Zhou Haihong, a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music, taught this music course in easy-to-understand terms, which benefited a music novice like me a lot.
Before listening to this class, I always thought that music was dispensable, and that classical music was difficult to understand. Only a few talented people could feel the mountains and rivers. However, after listening to his class, I changed a lot of views.
Why do you need to "understand" music? Music is an auditory art. Unlike literature, which can directly convey thoughts, and unlike art, which can directly convey images, its essence is to listen, and good listening is the most important.
Music is the most suitable art for expressing emotions. No matter which country you are from, as long as you hear music, you will have an emotional reaction, and everyone's emotional reaction is so consistent. It is not affected by culture and experience, so music is also called the language of the world.
You can "understand" music by using synesthesia and imagination. Everyone's feelings are not the same. When we hear about zoos, we always think of big tigers. This is synesthesia. It is because of synesthesia that we can hear various images and thoughts in music. Since everyone's experience is different, and what synesthesia associates with is inherently uncertain, everyone can have their own understanding, and there is no need to pursue the same interpretation of the music and the master's understanding. In addition, some music itself pursues good listening and does not have synesthetic response.
The purpose of art is to pursue beauty. Beauty is people's perceptual experience, and the pursuit of beauty is human instinct. Learning music can improve people's aesthetic ability.
In addition to the above content, Teacher Zhou also talked about many principles of life, solved many of my doubts, and gave me a lot of inspiration.
Big taboos in education
1. Structural imbalance, that is, comprehensive problems and in-depth problems.
2. Improper procedures, that is, critical period issues.
Subjective conditions for cultivating innovative qualities (individual subject)
1. Well-informed - a large number of diverse experience reserves
2. Free divergence - Habitual divergent thinking and free nature
3. Persistence and determination - firm will and goal awareness
Objective conditions (social environment) for cultivating innovative qualities
< p> 1. A diverse and rich cultural environment2. A free and tolerant social environment
What is happiness? Happiness is the satisfaction of expectations. What is happiness? Happiness is continuous joy. Everyone has different goals, but the ultimate goal is to be happy.
Life is always full of difficulties. No matter what religion you believe in, it will not solve any problems. It is just the comfort in our hearts and a guess about the unknown. Therefore, belief in God is only a kind of psychological comfort, and we still need to rely on science to solve problems.
What do people live for? People live for happiness. We all know that tomorrow has an end, and everyone will leave at some point in the future, but we believe that we still have a tomorrow. In order to make tomorrow better, we work and live so hard.