PCC and their director for performing it for recording. (The accompaniment is just the piano part rather than full orchestra unfortunately.) I wrote the main theme the summer after my sophomore year of college (2002). Then two or three years later I added the middle section and orchestration to make it a complete piece.
This is a short piece to experiment with an equal tempered scale of five tones per octave. Interestingly, it seems that most or all listeners (including myself) hear the melody conforming to the traditional pentatonic scale ("black keys" on the piano), but just out of tune. This demonstrates that our brain's audio processing uses familiarity to understand what is being heard.
The piece was created and auto-performed on my good ol' Commodore Amiga 1000 computer.
