Classical Music (for People Who Don't Like Classical Music)
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People don't dislike classical music. It's that they don't have taken their time to understand it.
@Nicht von dieser Welt But usually people thinking it's boring is actually just that they don't know how to listen to it. Sure, there's preferences but they still don't understand it and that can be what makes it boring to them.
You can say that about all music. If I ask my friends who love classical music to listen to a hard rock guitar solo, they instantly ''burn''. đ
ah yes offcourse I don't 'understand' it I don't see that it's mostly playing around with composition techniques yes I see it now..
Which is the most pretentious and self-serving thing you can say about any hobby of yours that someone else doesn't like. Well done.
Hanzo Hattori I went to a school with an emphasis on teaching classical music/ music theory (not an actual music school but close) so trust me when I say I âunderstandâ classical music and have taken a lot of time to do so. Guess what, with a few exceptions, I still think itâs boring af.
i love classical music, it's the best genre out there. every time i listen to a piece, i almost feel like i get the composer's emotions when they were writing these beautiful melodies.
I always imagine them sitting on their chair while composing the song and I always wonder what they were thinking. With pop you always have a lyrics but with classical there is no signing but you can still feel the emotions.
@@BethysHusky lol there is a thing called lied, which mens song, and there are thousands, theres also a thing called opera, which is a collection of complex songs with Orchestra and acting and costumes that tells a long story with music.
Theres also a thing called choral music, which is heavenly music sung by many people at the same time.
đ„čđ„čfinally someone thinking the same
I immediately latch onto Classical Music emotionally. It's got soul alright, in fact, it's got infinitely more soul than the vast majority of pop music today.
Nornagast I absolutely agree. There's simply nothing else I can say but that it's so very true.
Classical music and Pop music should both burn in the same hell!!
@@paulrobertson9160 and rock
I'd like to share my introduction to classical music. I was in college and it was the weekend. The school was kinda empty because many students went home for the weekend. I was wandering around aimlessly and saw an orchestra and choir setting up in the dining hall. Being bored I figured I'd sit in and see what was doing. It turned out they were doing Beethoven's 9th, 4th movement. At first I recognized it from "A Clockwork Orange" and thought it was neat...but then the lead bass (?) started singing, then the tenor, alto and soprano joined in and I got goosebumps. I thought it was awesome until that crescendo with the entire choir belting out the song. It was almost frightening, it was like a solid wall of music blasting me in the face. All those voices in unison was an awe inspiring experience. Now mind you I was always a metal head, Slayer, Biohazard, Pantera etc. I was really out of place in that concert, combat boots and cutoff flannel and shaved head and all. lol. I bought the CD within a week and have been a huge fan of classical music since. That was in 1996 and I am still learning lots about the genre. This was a great video to start others on a path of appreciation, I hope the music affects some of your students and fans like it did me.
I love this story! Thanks for sharing. :) Beethoven's 9th really is epic in a live performance.
I wish in my school we had these things, but I listen classical music nonetheless.
i like all music, how can anyone hate classical music,
You like Atonal music? You're inhuman.
Kevin Godding Like that Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement in the background!
In that case, it may depend on the Riff, whether or not it's unique or not ...
Kevin Godding tell me about it
Watch Disney's Fantasia. The film combines visuals and classical music and exciting stories, it was what brought me into it.
Honestly, classical music starts off boring
But when you start to understand it, when you analyze it and start to appreciate it, it's just..... Pure bliss
Fun fact: people who hate classical music doesnât even spend time listening
Probably they dont even know what classical music is.
3rd movement of the moonlight sonata! :D
Vivaldi winter
I've always loved classic music and it's what I aspire to learn and play on the piano. I consider classic music as 'fine dining' but there are times I need a break from it and enjoy some 'junk food' (ie. heavy metal, modern rock etc.)
That's a good way of thinking about it!
Itâs true that much of modern music derived from classical music theory
Keys/Scales, chord progressions, beat and tempo
I can't be the only who thinks Debussy looked a bit like Leonardo DiCaprio in that picture...
+keybladesrus
It would be more respectful to the memory of Debussy to say that Leonardo DiCaprio looks like him. Debussy was just a little bit more accomplished than DiCaprio!
i only listen to classical music....
i am a young man...
Xavier Smith Gramps???I'm eighteen years old and i mainly listen to classical music.Actually i've listened to classical music since i was 15 or 16!!
Ludwig Van Beethoven dude youâre like 300 years old now.
Harry Rees đđđđđđ
I feel sorry for you.
For #2 I would have said Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto 1 first movement or Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.
Thanks!
Adagio for Strings ftw!
Marco007Marco007 Marche Slave is soo good
One of my favourites!
The Flippity Flop or Scheherazade 2nd movement by Rimsky-Korsakov!
I literally bang my head to almost every single "classical" song I listen too.
I'm interested to see how that looks when you're listening to the Moonlight Sonata.
"Classical music doesn't have the emotional connection with the listener that pop music has". Who in their right mind could ever say something like that wow
For catchy classical music, my favourite would be Saint saens introduction and rondo capriccioso
schaibase same
If you want to listen to something catchy then listen to bands like Judas Priest and Primal Fear! Classical music is garbage!
Brahms and Dvorak IS catchy for me RN
Paul Robertson bro chill, everyone has preferences
There are SO MANY catchy classical pieces!
"Classical music doesn't have a consistent melody to grab on to"
Tchaikovsky: "am I a joke to you? *cough* the nutcracker suite *cough* "
@@kasajizo8963 facts
I couldn't enjoy atonality music, but when I attended a concert, IT WAS MIND BLOWING.
Funny how that works, eh?
If you want to watch mind blowing show you should see bands like Motley Crue and Rammstein live. I guarantee you would instantly forget that pure trash like classical music ever existed!
@@paulrobertson9160 what do you get out of spreading the gospel of shitty metal?
@@paulrobertson9160 You'll completely forget classical music existed with this metal:
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@@RuiCBGLima Haha, nice one
Classical music is awesome! Yea, I said that too when I was younger. Now my ipod playlist is mostly classical and neoclassical. I also listen to movie scores whereas before I never paid attention to the background music when watching a movie.
if any of you are into anime or want to get into classical music but have the problem of not being able to connect to it well, I'd recommend you watch Your Lie in April. It's an absolute gem of a show and the piano pieces are placed in so well. For example near the end where one of the characters is going under surgery and has a chance of dying(not gonna spoil much further), the main character is playing Chopin's ballade no 1(in my opinion one of the most beautiful classical piano pieces I have heard) and holy hell it just gives you this immense rush of emotions. So yeah check it out
Altaf Khan *Y A Y*
I agree. The songs sit well in the show.
I cried
You mean very well and everything you point out is true, but youâre too deep into classical music yourself so that youâve very little chance of convincing anyone to listen to this marvellous music. My experince has been that the door to approaching this wonderful music is through orchestral music. Solo piano music and especially string quartets only come later once youâve gotten your foot in the door. I still recall my own breakthrough back in the early 1970âs. I heard Beethovenâs 5th symphony for the first time. Of course, everyoneâs familiar with the first few bars of the first movement, but very few people have listened to the entire symphony. The 4th movement blew my mind entirely. I then fell in love with the 7th symphony and was hooked. I began listening to other composersâ works, especially Tchaikovsky (âRomeo and Julietâ and the great violin concerto!). But solo piano music was beyond my comprehension. Then I attended a performance of Beethovenâs Waldstein sonata by Shura Cherkassy and it suddenly immediately all came together. I could then listen to piano music, too. But string quartets? No way I could get into that scratchy stuff.
Well, as you can imagine, one thing finally led to another and during the ensuing years the entire world of classical music opened up to me to the point where I was able to discuss the highly complex music of Karlheinz Stockhausen with the great composer himself on several occasions-Stockhausen even praised me for my unique insight into one of his difficult works when I pointed out something even he had never considered. And today, all of the stuff I didnât initially dig, e.g., Bachâs cantatas, Mozartâs operas, Shostakovichâs string quartets, Boulezâs piano sonatas, now make up my favorite works to listen to.
Anyway, I only watched your video about halfway through. I would however say that anyone not into classical music who listens to your choice of the Grieg lyric piece as âsoulâ will most likely say that it falls into your first category: boring. I would have used Chopinâs Berceuse, op. 57 instead-a truly beautiful, moving piece that anyone would fall in love with. And, as Iâve mentioned from my own experience, you should NEVER try to get someone imterested in classical music by playing them a string quartet, even one of Mozartâs charming works That will immediately turn them off for good. Like I said, appreciation for string quartets only comes when your appreciation for clasical music has matured somewhat.
So, to get back to my original premise. Youâre a trained musician, so you automatically see things differently from music novices. Iâve never had any music training in my life, but I worked my way through and because I found the experience so rewarding, even taught myself music theory and how to read scores. So please keep in mind that many of things that you as a trained musician consider obvious, arenât obvious at all to novices.
Nonetheless, I commend you for taking the time to put this video together and to attempt to help people to enrich their lives. Regrettably, I donât believe youâll succeed with this one. Perhaps you might want to give it another try.
Peace, love and happiness!
I absolutely love your videos, why people don't like classical music is something I'll never understand, it's been with them all through their lives and I have a problem finding friends who like it and it's a bit lonesome lol
I'm 15 years old and my favourite genre is classical music. Last year, I searched for a waltz on CZcams to put him in a party and I found the second waltz by Shostakovich; this was the first song I fell in love with. I started playing Piano Tiles and looking for the pieces in the game. After that, I wanted to find out more about the greatest composers, I did not think the history of classical music is so vast. Now, I know more about those composers than the artists of today. Classical music was the first genre I really loved; Before, I was listening to pop, but I did not like it so much.
It's funny that many people say classical music is relaxing. For me classic music is the most exciting and thrilling music ever. I have to admit until I started to listening to classical music, I thought it was boring. That's because of lack of exposure.
I only got into classical music a few years ago after watching the Japanese drama Nodame Cantabile and then some classical music anime after that.
I started playing violin myself only 2 years ago, so most classical pieces I know are the ones I played in lessons or that I heard through these shows I watched.
Prism-Yuuzuki Heard of Your Lie In April? Fantastic anime
Unfortunately, most of the piano pieces featured in that anime are on the more difficult end of the spectrum even for classical music.
+Hilbert Black (No. XVI)
when he says "some classical music anime" he's saying, "your lie in April" in the first place. it's the only classical music anime people are ashamed to reference directly. everything else is obscure enough to make people brag by name dropping it.
oh boy Nodame Cantablie or Shigatsu wa kimi no Uso are so good
I love classical music, I try to introduce it to others and the majority aren't too receptive to it, they consider it "outdated", "boring", "background music", "only for snobs", etc. I understand everyone has different tastes but I find myself frustrated sometimes and prank them with Haydn's "Surprise Symphony". But I have realized I should be more understanding and compassionate realizing that not everyone was like me who grew up with it and has nostalgic associations with it.
I was expecting to hear sonatinas as a solution to those who say that classical music is too long
The reason people don't listen to classical music as much as other genres is because classical music does not usually contain a drum set.
As a lifelong classical musician, I am absolutely in love with the repertoire of symphony orchestras, opera, and chamber music. I am always trying to think of ways to introduce the music to a wider audience and get more people to love listening to classical music.
So here it is: I believe that the main reason people don't like listening to classical music as much as other genres is because classical music rarely includes a drum set.
Definitions I use in this CMV:
Classical music: not only music from the classical period. I'm using the blanket term to describe any music typically performed by orchestras, or chamber ensembles. What a non-musician would think of as "classical." Everything from Bach to Mahler to Bartok to Ives.
Popular music: not just the narrow genre of "pop," but the broad term to include anything listened to by a more mainstream audience. Could include anything from oldies, to country, to EDM, to metal, and beyond.
Now to explain my view:
I really don't think there's that much difference between classical music and other genres.
-Both genres use the same 12 notes. (The exception obviously being microtonal classical music, which even as a career classical musician, sometimes I have a really hard time appreciating. But 99.9% of classical music uses the same 12 notes as popular music.)
-Both use the same basic palette of harmonies and tonalities (major/minor chords, added 7ths, 9ths, etc.).
-Both have the same basic choices of meters. (4/4 time, mixed meter, etc.)
-Both use many of the same instruments. (Guitars aren't exclusive to popular music, and violins and 'celli aren't exclusive to orchestras.)
-Both contain pieces with text/lyrics, and both genres also contain pieces that are purely instrumental. (A lot of people point to lyrics as the main reason they love certain genres of popular music, but both genres have music with text/lyrics.)
-In the pieces with text/lyrics, both genres use many languages besides English. (Lots of people say they can't understand classical music sung in German, yet they listen to plenty of K-pop or songs in French and don't mind looking up a translation, or they appreciate it for other aspects besides the lyrics.)
-Both genres contain relatively short pieces (3-5 minutes) and longer pieces (10+, or even 60 minutes+). (So the length of composition isn't really a big factor, since you can find both short and long pieces in either genre.)
So those are many of the similarities I can think of. But one thing that's really different between most (not all) classical music and most (not all) of popular music is the fact that the drumset (or electronic beat, or incredibly rhythmic or percussive strumming on a guitar, or vocal percussion, or something that makes a similar sound) keeps really obvious control of the rhythm at all times. It's really hard not to know where the beat is in popular music, whereas in classical music, sometimes the meter is a bit more obscure.
I think that most people really like feeling their body or mind move in time with the music, and so the accessibility of the rhythmic feel in popular genres is appealing to a wider audience.
Contrast this to classical music, where sometimes, even to a trained musician, the meter is intentionally less clear. In most cases, the meter may be clear to someone who knows what they're listening for, but still not totally obvious to the average music listener. It gives people less of a rhythmic foothold into the piece, which I contend is the reason that people don't enjoy classical music as much.
To clarify: I'm not coming from a place of thinking classical music is better. I'm not assigning value judgments here, or trying to be an elitist. I'm merely trying to find what I would consider the main differences between classical and popular genres to be. And to me, the lack of a drumset (or other instrument that keeps the meter as a very up-front feature) in classical music seems to be the biggest difference that I can spot.
One final caveat: In this CMV, I'm mostly talking about listening to music on one's own, like at your house, or on your own iPod. I think the experience of attending a concert of classical music vs. pop music is a really different one. I don't blame anyone that thinks that orchestra concerts can feel a bit stuffy. So while people may enjoy the more energetic atmosphere at a popular music concert, I don't think there's much difference to putting on your iPod while you go for a run and listening to Beethoven vs. the Beatles when you're on your own and not in a concert setting.
The reason I'd like my view changed: I truly want to know the reasons that most people would have for not loving classical music so that I can address that in my future performance and teaching in the hopes of exposing a wider swath of the population to an art form that I love so much. I truly believe that classical music is universal and anyone can enjoy it. But I need to start by finding out the real reasons that people don't already listen to it.
The main thing that I think will CMV:
-Compelling examples of features people like about popular music that are unique to popular music. Not features that are shared between both genres. I really want to find out what makes popular styles uniquely engaging to people in ways that classical music is not.
TL;DR: Classical music almost never has a drumset to help keep really clear track of the time for the listener. People like feeling rhythmically grounded, and so popular styles are more accessible to a wider audience.
Fascinating and interesting perspective, I enjoyed reading this and I think you may have the answer! Would introducing people to classical music with a prominent and lively percussion section be the answer? Praetorius's brass band compositions have a lot of drums. At times it almost brings images to mind of soldiers marching to war in the Renaissance accompanied by a military band. And then there's Tchaikovsky's "War of 1812" which features cannons and an actual carillon. I've always wanted to see a version performed with cannons loaded with live ammunition, although I realize that would be irresponsible and downright dangerous and will likely never happen, but hey, a girl can dream, right?
PS: What does "CMV" stand for?
I remember coming to this conclusion too years ago in an argument i had with a friend. More than the drums particularly, for me the difference lies in the continuous hammering rhythm of popular modern music, compared to the rubato, the development in phrases that start and end periodically, the fluidity and complexity of classical music's rhythm. But it's not the only reason people can't appreciate classical music.
In my opinion, the size and complexity of the melodic phrases (sometimes even absent), which immediately stand out in most music, make classical music a genre for which you have to focus particularly on (excluding some exceptions like the easier-to-the-ear classical period). Modern popular music relies on very repetitive and short melodies instead, built over expected and simple chord-based harmonies, on top of which the drums/beat keep reminding the rhythm.
It's so easy to follow that you don't even need to, hence why people listen to modern music as a background while they're doing something else. Classical music instead requires your attention, and some composers require musical knowledge too. It's not just a difference of genre, it's a totally different job. And the proof lies in the fact that most modern popular musicians can only write songs, whereas a COMPOSER can write songs just like pretty much anything else, from solo virtuosic pieces to orchestral to opera to chamber music. It's like comparing a painter to a photoshop user, a philosopher to a pink-novelist, a sculptor to a carpenter.
Classical music belongs to art, while popular music belongs to utter entertainment
I love Classical Music, but with my experience playing in the community of classical music I personally have had bad experiences with some Classical Musicians being too elitist for my taste and hating on other genres of music.
I mostly listen to classical music and I'm studying to become a cellist, but even though I speak about classical music 24h/24 to my friends (they maybe don't care but whatever... Ups) I'm very curious about every genre, and since I'm not an expert of rap, pop, jazz, metal and so on, I always ask them some suggestions... I think being elitist is useless and many people don't want to listen to classical music because of that. If we want people to understand and listen to classical music, we should also try to understand their music...
Sorry for my eventually bad English ahah
I have a very interesting suggestion - a Brazilian composer called Villa Lobos, Heitor
Moonlight Sonata will always remain a jam!
Peoples who don't like classical music should just watch "Your Lie In April"
Meet Parekh I was a non musician when I watched it and it hit me in the feels I know play the violin and my sister plays the piano
I liked the anime. I still don't like classical music.
Nice
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@@trapperscout2046 maybe you'll like it when you get more older, music tastes change
I like classical music as a Jazz/popular musician with classical education. Classical music shouldn't be seen as an OPPOSITE to popular but as a DIFFERENT parallel alternative and a really amazing one. On the other hand I think the biggest dislike towards the classical music from many people's view now a days comes from a certain aura created "as a wrong stereotype" around it. Classical musicians were from the beginning the bohemian voice of the society. Mozart was a crazy bohemian womanizer genius not a posh snobbish guy. Genuine people tend to get interest for the music that makes them feel welcome or surprised, and then they start understanding the complexity with time not the other way round. Most of the people "70%" you find in concert halls now a days don't even have a clue what they are listening to and they just go there to pretend to be very knowledgeable and look down their nose on those who are being honest to say they don't understand it. I will tell you a story I had in London once. I was on a tour and after the performance I was having a cigarette outside and there was this lady with a really posh accent telling me the she had a vinyl version of that piece performed by some else and telling me with really sophisticated manners that it was great. Funny facts 1- She didn't even realized I was the pianist, but OK that was a big orchestra I can understand it and I am a jazz player so I tend to be more reserve in classical performances because my main instrument is the saxophone not piano. Funny fact 2 It was impossible for her to have a vinyl version of that piece or any version for that matter because it was an original written by me for the tour. After that I decided never to perform in a that sort of venue any more. The only close to classical things I compose now a day are for TV programs. Well I still love classical music. If "I" being a musician feel that way, what else can you expect from someone who just wants to go to see for the first time and has to deal with that sort of people????!!! I know it shouldn't be a problem for you listen to the music but that's human nature. Many of the classical music haters don't actually hate classical music, they just hate the atmosphere around it and that's why they don't even try to listen to it. Take modern pop or hip-hop into that sort of miserable-posh-mommy's boy part of the society and you will see how many people start hating those as well. Promoting classical music and saying how complex it is UNFORTUNATELY isn't going to help at all. It will only create more snobs, and therefore more haters. There are some other factors even between musicians but that's a whole different story to tell.
Harold Frank I totally agree! Fortunately there are now some great strides made to encourage people to listen to and enjoy classical music. Musicians (including classical) are playing
pieces on streets and are attracting crowds of people which even seen on CZcams. These videos are often attracting 1 million viewers or more! I think that we should encourage people no matter there status, origin ,etc so we can create a better atnosphere around classical music. People should stop turning their noses down on other genres saying classical is better. This will hopefully get rid of the snobbish attitude that surrounds classical music.
Your not a popular musician though
Yes I am. I dedicate myself almost 95% to popular music only(mostly jazz) but I am flexible. I used to (not any more) work on some contemporary "classical" music just because I like good music, no matter what and I like to expand my comfort zone. Man I have played even Death-metal just because.. I listen from Art Tatum to Dimmu borgir. My philosophy is " If it's not good to learn and serious listening, at least it's good to disconnect".
The issue with the first problem, I do believe is that many cannot appreciate the sophistication of classical music, and instead much prefer simplicity when it comes to music, something the bulk of the population can relate to, remember, and follow. Classical music is quite far out of the common ears' reach.
Nicht von dieser Welt
Look at yourself
Youâve just finished writing a page of bullshit
Niiiiceee
Nicht von dieser Welt
I don't know how you can consider Mozart's Sonatas simpler than today's music, but answer this:
How much time does the composition of modern music take? I'll tell you how long it DOESN'T take: 2-5 years, which is the average amount of time Beethoven spent perfecting his Symphonies.
I'd also like to add that today's music is ridiculously dependent on voice: never have I heard a mainstream song that has no singer, modern instrumental music has to be looked up.
Another thing modern music lacks is power. Electronically produced music tuned to max can't hope to compare to the sheer power of the Finale of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto.
You're entitled to like whatever music you like, however there's a difference between opinion and fact. Classical music is much more complex and thought out than today's mainstream music, that's not opinion, that's fact.
Whether or not complexity is good is opinion
Beethoven's 9th intro. That always sends chills. Most people know the main them from Ode to Joy, but not the rest.
My fave classical song is called joy of man's disiring its so catchy
A thought that struck me at the second point is that a lot of music in both movies and games are in fact inspired in classical music, so if someone's into theme music, that could most definitely be a gateway into classical music. (at least that was a large part of the case for me) For example, The Planets by Holst is often mistaken for imitating movie music when it's the other way around.
Schubert's Piano Trio 2, second movement. Many people know this from the movie Barry Lyndon.
Classic music is so...
Wonderfull
Classical music is far more emotion (soul) then music with vocals. And just to clarify classical music is far from boring. Adagio for strings is extremely emotional and I can say it's definitely not boring. I also want to touch up on classical music being too long. A song written by Justin Timberlake has a play time of 10 minutes I know plenty of songs by a rock band Avenged Sevenfold that have songs beyond 10 minutes. Some music is just as long as it's not a reason to dislike something.
The movie Amadeus is a great way to get into "classical music"
I love Shostakovich's 8th string quartet, the Poulenc Piano sextet, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro. In terms of shorter classical pieces, I love the French Conservatory pieces for the Flute đâ€đčđ¶đŒ
Discovering classical music in my thirties is amazing
As a 16 year old, without influences such as academic pushing towards this interest, I have been OBSESSED with classical music. I love Impressionism. I love Dvorak, Faure, Purcell....the list goes on...oh yeah....Vivaldiđđđ
Leah Rosenberg I was literally obsessed with Classical Music as a teen. I did nothing but buy CD's, I'd bring them into class & play them on the computer for classmates, & it's all I ever really talked & thought about. The obsession subsided years ago but I'm still a massive fan. Classical Music will always be a part of my life. If I ever have kids, they will be raised on it.
How can idiots say classical music is devoid of emotion? I dont think pop music that goes âoooh-oh-oohâand âla-la-laâ has much emotion. They simply never heard the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni or Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann by Jacque Offenbach: those pieces send true emotions to the human souls. Or how about Verdiâs La Traviatta or Beethovenâs Violin Romance no. 2 or Egmont Overture?
The simpler ones can also bring pure emotion. For me, it's either Mozart's flute and harp concerto in C Major or Wiengenlied (famously known as Brahms' Lullaby) played through string instruments like the cello (Yo-Yo Ma's performance has it) that can bring such emotion.
Whoever dislikes classical music simply is because is not for everyone that's it.
I play piano so I know which keys I press, I know how to create a minor or a major etc. I know what that music is about.
Classical music is something special, you need to understand it to enjoy it. No more wards about this, it would be useless.
Liszt's Consolations and Liebestraums are in my opinion the most romantic pieces out there - all teenagers should give them a proper listen, believe me when you get it...your heart gets squeezed by the notes.
I liked some of the examples on the blog too. That Shostakovich piece was rad.
you have a point about shostokovich. I was lucky enough to play in the orchestra at Interlochen in 1992, we played his , I believe 7th, the Leningrad, first movement. that whole 10 minute section with the repeating few bars, starting at a pppp level and over 10 minutes a very slow crescendo to a FFFF , well apparently that was the german army marching towards germany and the level of sound was how far away they sounded. it was awesome!
Your video pointed out to me probably why I like Debussy so much. The composition lengths are usually less than 10 minutes. I think Debussy used space as well as anyone, so you never feel like you could add a time keeping track and everything would line up perfectly, it has an ebb and flow, and gives the performer a chance to play with the emotions coming from the music. It helps to have less instruments involved when doing this.
I sure hope Debussy was basically happy and had a good life, because he's one of the few composers where when I'm listening to him I have to fight the urge to cry like a baby. It's really neat to get that level of vulnerability out of a composer through listening to their music.
Teaching grades 3-4 intro to classical music - SO MANY PIECES I want to share with them. This video/commentary was helpful in categorizing some specific characteristics I can highlight - thank you!
Thanks so much for the Debussy Reverie reference. I was not familiar with that and just took a listen to the whole piece. Your video has opened the door to a transcendental state of reality for me. As one commenter said about Reverie "Music like this is worth staying alive to hear." I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks again. Your channel is an lovely gift.
My goodness i really love it when your eyes open really wide because not only are your eyes quite beautiful but also they light up and swell with passion & you're also talking about piano and i feel like those are the moments where your passion for this really translates through the video and into my soul because im not really breaking eyecontact hahaha
I recently started listening classical music but not the same old Classical-Romantic period music, but instead medieval to early baroque era music.
Progressive rock from the likes of King Crimson, Focus, ELP, and Genesis (just to name the ones most would be familiar with) are the closest you'll get to a "composition" in complexity, but still being a kind of pop/modern/contemporary music that most could relate to imo.
"Classical, to use the broad term, is now a favorite of mine, and it all started with that progressive rock.
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Nobody is denying that contemporary music (especially rock and metal) can be as complicated or demanding but an ensemble is a bit easier than conducting a whole orchestra.
A lot of music (classical or contemporary) can also be reduced to solo (piano/guitar/flute or instrument+accompaniment). Piano, guitar and drums are the most versatile instruments.
A lot of these people (which is probably most people) tell you they don't like classical music. But then if you question them you find out they have hardly heard any classical music (and that only snatches, never listening to a piece all the way through.) As for example Beethoven, they know the 5th symphony's dot-dot-dot-dash motif, the Ode to Joy theme, the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise (that last piece a trifle that Beethoven didn't even bother to assign an opus number to) and that's about it. Something like his masterful Late Quartets, should they ever hear them, would completely baffle them.
My favourite genre is pop, but as a pianist I've studied some classical pieces (which I started to love) and I think there must be at least one piece in the whole history of classical music that you find beautiful. Those who say they absolutely don't like "classical music" are not speaking logically (the same for those who say they don't like "pop" or "jazz"). Usually they're people who don't know classical music enough :)
Thank you for sharing this video, it's important that everyone can understand the importance, the greatness and the soul of classical music!
Hahaha! Moonlight, 3rd movement, great rage piece!
My friends tease me when i say my top 1 fav genre is classical, Romantic, Baroque. My father sometimes
i loved claasical since i was born i love different people chat about it.
The composer who got me into classical music was Chopin and he used to be my favorite for a long time. When I was a little kid, I was fascinated by his nocturnes(especially Op.27 No.2). Once in a while, I would listen to something different from what I was familiar with, and I found out that I also like Schumann, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, Berlioz, Sibelius, Debussy, Ravel, and Mahler. During my high school years, I pushed myself again and again to listen to something out of my comfort zone. I didnât like Stravinsky or Schoenberg in the beginning, but I kept listening to their works over and over again, and now I kinda enjoy them now. Therefore, I think Chopinâs nocturne is a great place to start for beginners.
Holst's Planet Suite is a great orchestral piece for people just getting into classical music. Each movement has melodies that repeat several times so you'll catch on real quickly.
when I was younger and in high school, for other people who said they find classical music boring or don't think they could like it, I just simply asked do you like the music in Star Wars? in superman? in jaws? etc.. they said, oh yeah yeah that is aweseom. I told them that it is actually composed the way classical music is composed with modern themes . actually they play so much classical in many of the great cartoons
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I like fast classical music because it really gets my brain working
I love you! you got a such great knowledge. I am feeling it! you are in the music!
I'm a fan of classical music and i love your videos so much!
I really hate the fact my mom sees pop as a way to stay awake but an even louder Beethoven symphony makes her sleepy đĄ
I think I read somwhere that there's a learning curve to music. Some songs have a really easy one and make you feel satisfaction faster or easier. The bad think is that makes you bored with same facility, so if you are listening to some easy modern song you like there's good chances you pause it in the middle and go to next song (its not a rule, of course, but I've seen this type of beheavour lot of times). Classical music its suposed to have a hard "learning" curve for the modern standard. If not familiar with it, the proces to get satisfaction from the song is slower (aka, boring for a lot of people). But it means that once you hooked, it's hard to dislike it. That's why sometimes we can endure some long movement of a symphony (or the whole piece it self) but then we skip 6 minutes song. Modern music is highly functional and satisfactory, to the point it can harm itself if its not careful. Clasical music has a lot of rich in it, so much details and slow cooking that tastes like heaven...but maybe too much depth, and too much slow and long, make it hard to enter or be compelling to a lot of people. A lot of times we don't like what we don't understand (classical music) but sometimes being too easy to understand makes it forgetable or easy to subtitute (theres a lot of that in today music). What a harsh world this of art and enterteiment
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RĂȘverie is just so good... It's like you're in a dream and that actually what the title means. It comes from French rĂȘve which means dream, so it makes sense.
To like classic music you just need to start from easier thing to listen to, like Schoemberg, Xenakis, and some really early monophonic gregorian songs.
Then you proceed to The Art of Fugue, Messiaen, minimalism and stuff like that
I love classical music. It has the capability to affect me like no other genre can. For example, I usually cannot make it through the last movement of Mahlers second symphony without breaking down and sobbing, it is so beautiful, and that symphony has the advantage of having a choir, and blyrics, too! however, it is way too long for the average person, typically 90 minutes. So if anybody is interested, there are videos on CZcams of the last eight minutes of the symphony, which are really impressive.
Reverie has those two specific notes that stand out. I wish that part would have been repeated more. But I find it common in classical music that there will often be one great sounding part which in modern times it would be repeated as a hook, but in classical you instead get teased by it. One piece that I would show to newcomers to classical music is Satie's Gymnopedie No.1. Every time I play that for someone they swear they heard it from somewhere and get a sense of nostalgia.
I found your comments on the difficulty of listening to classical music very interesting. I have been listening to classical music for over 60 years. For me it is all about the sound. I cannot explain what exactly is going on as I do not read music or play any instrument but I know what sounds good to me. I feel the music as much as I hear it. I don't understand the complexity of a concert piece but all the parts work together and hit my ear in such a way that my body resonates with the music. Because I don't understand the music my brain is not totally engaged so I can relax or read and still enjoy a Beethoven symphony. I enjoy opera, ballet and symphonic orchestral pieces simply by how they sound to me, I don't over think it I just enjoy it. I am something of an audiophile though so I don't enjoy live presentations as much as I do great recordings with headphones or earphones to filter out ambient noises. I guess I am just an odd ball but I could not go a day without classical music in my life.
Third movement of moonlight sonata is fire
Gershwin is an easy pick to introduce Classical to those who don't like Classical. Rhapsody in Blue and American in Paris should be easy cross over pieces. I started loving Classical and got used to the Pop/Rock style. Holst's The Planets should get them. Beethoven also. The 3rd movement of many concertos of the classical period might be tuneful enough Haydn's E flat trumpet concerto 3rd movement. Mozart Horn Concertos 2 & 4 have wonderful 3rd movements. The rondo form common in 3rd movements features a theme that keeps returning, kind of like pop music's "hook".
thank you . now im in love with classical music
I loved classical music since I was a little Child ^^
The one thing I wish we had more of is songs (with actual lyrics) that use classical styles. Like classical music is a bop, but I've never been able to sing out loud to it!
The first classical peice that caught me was probably Bach's air on the g string.
I'm really into baroque music all of a sudden
You are right. And amazing. Thank you. Astorias is amazing.
I love classical music myself, the Romantic period is my favorite, the Modern with guys like Debussy is my second favorite. Of course, not saying I dislike the Classical or Baroque either lol. This video was a fun watch non the less, thanks :)
Wait a minute. There are actually people that dislike classical music? I assume that whomever must be someone who simply doesn't have much care for music in the first place (unless it's for the simple sake of entertainment). Every single person that I know to be enthusiastic about music as a medium (rather than simply entertainment), like classical music to some degree, while also enjoying various modern genres. And the ones who study music academically, absolutely love classical music (at least one or two periods).
I got into Classical music by Shostakovich his composition are so exciting
yeah um, if you want to get into music, start with pieces like liszts 11th transcendental etude, Rachmaninovs prelude in C sharp minor (or prelude op 23 no 2), chopins grande polonaise brilliante waltz, and Strauss voices of spring waltz (fruhllingstemin waltzer)
Tchaikovsky's None But The Lonely Heart (without the vocals) kinda solves most of the problems, It's very emotional, quite simple, pop song length and a has a well defined melody
I just love u ur great . well i play the piano for like 3 years i played this sonata befor . but the the thing that made me love classical music from 3 years was hearing it and watching people play so . can u put a vid of someone playing not a photo that will make people love classical music if u agree with me . thnx alote for this amazing vid and for hearing me. love u â€â€
My initiation to classical music in my childhood was from Looney Tunes' Bugs Bunny depiction of
GIOACHINO ROSSINI's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE..loved it! And Looney Tunes had a great variety of that orchestral sound in their scores to accompany emotions, reactions and movement. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned here.. it's catchy and fun!
See, being exposed at a young age has an effect.
Is there a person on Earth who Doesnât like the music of John Williams?? And thatâs serious classical music! Strongly influenced from Wagner, Richard Strauss, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky etc. Have you honestly met anyone who says they donât dig the music of Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones? I have yet to meet such a person!
Love how the moon moonlight sonata is in the back round
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Good vid :)
We all been doing wrong when it comes to getting a young person to like classical music by first introducing them popular classical music, like Moonlight Sonata no 1. Unfortunately, most popular classical music is boring and I agreed. Yes, Moonlight Sonata no 3 might be a good way to break that boring myth. However, I don't think that's is a good piece to go to for the first time. Because most people think that one piece should have one emotion only. However, that's not true at all. Thus, I recommend first time listener to listen to Hungarian Rhapsody no 6 as that piece sounds like a sandwich in the emotional sense. Or if you watched Loony Tunes when you where are a kid (or is a kid now) you should listen to Hungarian Rhapsody no 2. If you find that boring just skip the first half (for the first time listening only; else you miss the whole sudden change of emotion feeling).
Why am I even here, I love classical music.
thank you so much for sharing so much knowledge with us. I am also a teacher so it is so nice to hear you! Bless to you.
Yay, hello fellow teacher! :)
What should i do with the people in my country that donât know what does classical music means, or dont know bach, mozart, Beethoven...
People can't just dismiss a whole genre of music, there's almost guaranteed one tune in each genre that they like, raising the question - how many tunes do they have to like in order to qualify as "liking" that style?
I've got a theory that when you say Classical to most people, they imagine Mozart or possibly Haydn or Beethoven. I don't think most people are actually that familiar with Chopin or Rachmaninof, to be honest. Although I think it's used quite a lot on film soundtracks. But I'm betting there's plenty of people watching that film and like the music, who don't realise how old it is.
Great video. I'm a brand new subscriber watching in the UK.â€
Dudamel DanzĂłn no 2 is very funky however it is very complicated, it is something you can dance to and it's pretty short. Baroque music tends to be very short like Scarlatti's Harpsichord Sonata in D Minor and the first and second Movements of Bach Harpsichord Concerto In F Minor however they are very very VERY complicated. Chopin's Music also tends to be vert short and beginner Classical Pieces like Mozart Minuet in F Major and Bach Minuet in G Major are very short and simple
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I might be dating myself here, but I was introduced to classical music through Tom and Jerry. Many of the chase scenes had classical music in the background.