(05-12-2013, 01:26 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: (05-12-2013, 12:05 PM)Bridge Wrote: I truly pity people that listen to a composition and actively try to identify the structure and compare that to the rules they've been convinced are necessary.
Well, shit. I almost never enjoy music unless I can notice some sort of structure. Guess I'm in the contempt zone, then.
That's not what I meant. He is talking about "accepted" forms of structure propagated by academics that are deemed proper. The human mind is designed to look for structures, so it is impossible to not do so. In fact, music is based on structures, so I suppose in a way what Chrono says is true. In this case, I am talking about being obsessed with classical structures. So that if a piece of music deviates from the rules you've been taught, it's of poor quality - which is bullshit. Why? Because they are completely arbitrary.