It is easier to teach this child than an adult. First, his imagination is better developed, and secondly, the plots of works for children are more specific.
But it is never too late for an adult to learn this! Moreover, art reflects life so widely that it is able to give answers to life questions and suggest solutions in the most complicated situations.
We start with software works.
Not always composers give their compositions names. But often they do it. A work with a certain title is called a program. A larger program product is often accompanied by a description of what is happening, the libretto, etc.
In any case, you should start with small pieces. Very convenient in this regard, "Children's Album" PI. Tchaikovsky, where each piece corresponds to the topic in the title.
First of all, comprehend the topic on which it is written. How to learn to understand classical music - let us tell by the example of the play “The Doll's Disease”: the child will remember how he felt when the bear's ear broke off or the clockwork dancer stopped dancing, as he wanted to “cure” the toy. Then teach him to connect the internal video series: "Now we will listen to the piece. Close your eyes and try to imagine the unhappy doll in the crib and her little mistress." That is, based on an imaginary video series, the easiest way to come to an understanding of the work.
You can arrange a game: an adult loses musical passages, and a child draws a picture or records it - what the music says.
Gradually, the works become more complicated - these are Mussorgsky's plays, Bach's tokkats and fugues (the child should see how an organ with several keyboards looks like, hear the main theme, which moves from the left hand to the right, varies, etc.).
And what about adults?
Actually, you can learn to understand classical music in the same way - only you are your own teacher, you are a student. Buying a CD with small famous works of the classics, ask how each of them is called. If this is the "Sarabande" of Handel - imagine the ladies in heavy robrones and gentlemen in chasing clothes, this will give an understanding of why the pace of the dance work is low. Dargomyzhsky's Tobacco Waltz is not people dancing, he is snuffed up by a snuffbox arranged slyly like a music box, so the music is a bit sketchy and so quiet. Schumann's "The Merry Peasant" is simple: imagine a big red-cheeked fellow, satisfied with his work and returning home, with a shout of a song.
If the name is not clear - specify it. Then, while listening to Tchaikovsky's "Barcarolas," you will know that this is a boatman's song, and you will associate music with the flow of water, a splash of oars ...
There is no need to hurry: learn to isolate a melody and compare it with a contemplative series, then proceed to more complex works.
Music reflects feelings
Yes it is. The child jumps, hearing the joy in the play "In the Garden" by the composer Goedicke, it is quite easy. If we listen to the “Elegy” by Massenet, it is no longer a plot, it conveys the feeling with which the listener involuntarily penetrates. Listen, try to understand HOW the composer expresses a certain mood. Glinka's "Krakowiak" reflects the Polish national character, which becomes more understandable thanks to listening to the work.
It is not necessary to translate music in the video, this is only the first stage. Gradually, you will have your favorite tunes that match your worldview or affect it.
Listening to a larger work, first read the libretto to know how the action develops, and to understand which character characterizes this musical passage. After a few auditions, this will be an easy task.
There are other aspects in music: national originality, positivism and negativism, the transfer of images through the choice of a particular musical instrument. How to learn to understand classical music deeply and multidimensionally, we will talk in the next article.
The author - Elena Skripkina
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