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Keep up the good work! The world needs an educator that focuses on the staggering value of the classical music with which to many have lost touch, or never connected at all.

Wow, this is the best introduction to the actual underlying aspects of easy versus complex music. Especially the observation that the simpler music that I listened to as a kid no longer fulfills me the way the music that I love as an adult does. Exception for prog rock like ELP, Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd... Thank you so much.

Tools do not mock their user. People only imagine that. The pencil is silent. The page is silent. We only mock ourselves, thinking that momentary silence is our inadequacy. We shall create when our depths stir. We must be patient and accept the stillness.

Very interesting video. My introduction to Classical Music began when I was about 10 years old. I heard a Shostakovich Symphony on my brother's tape player. It took me some time to appreciate it, but once I did, I was hooked. I spent the rest of my childhood trying to get my friends into this music. I had to 'learn to appreciate' Rock Music in high school, and it wasn't easy, because Rock Music didn't do for me what symphonic music did. I've often felt that if one is not exposed to this music as a child, one is unlikely to develop an appreciation for it. Your video suggests the opposite, that this is 'music for the complexities of adulthood.' I hope that's right. Maybe I'm underestimating people's ability to pick up new things.

My brother got taught trumpet by a first chair of the city orchestra in exchange for good lasagna dinners every Friday. He used to hook us up with tickets sometimes and i remember the keep-still mints fondly. It was fun, i used to make up stories to go with the music, and i liked the way it made my body feel even before I liked the music itself. My favorite thing about classical music is how much room for contrasts it has! Dynamic contrast for sure but also all the changes that come from focusing on different mixtures of instruments. There's something elemental to it. Everything works better when good things are accessible. Orchestras don't make the only good music but the opportunity to listen live enriched me. Without Mr Lowry i probably never would've

I never really listen to classical music. I listened to a lot of Zappa when I was in high-school. I like things that are less complex. Some truths are really simple and it's great if they're presented with one or two chords, I find.

I just stumbled upon your channel, watched the vid about depth of classical music (the last one), I really liked it. I think it’s the first time I see someone looking a bit like me, talk about classical music. I liked it, a lot I liked that it didn’t have politics ruining it (saw other vids from other, sometimes big channels, about how classical music and music theory are supposedly white supremacy and stuff like that) I liked your eloquence and intelligence, thoughtfulness and openness. I’m a lifelong musician, self taught, and got into classical music a decade or so ago, through German romantic orchestral music (Mahler/Wagner) and more intimately through romantic piano playing (Chopin, Debussy mostly, I wish I could tackle Ravel, Rachmaninov and Liszt but I’m not there yet skills wise) It made me a better musician as a whole, even when it comes to more modern genres in which I usually specialize. Learning music theory as I went, I’ve also found out the deep fundamentals of music, that are an integral part of how our universe works (so much for the white supremacy argument lol) Music is at its best when it is all about the music, everything mundane tends to corrupt it, or at the very least, strongly limit its potential. I’d love to have a talk (recorded or not) with you about our experiences through life, music and society. Let me know if you’d be up for it. Happy new year and thank you again for this amazing content. Have a beautiful day

I was so lonely as a kid growing up and finding a true love for classical music. I began getting into it in hs, and asked out a girl who played piano to a classical concert...and she turned me down. Instead, I took my dad. Almost didn't go, but figured what the heck. So we get to orchestra hall in Chicago, and told we needed an elevator to reach the seats. Thought they were way up, but instead, on stage. I had absolutely no idea who that Horowitz dude was at the time, lol, but after the Mephisto Waltz (and 7 encores), I was hooked. Funny aside, the lady sitting next to me when he finished was the only one in the hall who didn't give him a standing ovation. When I asked her why, she said "he plays it better at home." But to my bigger point-- None of my friends ever had the slightest interest other than rock and maybe blues. I'd spend countless hours by myself with my Sony Walkman on. I'm very lucky that my wife of 30 years now loves classical as much as myself, and we go regularly to the symphony, universities, and many string quartets and the like near us on an almost weekly basis when possible. Get the kids listening when they are young and maybe they will end up liking it sooner! Sigh...the few of them...

i recently learned there's different kinds of classical music and the one that resonates most with me it's the romantic type.

Is this a sales pitch for classical music or a criticism of popular music? Does one have to favor one over the other?

terrific intro to classical music. too bad few kids get music appreciation in school, it's the first part of the curriculum they cut. 🤬🤬

Well, interesting views, but I would add that before go to a concert and listening "live" which indisputably is the best way to listen to any genre of music (performed by good musicians) One should be familiar with the works that are going to be performed at the concert. Simply because of the complexity of "Classical Music" which Mr. Ross is talking about and the concert of 60 minutes or more is simply too long to maintain the full concentration and when the attention drops (maybe just for a second) an important detail can be missed (again Mr. Ross talks about this in an excellent manner) and the experience may be impoverished. It's like driving in a foreign city with a lot of traffic for the first time, One don't have time to admire beautiful buildings and other architecture because One's focus is on the road, where the next turn comes, a traffic light... but when all this becomes familiar after driving the same road multiple times One can pay attention to other things too.

I mean, my best classes when I was school were science and art. A lot of the people were very creative when I was studying the sciences in college

Absolutely! Love the videos!

I’m surprised this doesn’t have more views! This is cool stuff!

Hello Uncle Arthur this is your nephew Jordyn, and you did a amazing job on the video an editing for the process.

Thank you! :-)

Very interesting observations ... I really enjoy conversations about crossover of industries .. Keep up the interesting content!!

Great video, thanks😊

My first live symphony experience was Sendaks Nutcracker. All I could do was cry, it was perfect ❤

The local theatre company did a junior production of Les Miserables a few weeks back. It worked out that they were able to have a local orchestral group perform the music. It was absolutely fantastic to have a live orchestra performing. And since it's mostly a musical it gave me the chance to just close my eyes and just absorb the song and musical arrangements. Amazing to have live music, made for a special evening.

I've been "classical music curious" for the last 64 years, through several degrees, years of teaching, performance, and continuing education!

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Tbh, I would love to attend a classical concert in jeans and T-shirt with the performers also in jeans and T-shirt.

More than primary colors!!! I love it!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. The "variations" on a theme are something I have dealt with for most of my years as both student and teacher of classical piano. For me, the appeal of classical music was an outgrowth of a connection to my soul, and the eternal quest for trying to discover exactly how to say what the composer was trying to indicate on the printed page. For many years, I taught piano at a visual and performing arts school in Gary, IN, where many of my students were initially ashamed of their love for and connection to classical piano, partly owing to ignorance and partly owing to not seeing anyone who looked like them seriously engaged in performance. I spent many years trying to turn that shame into pride, ultimately introducing them to the late Andre Watts, the color-barrier breaker in classical piano. For many years, he was the outlier for the "black people are not able to understand classical music, outside of singers", and many attributed his musical genius to the Caucasian half of his bi-racial parentage (He did not). What you say now is true, but I'm old enough to remember the gate keepers who guarded those gates meticulously, and I suspect some still do. That aside, classical music is for everyone if you are willing to totally embrace it as either consumer or performer. Thank you for your insights. I am enjoying your contributions.

Very interesting !

Excellent analysis and explanation!

Of all the places to make a speaking vid … THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM 🎻🙉🎺

EVERYTHING IS RACIST THESE DAYS

THATS JUST IGNORANT AND UNEDUCATED, ALL MUSIC IS FOR ALL PEOPLE

Racist

If the viola was sized to it's range like the violin and cello it would have tighter strings. I like the loose string effect, even the open strings have a sort of vibrato and the upper strings caress my fingertips. Violins are tense and neurotic. But then I'm a beginner and don't need to project. Were you at Eastman when Peter Minkler was there?

Yuja Wang? David Aaron Carpenter?

They learn slowly and don't practice mistakes. So, how many times a week would you change your strings at the conservatory, 7-8 hours a day playing, you must have had some rock like callouses as well.

…aural vs. visual focus…

That is a great point i love Punk and it is tied to politics but i also love classical

That's a very interesting take

Arthur… I must congratulate you on your presentation… it has really cleared up a number of issues I’ve been living with…👍🏻

Anyone that turn anyone away from an art, just because they are of a different, race/creed/social status/etc, doesn't deserve to like that art themselves. Art is for anyone and everyone that enjoy gain enjoyment out of it. That is it's purpose, to convey expression.

Classical music is amazing

Classical musicians, (and audiences) do put the music first, but the classical world still has its celebrities, its spectacles and its other stuff attached. Andreu Rieu, Pavarotti, Yuja Wang, all the great virtuoso soloists, who put their own mark on a piece, and the flag waving sing-a-longs of the BBC Proms. Some conductors also add to the drama of the piece in the very way that they conduct. I'm sure the rumour that Paganini 'sold his soul to the devil' to become the greatest violinist of all time, didn't exactly hurt his PR, and Mozart didn't wear a bright red jacket just to try and blend in. But yes, they mastered their art before mastering their marketing, and the same cant be said for the pop music world. I also think that sometimes, knowing the human story and context behind a piece can draw in more diverse audiences, as you can connect with the composer on an emotional level. I never would have listened to the Rite of Spring if I just chanced upon it on the radio. Reading about Stravinsky's life, and his motivations and the cultural context Paris Riot are what drew me in. PS. Ballet and Opera are a whole different level on the classical iceberg. lol.

Thank you! A good explanation of this important problem! Also, I have been told that part of the reason why classical music is so gentle to begin with is because it was made for the enjoyment of sedentary nobles in their little rooms, not a rowdy public in large halls today. Is this also relevant? While in terms of the sophistication of its content, classical music is some of the best in existence (it's practically the only thing i listen to), i also can't help feeling that if classical composers lived today they'd probably use more drumbeats and things, because subtlety aside, sometimes complicated rhythms can sound better against a steady(ish) beat. Indeed, my evidence for this is that when the old composers wrote symphonies (for large orchestras, which would NOT fit in small rooms), they'd use drums. Presumably for the large room. Since everything is played in large concert halls today, it seems reasonable to think that a lot of the chamber music and solos that we know today might have been better off with some percussion instrument, for today's environment (although that would be too NOISY back in the day, in a small room in a castle). Is any of my rambling true? Also, one other thing that I have noticed. The melodies (they're long) and the developments (they're complicated) in classical music are a lot more intellectually developed than those in other music might be (although the rhythms are usually pretty basic). A concerto contains enough musical information to fill, well, 20 minutes. Far longer than your modern pop song. And with contrapuntal music, it's common to have four distinct lines of musical development happening in tandem. Isn't it the case, that this degree of complexity is simply too much for most uneducated people to grasp? (Really, if we took some of the greatest classical educations and wiped their memories of their educations, I think even they would be confused by classical music.) Trying to understand classical music at first listen (especially if the interpretation is subpar,) is often like being a 9th grader trying to understand a college lecture without preparation.

Wow. Poetry to my ears. Are you a poet, Sir?

Yessss. Well said. I agree 100%

Ooh. That's a good one!

I would love to hear you expand on this. I feel like the music and theater worlds are both biased towards those who have generational wealth, which, for obvious reasons, tends to lean towards upper middle - to upper-class white people, at least in the US. Classes, the practice time required (which takes the place of the time where many would be at paying jobs), workshops, and even the job itself tend to ostracize those without a large support/safety net. I hope to see this barrier broken down more with each passing year, because I feel like there are a TON of talented artists out there who are held back by income and other circumstances that tend to plague some communities more than others in our country (I tried really hard to make those sentences non-political, like your video).

Great content! Absolutely peaked my interest - I even learned a few new things!

I love how you just used "variations on a theme" to talk about the questions.

Thanks for the reminder, Arthur!