We talked about music. \u201cThe ear is merciful\u201d, she said. \u201cIt hears what is meant, and not what is actually played.\u201d The woman who said this was a piano teacher. She had taught pupils for decades and had thought about how ear and brain process the music. \u201cThe ear is merciful\u201d, I repeated. \u201cHow do you mean that?\u201d She said: \u201cWhen we hear music as an audience, then we blot out the mistakes. We hear what is meant. What arrives in our consciousness is the complete melody. The artists and teachers pay attention to the mistakes, but the audience hears the music.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We talked about music. \u201cThe ear is merciful\u201d, she said. \u201cIt hears what is meant, and not what is actually played.\u201d The woman who said this was a piano teacher. She had taught pupils for decades and had thought about … Continue reading