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Meditations on the Letter A: The Hand as Nexus between Music and Language

The image is that of a little girl. She stands alone, center-stage, her lips moving quietly as she rehearses the letters of the alphabet so that her forthcoming performance will be fresh and perfect. Her name is called. She takes a deep breath and begins, haltingly, doh, . . . doh, ray, . . . doh, ray, me, . . . . Her tongue catches at the beginning of each sound as if it were a new found delight, but it is the sequence, the linear progression that is the focus of her concentration. And slowly, her recitation begins to take on its own rhythmic fluidity, each sound’s name becoming stronger and more confident than the one before. Then just as quickly as it began, it is over, and she stands tall in the glory of the final doh’s resonance, proud in her belief that having mastered the letters of the alphabet, she has at long last discovered the key to unlocking music’s deepest and darkest mysteries.