Classic vs. contemporary music
I`ve heard and read a lot of articles about the effects of classical music on our brain, body or IQ. Most of the information can be real but are also many suppositions on this topic. About the contemporary music it`s not so much written. Maybe not yet...
Although are many styles of music: pop, jazz, blues, rock, metal, my article will refer to classical and modern music. I would like to share with you some opinion from my experience of playing and listening both styles. When I say classical music I refer to the period between 1600-1900. Everybody listened at least once in life works from Bach, Mozart or Beethoven. I mentioned them because they are one of the greatest composers from all this periode of 300 years. After performing or listening their works, we usually have a feeling of pleasure, joy or peace and we can feel a very positive influence on our mood and perception. More about the surprising effects of classical music you can find here:
www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtml
On the opposite side, the contemporary music (1975-present) has no tonality, no melody and the accent is on exploring to the maximum the instrumental technique. It`s very interesting and challenging to play or to listen such a music, but in the end you have many contradictory feelings and more negative than positive ones. You can also experiment nervosity, anger, fear and we can see a mirror of our society: haotic and superficial. Of course, there are also some very good contemporary pieces, but very few! After performing or listening a modern piece I heard so many times from the public and performers this fraze: "It was interesting!" I wonder if this is the real purpose of the music. I guess, NO. I strongly believe that the real music touches more the soul and less the intellect. From this point of view the classical music it`s much valuable than the contemporary one and after hundreds of years it is still alive and has a story to tell, a beautiful one!
Hello.
ReplyDeleteThe music, like any other art, it-s made for our souls. The receiver of it's benefits is not the ear, like many people think, but heart. So... I observe that the most of modern and contemporary music pieces don't resist without a program, explanations, something written for sustain the idea that piece there is. For example, if you want, you're free to transcript in musical language something like E=mc2. But you're piece will be understood by you, 2 or 3 physicists, maybe 2 or 3 philosophers, some mathematicians and no way the musicians that play you're work.In fact, you succeed to empty you're art of it's purpose.
That type of abuses are not new in musical world. We met in polyphonic period works with 36 voices. Ok, interesting, put chaotic. It's too much for our hearts.
Opposite, almost all that have yet a tonality, have a good reference system, that permit us to decrypt the message. Our need for harmony and consonance is encrypted deep in our DNA. It is a gift from God that help us to tune up with all universe. We can feel that music! We enjoying it! That's an art made for!
In conclusion, I'll remain the adept and servant of "classical" or... anyway tonal music!
Thank you Toni, for sharing your ideas!
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