Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to listen to something more than once.
Speaker 1: With any complex material. A second listen, or a third
Speaker 1: or a four we'll reveal new things and most likely
Speaker 1: increase the pleasure of the experience. Over the past few weeks,
Speaker 1: I have been annoying my children by listening to Aaron
Speaker 1: Copeland's Appalachian Spring in the car while I am driving
Speaker 1: people around. This orchestral piece is under thirty minutes long,
Speaker 1: so I can get through the whole thing on the
Speaker 1: drive to Karate and back. It is also musically interesting
Speaker 1: enough that I haven't gotten bored with it. As I
Speaker 1: listened to it again and again, I hear new themes
Speaker 1: and how different instruments interpret the themes as it becomes familiar.
Speaker 1: Each listen is like greeting an old friend. Now, not
Speaker 1: all music deserves such attention. A lot of pop songs
Speaker 1: become annoying if you have to listen to them more
Speaker 1: than a few times, but a work that has stood
Speaker 1: the test of time is different. There is generally enough
Speaker 1: there that your interest will grow rather than wayne. So
Speaker 1: if there is a work you would like to become
Speaker 1: more familiar with, why not try listening to it more
Speaker 1: than once. You could listen to an opera or Beethoven's symphonies.
Speaker 1: You could listen to box be Minor mass A hundred
Speaker 1: times and still be learning something new every time. In
Speaker 1: between listens, you might read up a bit on the
Speaker 1: work to make sure you know what we're hearing. But
Speaker 1: if you do this, chances are your car trips will
Speaker 1: feel a lot more edifying. Same with listening to recorded
Speaker 1: forms of written works. You could listen to an audiobook
Speaker 1: multiple times to start picking up on new themes or
Speaker 1: the twists in the way an author uses words. Maybe
Speaker 1: it's a novel like The Great Gatsby. Maybe it's recordings
Speaker 1: of Shakespeare's plays are part of a sacred text like
Speaker 1: the Psalms. But if you pick your material right, listening
Speaker 1: once isn't going to reveal everything. It is only when
Speaker 1: you listen again and again that you start to understand
Speaker 1: a little more. As the world opens up after COVID,
Speaker 1: many of us are spending a lot more time in
Speaker 1: our cars, but we might be out of practice on
Speaker 1: making good use of this time. If you listen to
Speaker 1: this show. You probably listen to podcasts in the car,
Speaker 1: which is wonderful, but it is not the only option,
Speaker 1: Especially if you are spending a lot of time in
Speaker 1: that car. Putting a classic work on repeat can help
Speaker 1: you stretch your brain, and given how beautiful something like
Speaker 1: Appalachian Spring is, this can make the time feel far
Speaker 1: more pleasant. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
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