In Reply to: "appreciate" and "understand" are two different things posted by rlindsa on August 6, 2012 at 12:29:36:
And they overlap, even in a dictionary.
In the army when presented with a problem we do an appreciation, so we can understand it and our capabilities in context and plan what we might do.
Sometimes when it's an ambush say we have to know where the enemy are, even as we experience the fear and shock, so that we can do the instant standard drill and flank them effectively OR decide that we have to withdraw or RUN.
Read my post above too.
When I'm listening to music I experience it as a whole, I'm not saying to myself here comes that key change, or that's the best treatment of that transition I've heard. I might do it later, I'm a born analyst, but I often don't do any of that until I'm asked or want to.
But, I do appreciate where the music seems to be going even when I've never heard the piece. This makes the surprises even better.
I can't PROVE that I get more out of music, but I sense it, and I have good reasons for believing it.
Each Sunday the organist playing usually does a post service piece, fellow parishioners will ask me what I though of it or why I'm enthusiastically applauding. They think I do, too.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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- No, and I disagree, they're two differing descriptions, just words, - Timbo in Oz 17:12:19 08/06/12 (0)