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1、05TEXTCWhydoyoulistentomusic?Ifyoushouldputthisquestiontoanumberofpeople,youmightreceiveanswerslikethese:“Ilikethebeatofmusic”,“Ilookforattractivetunefulness”,“Iammovedbythesoundofchoralsinging”,“IlistentomusicformanyreasonsbutIcouldnotbegintodescribethemtoyouclear
2、ly.”Answerstothisquestionwouldbemanyanddiverse,yetalmostnoonewouldreply,“Musicmeansnothingtome.”Tomostofus,musicmeanssomething;itevokessomeresponse.Weobtainsomesatisfactioninlisteningtomusic.Formany,theenjoymentofmusicdoesnotremainatastandstill.Wefeelthatwecangetmo
3、resatisfactionfromthemusicalexperience.Wewanttomakeclosercontactwithmusicinordertolearnmoreofitsnature;thuswecanrangemorebroadlyandfreelyintheareasofmusicalstyle,form,andexpression.Thisbookexploreswaysofachievingtheseobjectives.Itdeals,ofcourse,withthetechniquesofm
4、usic,butonlyinordertoshowhowtechniqueisdirectedtowardexpressiveaimsinmusicandtowardthelistener’smusicalexperience.Inthisway,wemaygetanideaofthecomposer’sintentions,forindeed,thecomposeruseseverymusicaldeviceforitspowertocommunicateandforitscontributiontothemusicale
5、xperience.Althougheveryonehearsmusicdifferently,thereisacommongroundfromwhichallmusicalexperiencesgrow.Thatsourceissounditself.Soundistherawmaterialofmusic.Itmakesupthebodyandsubstanceofallmusicalactivity.Itisthepointofdepartureinthemusicalexperience.Thekindsofsoun
6、dthatcanbeusedformusicalpurposesareamazinglyvaried.Throughouttheculturesoftheworld,EastandWest,avirtuallylimitlessarrayofsoundshasbeenemployedintheserviceofmusicalexpression.ListentoOrientaltheatremusic,thentoanexcerptfromaWagnerwork;thesetwoareworldsapartintheirqu
7、alitiesofsoundaswellasinalmosteveryotherfeature,yeteachsayssomethingofimportancetosomelisteners.Eachcanstiralistenerandevokearesponseinhim.Allmusic,whetheritisthepulsationofprimitivetribaldrumsorthecomplexcoordinationofvoicesandinstrumentsinanopera,hasthisfeature:i
8、tisbaseduponthepowerofsoundtostiroursensesandfeelings.Yetsoundaloneisnotmusic.Somethinghastohappentothesound.Itmustmoveforwardintime.Everythingth
