The Power of the Void

Power of the Void

Part 1:

The International School of Kuala Lumpur provides (silence) an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop the attitude, skills, knowledge and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.

The place I think, creates the most tension is after the word “provides”. This was my diction because, you wonder what does ‘ The International School of Kuala Lumpur’ provide. And it creates that void because, it makes you ask questions about it. Like, does it provide good education, opportunities, sports, challenges and so on.

Part 2:

Composers create tension by adding in a void. And when they create that void, they make the listeners ask questions. For example, in the piece Eine Kleine Nachmusik, in measure 43- 44, the composer added in a sort of scale, which gradually went up, without a dynamic, and as it gradually went up, it got stronger, which probably made the listener more eager to hear what’s going to come next. But the composer added in a little twist, he added in a rest to have that silence, then continued. Which released the tension from the silence.