I seriously fear for my sanity. As I've been doing listening analysis for my thesis, in the past day I have listened to the first eight bars of this freaking rhapsody 42 times, minimum (there's seven different recordings though). I think I have it memorised pretty well now. Dun-DUNN...Dun-nun-nun-NUN...Dun-DUNN... Oh how I wish I had research ( Read more... )

Most of the time, I enjoy music theory. I really do, in a horribly nerdy kind of way that makes me feel at least somewhat superior to the music students who are utter pants at it. But I can say with total honesty that I do not, in fact, enjoy analysis. It is really quite awful. I also hate reductions. Why would you put a question when you have to ( Read more... )