Klarinet Archive - Posting 000474.txt from 2004/04

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] general teaching of music basics; was, Music exams in U.S.
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:36:23 -0400

Patricia=A0wrote:

> Interestingly, I tend to experience things and
> enjoy them more along the "gut level" [snip]

> I wish to differentiate enjoyment on an
> emotional level from rote learning, however.
> [snip]

> At any rate, it's kind of like a kid playing with a
> toy of some sort. They can race it around, or
> have it do what it's shown doing on tv, for a
> while. But, a good number of kids eventually
> find that dull. They want to know how it works
> inside. So, they take it apart, and try to put it
> together again! Of course, the parents go
> nuts and carry on about the kid "tearing up"
> his/her toys. [snip]

> At the same time, I do agree with you: music
> is not merely a structure to be analyzed to
> death. There is a cohesive whole to be
> experienced, and it is this aspect of music
> that is the reason houses of worship of nearly
> all faiths have a ministry of music of some
> sort or another. We worship the highest and
> the best that is either within us, or within all of
> Reality, through the experience of music.

> That is an experience which does not lend
> itself to analysis. (hmmm, mysticism and
> metaphysics this early in the morning? My
> brain hurts!)

I apologize for causing any pain <grin>, and I don't normally 'quote' so
extensively, but you ***did*** say it exactly right (imo).

Thank you,
-Ormond

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