Music is more than just learning notes on a page or learning how to play notes in time. Music should move, inspire, and express inner feelings. How boring it would be to go to a rock concert and where the band just stood still and played notes or attend a symphony where there were no dynamics. Just like actors in plays showing their feelings and emotions to their audience through light, costume, facial expressions, and body movement; the energy and emotion that a musician conveys their feelings and emotions in music through dynamics, movement, tempo, and eye contact. Many young musicians are afraid to move their bodies and play loud. How can you connect with an audience if they can’t hear you or see how the music moves you?
