Dynamics are usually the key to how the piece of music sounds as well as the overall effect of the piece. Dynamics are the changes in volume of each note. Without dynamics, a piece of music would sound monotonous and uninteresting. The lack of dynamics in a piece would be like listening to a teacher giving a lecture and not interacting or changing the pitch of their voice. Everyone uses dynamics in everyday life; without changing the inflection of your voice, the point of the discussion would not get across. By starting a phrase soft and building up to the peak of quality tone is more interesting than if the phrase was all soft or all loud. The inflection of every pitch grabs the attention of the listener but the musician has to know when the appropriate time to do that is.
On some instruments, and all vocals, the next technique to add would be vibrato. Vibrato is a part of interpretation that can either sound good in a piece or it can ruin it. Vibrato is a rapid, slight variation in tone that gives the tone a fuller sound. Based on the time period in which a piece of music was written, as well as the composer it was written by, and where the composer was from, different kinds of vibrato are necessary. I play the saxophone and any piece that is French requires a constant feel of vibrato; whereas a modern piece would not necessarily require vibrato on every note. Knowing who, when, and where a piece was written changes the sound the composer intended.
Most interpretation is solely knowing what style the piece is in, who wrote the piece, and when the piece was written. Without knowing these key facts, all music would sound the same and be ineffective to all the listeners. Interpretation separates the good musicians from the world’s finest.
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