1. Functional appreciation, which some people call the aesthetic stage. Listening to this level of music doesn't require any way of thinking. For example, when we are doing other things or in cafes and dance halls, we are absent-minded and immersed in the sound. At this time, the appeal and atmosphere of music alone can bring us into an unconscious but charming state of mind. Many music lovers are listening to the concert. Just to forget themselves, they regard music as a kind of comfort or relief. They entered an illusory world, an ideal world, in which people don't have to think about the reality of daily life, and of course they don't have to think about music.
2. Emotional appreciation (emotional response), which some people call the expression stage. Although many composers tend to avoid discussing the content of music, it is very difficult to explain the meaning of a musical work in words, but they should not go to the other extreme, that is, to deny what music wants to "express". At different times, music expresses peaceful or overflowing emotions, regrets or victories, anger or joy. It uses countless subtle differences and changes to express every emotion and many other emotions, and it can even express the meaning of a proper noun that cannot be found in any language. We listened to the theme of the second movement of Lao Chai and De Hoshak, and tears filled our eyes. This is not because we associate it with other sad events, that is, empathy (of course, some people associate it with empathy), but simply because of the charm of music itself. It was the composer who expressed this emotion with music, which was accepted by the audience after being played by the band.
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3. Rational appreciation (theoretically analyze why music sounds good, why it is so emotional and so on. ), some people call it a pure music stage. Music is created by a composer using "musical language" in addition to his voice and emotions, so the audience should consciously listen to music materials such as melody, rhythm, harmony and timbre. In order to follow the composer's ideas, he must also know some principles of music form and structure, and only in this way can he understand.
To appreciate a work from three aspects: feeling, emotion and reason, you need to know the following knowledge:
1, author and work background. A musical work, the problem shows the composer's feelings about real life.
2, national characteristics. Russian composer glinka said: "People created music, but composers just turned it into music." All music works are rooted in folk music, so they all have their own national characteristics. Some works summarize some characteristics of national music language (such as "999 Roses" based on Yi dance music), while others are closely related to specific national and folk monotonicity (such as "Violin Concerto" using Yue Opera tunes).
3. The author's creative personality. Due to different life times, environmental literacy, experiences and artistic interests, composers have different creative personalities. Different composers have different creative styles, and the same composer has different creative styles in different periods.
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5. The expressive function of music language. Music language includes many elements, the most important of which are four: rhythm, melody, harmony and timbre. In addition, there are beat, speed, dynamics, range, mode, tonality and so on.
6. Form and genre. Form is the arrangement of music materials, that is, the structural layout of music, such as music, two paragraphs, three paragraphs, complex three paragraphs, Rondo, variations, sonatas, Rondo sonatas, mixed forms, suites and so on. Genre is the kind of music, such as songs, dances, marches, scherzos, ballads and nocturnes.
In addition to the expression of the music language itself, each conductor will make a different interpretation of the same music work, and each orchestra will also play the work with its different timbre style, which we need to observe and understand when enjoying music.