How to appreciate music works:

Sound perception refers to the complete acceptance of music sounds and structural forms through the hearing of music listeners. In the perceptual activity of music appreciation, sound perception is the premise and foundation of the entire music appreciation. All emotional experiences and image connections in music appreciation are based on sound perception. If we leave the perception of music sound and its structural form, we can talk about More than a further appreciation of musical works. The actual sound of a musical work is a "sound craft" formed by the mutual participation and cooperation of various musical elements such as rhythm, melody, and harmony, and artificial artistic processing. Our ears can directly feel it, but our ears must be Ears that have been trained and can distinguish music, otherwise, it will be difficult to accept and understand this "artifact" on the outer layer of the sound. Specifically, the perception ability of music sound is mainly reflected in the following aspects.

1. The ability to distinguish music sounds

This refers to the ability to distinguish the basic elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, intensity, timbre, etc. If the listener has the ability to distinguish these musical elements, he will also have the ability to distinguish the basic elements of music. The basis of sound perception. "Huainanzi" once recorded, "Those who have the six laws but cannot listen to them do not have the ears of Shi Kuang." The "Ears of Shi Kuang" are the ears that can distinguish sounds. If a person cannot distinguish between 2/4 time and 3/4 time, it will be difficult for him to distinguish the different sound effects of marches and waltzes; if the listener lacks the ability to distinguish the timbres of various instruments, it will affect his understanding of the sound effects of marches and waltzes. Appreciation of orchestral works. Therefore, cultivating the ability to distinguish music is of primary significance to sound perception.

2. The ability to perceive music sound

The ability to perceive music sound includes a sense of melody, a sense of rhythm, a sense of multi-part music, and an overall perception of the structure of the music. aspect. Among them, the sense of melody is mainly to feel the characteristics of different melodies, and thereby achieve the experience of the beauty of the melody and the emotional content contained in it. The sense of rhythm determines the expressive nature and style characteristics of music. To obtain the beauty of music, you must develop a good sense of music rhythm. Multi-part music techniques are widely used in the fields of chorus, keyboard music, and orchestral music. Only with a sense of multi-part music can we understand the combination of each part and the harmonic effect of music. The overall understanding of the structural form of music is the perceptual activity of synthesizing various elements of music into a complete music to achieve perfect music perception.

3. Attention and memory of music

Music is the art of time, and the sound materials of music are displayed in time and fleeting with the movement of time. Attention can always keep the music fresh, and memory can make the music leave a deep impression and extend the music's progress. If the listener does not pay high attention and memory to the music during the appreciation process, it is impossible to gain an overall understanding of the music. [2]

Appreciating music not only achieves perfect sound perception, but also relies on the emotional experience caused by inner hearing. Liu Xie, an ancient cultural theorist, said: "The person who writes the text is moved by emotion and then writes it, and the person who reads the text writes it to be emotional." This means that the creator creates the work due to emotional stimulation, and the audience experiences the emotion through the work. of. To appreciate music, you need to more accurately understand the emotional connotation expressed by the work through sound perception.

The process of appreciating music is the process of emotional experience. It is not only the process of the appreciator experiencing the emotional connotation of the music, but also the interaction and occurrence of the appreciator's own emotions and the emotions expressed in the music* In the process of singing, good music hearing ability will bring a profound emotional experience to the listener, which is mainly reflected in the following two points.

First, experience the emotional connotation of musical works accurately, deeply and meticulously. With good musical hearing ability, combined with the understanding of melody, harmony, rhythm, speed, dynamics, timbre, musical form, genre and other musical expression techniques as well as text factors other than music, one can correctly understand music. As mentioned before, music is an auditory art, and good musical hearing is the basis for correct appreciation of music. We cannot imagine that people who cannot distinguish pitch, rhythm, and timbre can gain profound emotional experience from music.

Second, closely combine the life experience and emotional desires of the appreciator. Good music listening ability can quickly bring the listener into the artistic conception of the music, allowing the listener to closely combine their own life experience to appreciate music and gain a deeper emotional experience. The Pipa Concerto "Pipa Tour" describes the poet Bai Juyi who was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima and heard a pipa music played by a Chang'an musician who had been exiled to another place on the ship. He thought of his situation of "living in exile and sick in Xunyang City" and uttered "Same." "I'm a fallen man at the end of the world", he lamented, "Who among you cried the most? Jiangzhou Sima's green shirt is wet." This kind of strong emotional scream is unparalleled by other people present.