The opening four notes to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony are the most popular notes in Western music.
Dun dun dun dum …
They are stormy. Heroic. Disorienting. Short enough to be remembered. Portentous enough to be memorable.
Today you’ll find those notes everywhere. In movies, commercials, and songs when the dramatic and foreboding are needed … And we hardly bat an eye.
We recognize them, we know them, and we love those first four notes. Not so for Beethoven’s opening night at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808.
One contemporary composer of Beethoven — one who represented the consensus — said, “That sort of music should not be written.”
But it was, and Beethoven has been well rewarded for his courage to create the remarkable.
In fact, when it comes to creating a blog post that opens with a bang, that’s exactly what you need … the remarkable.
Brian has already told you how to get there by using these five methods:
