The open music classes of the Central Music Channel are particularly worth watching, especially for parents like us who have musical children at home. It is really necessary to learn more and get in touch with the common sense of music.

While I was still on vacation, I took the time to attend several classes. This time I will talk about the open class conducted by Xia Xiaotang, how to listen to symphony.

At the scene, the Philharmonic Orchestra formed a mini orchestra, with instruments including cello, viola, violin, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet (clarinet), French horn, trumpet, and trombone. First, Teacher Xia introduced to the audience the roles played by various instruments in the orchestra and their respective expressive powers.

Why do a symphony need so many types of instruments? Teacher Xia used a metaphor from life that was particularly good. He said that just like food has its own taste, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, so does musical instruments. Each musical instrument has its own unique sound signal, has its own unique flavor, and conveys its own unique emotional message.

For example, the cello is extremely expressive of emotions. When in a movie, the director will use the cello to express specific emotions.

The music played by the symphony has different high, high and low notes for each instrument. Choose different instruments to express different emotions and moods. Just like the occasions you attend, the clothes you wear will also vary.

After understanding the different expressions of musical instruments, let’s listen to Teacher Xia’s talk about how to listen to symphony correctly.

Some audience members said why they went to the concert and fell asleep while listening. Teacher Xia explained that enjoying the symphony in the concert hall itself gives people a feeling of quietness, peace, relaxation, enjoyment and comfort. So it is normal to fall asleep, which means that your body and mind are relaxed. But I didn’t come to the concert hall just to sleep. How can we appreciate a complete and perfect symphony?

To appreciate a perfect symphony, you must do enough homework.

Audiences need to have a rich accumulation of knowledge, find some relevant information before listening, be familiar with the environment and state of mind of the creator at that time, and understand the history, culture, life background and other factors of the creator. The listener also needs enough experience and experience. Only in this way can we better understand the work itself.

A symphony is the emotional response of both the audience and the performer to the work. Only when the performer performs with emotion and the audience feels the work, can this be the high-level experience of listening to a concert and the success of a concert.