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> Has anyone here found themselves unable to enjoy music they could have > once upon a time before they knew about the structures of music? Or > that they enjoyed things less once they understood the workings (or > lack of workings depending on the music)? For me, increased musical literacy has deepened my appreciation for the craft of music without diminishing the mystery -- whether on the stage or in the audience. For instance, with respect to harmony--I recognize the elements of tension and release in the movement from I to V chord and back again. I did not always know how to deconstruct the elements of music like this. But just because I do now, this has not in any way reduced the deeper meaning of music for me. The greater mystery for me is around the interplay between biology and instrument - brain wave and sound wave. Why do we get gooseflesh when the back line drops out and the anticipated IV maj chord turns out to be a iv minor? These amazing experiences are what drew me to music back when I was a child- before I had any ability to identify the building blocks beneath the music. These mysteries have only become richer the more I have learned about the building blocks. I have a related question.. perhaps rhetorical. Do any of us feel that we have lost the mystery of enjoying a good narrative because we learned to spell, read, write, conjugate verbs and in all manner of ways learn to express ourselves with great clarity? Did these skills undermine our enjoyment of communication? Of movies? Of Loopers Delight? Enjoying you all. Daniel On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Kevin Cheli-Colando wrote: > So, a corollary of a question. > > If knowing too much about music theory isn't a detriment to one's > playing (seems to be the consensus that it shouldn't be), is it > possible that too much theory, etc., is a detriment to your listening? > > Has anyone here found themselves unable to enjoy music they could have > once upon a time before they knew about the structures of music? Or > that they enjoyed things less once they understood the workings (or > lack of workings depending on the music)? > > Just a random question to send you off to the weekend. > > Kevin > > -- > Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a > form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all > trouble. > > - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) > > Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org > Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos >