I remember when I began to learn about the history of music, I did not realize what I was getting into. I had a notion that music history was somewhat of a trivial pursuit. In fact, I only followed my history of classical music course because I needed the credits. I did not realize how completely interesting music history is. You see, in our culture many of us do not really learn to comprehend music. For a lot of people, music is a language, but for us it is something that we consumed passively. When I began to learn about the history of Western music, however, it changed all that for me. I have had some experience using musical instruments, but I have never mastered one enough to really understand what music is all about. This class taughed me.
When a lot of us think about the music history, it means the history of rock music. We believe that the history is plain because the music is plain. Actually, neither is the case. The history of music, whether you mean classical music, rock music, jazz music, or any other kind, is always complex. New chord structures are established taking with them new forms of understanding humanity. New rhythmic patterns are established, bringing with them new ways of understanding time. And music reflects all of it.
Even when the class was over, I would not stop learning about the history of music. It had stimulated my appetite, and I wanted more. I got all the music history books that I could discover.
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