Why change?
“Music has to be recognized as an… agent of social development in the highest sense, because it transmits the highest values – solidarity, harmony, mutual compassion. And it has the ability to unite an entire community and to express sublime feelings.” José Abreu, Founder of El Sistema
Get Involved!
The Pivot Platform is run by volunteers who wish to make a positive difference in the lives of others, and to Melbourne’s arts culture. We’re a friendly and social bunch, so if you’d like to get involved with Pivot’s projects, please get in touch: pivotplatform(at)hotmail.com We’re looking for some help with planning and promoting the December fundraiser. More details about this soon…
Pivotal Momentum
- A pivot attaches two things together but allows them to move.
- A person or thing on which something depends or turns; the central or crucial factor.
- In conventional music theory, a pivot chord is used to facilitate a modulation (or key change). The pivot chord is common to the two keys involved. The chord is therefore ambiguous and takes on one function in the first key and is reinterpreted as a chord on a different degree of the scale in the new key. This process is said to smooth the flow from the first key to the second key.
