Learning how to play the piano was the biggest achievement when I was young. By learning how to play the piano, I began to listen to different classical music. Classical music was like a lullaby for me when I first started listening. As time went by, I started to enjoy listening to classical music. As I became older, classical music fascinated me.
Last Tuesday, when I listened to Maple Leaf Rag for the first time, it was just another classical and joyful music played on the piano. I was very familiar with the song. The first time I heard it, I heard the same music I heard back when I was young. However, when I was instructed to concentrate only on the bass part, I heard a completely different melody. Vertical listening improved my listening. After listening to it the fourth time, I was able to switch and concentrate on bass part, melody part, and the two combined together.
After practicing vertical listening, I realized that the bass and the melody sounded very different from each other. I did not realize this since when I listened to music, I would only be able to hear the two melodies combined together. Through this activity, now, I could enjoy hearing the bass part and blocking out the melody. Before, my opinion of the music was that, in a music, the melody is the most important part and bass is just there to keep a steady beat. After, I realized that bass is as important as the melody and without bass, a song would feel extremely empty.
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답글삭제I agree with you. When Mr.Allen taught us to vertical listen, I could hear the different side of the music. Also it helped me to improve my listening. And I was the familiar with the song Maple Leaf Rag too but when I applied the vertical listening, it became totally different song. I guess we all had the same experiences. But when I tried to block the melody part and hearing the bass part, it was hard for me. I like how you connect your music experience and the vertical listining.
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