Comment by asphodele
15 hours ago
Trying to explain why music is magical risks killing it with words. A lot of things are best left unspoken.
15 hours ago
Trying to explain why music is magical risks killing it with words. A lot of things are best left unspoken.
I don't know that it risks killing it, but I generally agree with your sentiment. Why can't we just be satisfied with the fact that we enjoy it? Why do we need an explanation for everything? We've removed so much mystery and awe from the every day already...
Respectfully, I find your sentiment baffling. For me, knowing more about something enhances its value.
I proudly stand in the 'interesting as long as I don't understand it' camp!
Well don't read anything related to music analysis, or something I discovered this week https://cklixx.people.wm.edu/teaching/math400/Chris.pdf or for some books : "Exploring Musical Spaces. A Synthesis of Mathematical Approaches" or "Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformation"
Knowing why I want to headbang isn't going to stop me from headbanging in the moment
Some people find beauty in the explanations and understanding too, Feynman being a very famous example of this.
Explain how anything could in any way "kill music."
I don't really experience it with music, because there it just makes me understand it better and create it, but I used to like reading before we started dissecting it in school, so I can see how it can be similar for people with other pleasurable experiences, like music or a painting.