Learning to Listen, Teaching to Understand: The Democratization of Music Analysis
Abstract
The information society has enabled the universalization, to some extent, of the access to classical music. The emerging technologies have helped remove most of the geographic and economic barriers that prevented the entirety of mankind to reach this kind of music, giving birth to a whole new audience. However, many of these new listeners find trouble when trying to decode the language and resources used in a significant part of the repertoire, specially the one emerged from the avant-garde movements from the 20th century. In this scenario, music analysis becomes an ideal tool to overcome these difficulties and break through the last barrier for the general audience to access classical music. But to reach this new audience, analysis itself must be democratized: it should focus on its most accessible methodologies and avoid becoming a victim of the technicalities it aims to decode. This democratization can only be achieved by observing the features of the new audience and by studying the available techniques that analysts can use to offer the new listeners the proper tools and methodologies to understand and enjoy classical music.Downloads
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