Comments on: A Bad Analogy http://classicalconvert.com/2008/03/a-bad-analogy/ A beginners guide to classical music, by someone who switched at 23 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ben http://classicalconvert.com/2008/03/a-bad-analogy/#comment-3034 Ben Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:04:22 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2008/03/a-bad-analogy/#comment-3034 Jon, I like the continent analogy a lot. I need to think up some more of these... it used to be so much easier, I think my brain has been corrupted by science :) Jon,

I like the continent analogy a lot. I need to think up some more of these… it used to be so much easier, I think my brain has been corrupted by science :)

]]> By: JonJ http://classicalconvert.com/2008/03/a-bad-analogy/#comment-2996 JonJ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:08:23 +0000 http://classicalconvert.com/2008/03/a-bad-analogy/#comment-2996 I am not very familiar with the Waldo materials, but you are quite right about the gradual process of becoming familiar with a CM piece, compared with the instant impact of popular music. Personally, I like to compare exploring CM with exploring a new continent. When the first Europeans hit North America, they probably assumed that it was a rather small piece of land, all similar to what they encountered. Only much later did they find that it was a huge continent with forests, plains, deserts, mountains, and many other kinds of terrains. Mastering CM is a similar task; not a project for a week or two, but fear not -- no one is giving a final exam, or if it is, it's a take-home! I am not very familiar with the Waldo materials, but you are quite right about the gradual process of becoming familiar with a CM piece, compared with the instant impact of popular music.

Personally, I like to compare exploring CM with exploring a new continent. When the first Europeans hit North America, they probably assumed that it was a rather small piece of land, all similar to what they encountered. Only much later did they find that it was a huge continent with forests, plains, deserts, mountains, and many other kinds of terrains.

Mastering CM is a similar task; not a project for a week or two, but fear not — no one is giving a final exam, or if it is, it’s a take-home!

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