What is a Nonchord tone?

To my other fellow music majors, musicians, friends, or whoever stumbles upon this you will soon realize that music is my life. I have been around music from the very beginning and I continue to make it my future. So naturally this ironic yet really nerdy title fits me.

A nonchord tone is defined as a tone that is not a member of the chord. So in simpler terms, it is the extra notes, the notes that don't matter a lot. They can still be a big part of the melody but in terms of the key signature or the chord at the time, it doesn't matter. This blog is in honor of those parts of my life. The nonchord tones in life are the little things that get looked over day to day. They do not define me, when I introduce myself I do not mention these parts of my life, but without these nonchord tones my life would just be, well, boring. The melody would have nothing since you could only stick to certain notes. I know everyone (especially me) is guilty of having pessimistic views at times, they can be an optimistic person but at times it's hard to look 'on the sunny side of life'. But everyday something good happens. You can't deny it. Even if it as simple as a cool breeze, the sound of rain, a smile, or even a text you get- something good happens in everyones life daily.

My freshman year is nearly over and I realize how guilty I am of 'wishing time away' when things got stressful or hard. Summer is almost here though and I have now realized how part of me doesn't want it to come because I don't feel like I appreciated every second I was blessed with. I have been blessed by having the BEST freshman year anyone could ever have and I don't want my next three years to be wished away. This blog is my attempt to write something daily on something that made my day, it will be simple at times because I know I will still have bad days but it is to show that very small things mean a lot.

I am sorry if you can't seem to understand my musical analogies but basically this blog will have little to no negative things posts if I stick to my goal. It will have no count downs. And it will be super corny! But that is who I am and something I need to work on, holding onto every second and loving it.

Now that I have explained myself I will start: granted it is only 10:25 in the morning my day has already started off with a smile because my wonderful boyfriend is trying to figure out what I am blogging about because all I told him "I am starting a blog". So I currently have texts, facebook messages, and calls from him wondering what it's about. It is so simple but quirky things like that really can put a smile on someones face and it shows that he cares what I seem to be thinking about.

Since it is so early in the day there is nothing else I can think of, but hopefully by the end of the day I will think of something else to add to this and then attempt to make this a daily thing.