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By: Nathan Knightley
When I first started studying the history of music, I did not know what I was getting into. I had a notion that music history was like a trivial pursuit. Honestly, I only took my history of classical music class because I needed the credits. I did not know how completely interesting music history could be. You see, in our culture a lot of us do not really study to comprehend music. For much of the world, music is a language, but for us it is something that we consumed passively. When I started to study about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience playing musical instruments, but I have not mastered one enough to truly understand what music is all about. This class showed me. When the majority of us think about the history of music, it means the history of rock music. We suppose that the history is simple because the music is simple. In fact, neither is the case. The historyofmusic, whether you're talking about classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complex. New chord structures are introduced taking with them new forms of comprehending the world. New rhythmic patterns are introduced, bringing with them new methods of understanding time. And music reflects all of it. Even when the class was over, I would not stop learning about the historyofmusic. It had stimulated my appetite, and I required more. I got a hold of all the music history volumes that I could get. I even started to examine forms of music that had not interested me before in the hopes of increasing my musical comprehension further. Although I was in school studying toward a very different subject - a degree in engineering - I had thought about giving it up and going back to get a degree in musicology. That is how much I am fascinated by the issue. If you have never taken a lesson in the history of music, you don't realize what you are missing out on. The radio will never sound the same to you again. The whole thing will sound a lot more rich, a lot more shinny, and much more important. A new song can reproduce a new way of being, and a new way of imagining life in the univers. This is what learning about the history of music means to a lot of us. About the Author: Nathan Knightley a busy novelist is also an information expert and without a doubt likes sharing his passion with other people. Find more information about Music and all about The Art Of Music advice at his web site musicsongslyricsonline.com
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