Listening
I taught a guy how to learn how to listen to music better as a soundguy. “Listen to the strings come in now”. “Can you hear the snare drum?” “That sound is a tambourine.” “The toms go like this…” “That is a hi-hat sound.”
Sometimes I don’t realize how little other people listen to music and how music sounds and is put together. Sometimes it’s impossible for me to ignore the fact that a hi-hat opened or the timing of the entry of an instrument. Or the tone of a keyboard or guitar. Not that I’m even an expert in tone, haha.
January 31st, 2009 at 8:23 am
Silas!
Andrew and I went to the symphony a couple weeks ago (it was my Christmas gift) and I thougth it was fascinating to try and distinguish the sounds I was hearing. I tried to train my ear to just zone in on an instrument as they were all playing. It’s difficult for instruments such as the viola or the cello when you have the violin and bass cello playing at the same time.
moral of the story, different tones and sounds together are sweet eh?
oh and I had a question. (this is turning into a long post)
can you turn it off? Like can you just listen to the music without recognizing those things?
February 4th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
hey suzanne
can i turn it off? rarely. it’s hard. i could do it, but i have to really be active in trying to block out those things. when i’m in service it’s not easy, but i try my best to just focus on God.