Music is like Animation

I'm a big fan of Classical music, my all time favorite is Bach. It's amazing to listen to his stuff and think about how he could make such things.

I realize now that music shares a lot of similar principles to animation. Music is built upon chords that carry the weight of the piece. You could compare this to key frames, which are the main poses that sell the animation.

Music also has connecting notes between chords, one of them is called a passing tone. You could consider this an inbetween that connects the two main poses together.

Different chords create different moods, like going from tonic to dominant, then back to tonic. Animation does the same thing; by moving from a key pose, to a breakdown, then back to another key pose.

Easing in and out in animation is the same in music. In music you dot a note, this causes it to last longer by borrowing time from the note after it. This last note now plays faster, just like easing out.

Last but not least, music has multiple actions and rythm. Both animation and music try to accomplish the same thing.

Many parts are involved in a musical score, such as melody, countermelody, harmony, and percussion. The same can be said for animation. You have the main action, secondary action, and facial action that all play together like an orchestra.