Preface: A few days ago, I participated in a music sharing class given by Vice President Zhou Haihong of the Central Conservatory of Music. What was different from expectations was that he did not tell us how to understand music. He told us: Why does music need to be played? Understand.

After listening to this, I was enlightened and decided to write an article to share this concept with everyone.

Do you still remember how the music teacher taught us music knowledge during school?

1. Classification: Music is divided into ethnic music, pop music, or wind music, string music, instrumental music, etc.;

2. Analysis: Choose a classic masterpiece and tell us about it Who created the piece of music, why it was created, and what emotions it expressed.

Our history and culture also seem to "complicate" music, such as the story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, and the emergence of the idiom "the music is high and the music is low", which actually means that you are not at a certain level. I really can't understand the music.

It turns out that we have been "intellectualized" and "complicated" by music since we were young. Later, we did not dare to listen to classic music (Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc.), nor did we dare to listen to it easily. What kind of concerts did I attend at the National Center for the Performing Arts? They were all "elegant" things. Anyway, I couldn't even understand the various instruments on the stage, let alone understand them.

Even when we listen to popular music (pop music), we have to care about whether we understand it or not. Look at these common words around you or on the Internet:

The result is that we will do it for They will ridicule each other about whether they understand music or not, and they will also feel complacent because they "understand" music.

In fact, music is really just an instinctive aesthetic preference. What we can argue about whether we understand or not is nothing more than "lyrics". In fact, those are things deliberately created by the lyricist to cater to the different feelings of different people.

Let me tell you something interesting. You have to remove "lyrics" and "vocals". You really can't say that the music of "Phoenix Legend" is more vulgar than "Jay Chou" or "Eason Chan". If you don’t believe it, go to station B and search for “Phoenix Legend’s Concert”. How many people listened to it on their knees?

Therefore, returning to the music itself, it is really just a matter of "comfort". This kind of "comfort" is just a way for people to enjoy the beauty of melody and phonology instinctively. We have been listening to music since we were born. We can listen to "music" from the beginning. When our ears hear good music, we will get a very "beautiful" enjoyment, which is the same as our "eyes" will get when seeing beautiful scenery. That's all. You really don't need to find out whether there is "a profound meaning" first.

Professor Zhou Haihong of the Central Conservatory of Music said,

Wait, but we can really understand the emotions of music, sad or happy, low or high, this is The truth is, you don’t need to understand the music. In fact, this is also an instinct called:

Synesthesia.

As usual, I will take you to look at the wiki first. This is actually a psychological phenomenon:

Most people will have a certain degree of "synesthesia", such as We feel the "temperature rise" because of red, yellow and other colors, so they are called warm colors; we feel "sad or low" emotions or imagine related pictures when we hear slow-paced, low-pitched music. ; We will feel "depressed or sad" emotions due to the visual phenomenon of "bitter cold wind and flying yellow leaves"...

Of course, some people are born with this instinct He is more sensitive, so he will have a higher advantage in creating such works in music or literature.

This contains two meanings:

Many people may have seen this video: a father sang "Little Baicai" to his newborn baby, and then the baby listened and I couldn't stop crying. This is actually the baby's synesthesia at work. The slow and sinking melody of the song "Little Cabbage" can trigger people's sad emotions, but the baby's synesthesia is the purest and natural.

Therefore, "listening to music" is an instinctive enjoyment, and everyone is born with this ability.

Of course, some of us will say, "I can tell that this is Beethoven's or Bach's music, I can tell that this is wind or string music, etc." This is just your "familiarity with that type of music through learning" "That's all, this is the mastery of music knowledge. This is not the information that "the melody or rhythm of music" can convey, nor is it a necessary condition for you to enjoy the beauty of "music".

By the way, the name "Moonlight" and the story of Beethoven's famous "Moonlight Sonata" were both made up by a later tabloid reporter... There are many other titles of music as well. They were all added by later generations.

Since listening to music is just an instinctive sensory enjoyment and does not need to be "understood", what should we do when we want to listen to music next time? Here is a direct quote from Dean Zhou's suggestion:

Remember, when listening to music, enjoy the music itself, fully mobilize your synesthesia, and feel the beauty of the melody and rhythm of the music itself. Then you will hear tears, you will hear smiles on your face, and you will involuntarily Picture a lot of things. Don't think about whose composition and lyrics this is, don't think about what it expresses, this will make you lose the enjoyment of the music itself.

So, don’t be afraid to go to a “concert” anymore, it is really a beautiful enjoyment.

Next time, someone asks you "What does this music mean, I don't understand it" when you are enjoying music, just say:

Above.