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ｃanbeｓtatedｑuiｔesｉｍplyｂyasking,“Ｉｓtherｅamｅaningtoｍuｓic?”Ｍｙanswｅrtｏthaｔwouldbe,“Ｙes．”Anｄ“Ｃaｎｙoustａｔeinsｏmanywordｓwhａt(yī)tｈeｍeaｎiｎgis?”Mｙａｎswｅrtｏｔhatwouｌdbｅ,“Nｏ.”Ｔhｅｒeiｎlｉｅｓthｅｄiｆficｕlty.Ｓｉmple－miｎdedｓoｕlswillnevｅｒbｅｓａt(yī)ｉsｆｉedｗithtｈeansｗertothｅsｅcoｎdoftheseｑuｅｓtionｓ.Tｈeｙalwａｙsｗanｔmｕsiｃtohaveａmeaｎing,andthemoｒeconｃｒeteiｔｉsthｅbettｅｒｔｈeｙlｉkeit.Ｔhemｏrｅｔhemｕsiｃｒeminｄsｔｈｅmｏfａt(yī)ｒain,ａｓtorm,aｆunｅｒａl，orａnyothｅrｆaｍiｌｉａｒcｏnｃeptionthemoreｅxpressiｖeitaｐpearstｏｂetotｈem.Thispｏpuｌaｒiｄeaoｆmusiｃ’smeanｉng,ｓtｉmｕlatedａｎdabｅｔｔｅdｂｙtｈｅusｕaｌrunoｆmｕsiｃaｌｃommｅｎｔaｔoｒ,ｓｈouldbediscｏuraｇedwｈereverandwheｎeveｒiｔismｅt.Muｓicexpｒｅsses,aｔｄifｆeｒentｍｏments,sｅrenｉｔyorexubｅrancｅ,rｅｇrｅtｏｒtｒiuｍph,ｆｕryorｄelight．Ｉtexpｒessｅsｅａｃｈoｆｔｈｅsｅmｏods,aｎdmanｙｏtｈeｒｓ,iｎaｎuｍberlesｓｖaｒieｔyofsubtｌeshaｄｉngｓanddiｆｆｅrenceｓ.Itmayeｖenｅxprｅsｓastａｔeoｆｍｅａnｉnｇforwhｉｃhtｈeｒeexｉstsnoadequatewｏｒｄｉnaｎylanguagｅ．Ｉｎthatcａse，ｍusiciansoｆteｎlｉｋetｏsaｙｔhａt(yī)ｉtｈasonlyapureｌymｕsｉcａlmeaniｎｇ.Whiｌelisｔｅning，eａcｈlisｔｅneｒfeeｌｓfoｒhiｍseｌftｈｅｓpeciｆiceｘpreｓｓiｖｅqualityoｆatｈemeor，ｓiｍｉlarｌｙ,ａnｅｎｔiｒｅpｉeceｏfｍuｓｉｃ.Ａｎｄifitisaｇrｅatwｏｒkｏｆart,don’ｔexpeｃｔittomｅanｅxａctlyｔhesaｍｅtｈingtoyoueａｃｈtimeｙoｕｒeｔuｒnｔｏiｔ.Themesorｐiecｅsｎeｅｄnotexpresｓｏnlyoｎeｅmｏtion,oｆｃouｒse.TaｋesuｃhatｈｅmeａstｈefiｒstmaiｎｏneｏftheNinｔｈＳｙｍphonｙ,ｆorexamｐle.Iｔiscｌearlｙmａdｅuｐｏfdｉfｆeｒenｔelementｓ.Ｉtdoesｎotsayｏｎlｙｏnｅthing.Now,ｐｅｒhapｓ,thereaderｗｉｌｌｋｎoｗｂｅttｅrwhatImｅanｗhｅnIｓaｙｔhaｔmusｉcｄoeｓｈａvｅａnｅxpressivemeaｎｉngｂutthatwecanｎotｓaｙinsoｍanｙwｏｒdswhａｔthａt(yī)ｍeaningｉs.Thｅthirｄplａneonｗhichｍｕsｉcｅxistsｉsｔheｓheerｌyｍｕsiｃaｌｐｌａｎｅ.Besidｅstｈｅpleaｓｕrａｂleｓoｕｎｄofmusicanｄtheeｘpressivefｅelｉnｇｔhaｔiｔgｉvesoｆf,musicdoｅsｅxisｔｉｎｔeｒmｓofthenotesthｅｍｓelｖeｓaｎdｏfｔheｉrｍanipuｌatｉｏｎ.Mosｔlｉｓtenｅｒsarｅｎｏtsufｆicientlycｏnsｃiｏuｓｏftｈｉsｔhｉrdｐlａne．Ｉtｉｓveryimporｔantｆorａllofuｓｔｏbecｏｍｅｍoｒｅalｉvetoｍuｓiconiｔｓsheerlymｕsicalplａnｅ．Afterall，anacｔuａlmｕsicａlｍａt(yī)eｒｉalisbeｉnguｓed.Thｅinｔeｌligeｎtliｓteｎｅｒｍustｂeprｅpaｒedｔoiｎｃｒeaseｈisａwａrｅnessｏftｈemｕsicａlmateriaｌandwhａt(yī)ｈａppｅnｓtoｉｔ.Hｅｍusｔｈeartｈemelodies，thｅrｈyｔｈｍｓ,thehａrmｏnies,ｔhｅtonｅcｏｌorｓinaｍorｅcｏｎsｃiousfａshiｏn.Butaboｖeallhemｕsｔ,ｉnｏrｄｅｒｔｏｆollowtｈeｌiｎｅｏｆthｅcompoｓｅr’ｓｔhougｈt,ｋnｏwsomeｔｈingoｆtｈepｒｉncｉｐlesｏｆｍｕsicalform.Ｌｉsｔeｎinｇｔoａlｌｏfｔhesｅelｅmentsislisteniｎgonｔｈｅshｅｅrlymusｉcａlpｌanｅ.Ｉhavespliｔupｍechanicaｌｌｙthethｒｅehｙｐothetical,separatｅpｌanesｏnｗｈｉchｗeｌistenmerｅlyfortｈesakeofｇｒeatercｌariｔy．Ａctually，weｎｅvｅrliｓｔeｎononeorｔheｏtｈeｒoftheｔhreeplａnes.Wｈatwedoｉsｔocｏrreｌａt(yī)etｈｅｍ--－listｅｎiｎgｉnａllｔｈreewaｙｓatthesametime.Ｉｔｔａｋesnｏｍｅｎｔaｌefｆｏrt,ｆorｗeｄｏitiｎstinctivｅly.Ｉnasense,ｔｈｅideａlｌisｔeneｒisbｏthｉnｓｉdeaｎdｏｕtｓidethemuｓicatthesamemoment，jｕｄgｉｎgitaｎdenｊｏyingit,wishｉngitwｏuldｇoｏnewaｙandwａｔchｉｎgitｇoanothｅr---ａlmｏsｔｌiketｈecｏmｐｏseraｔｔhemomeｎtｈｅcomposｅsit；beｃausｅiｎorｄｅrｔowritehｉｓmusic，thｅcompｏｓeｒmuｓtaｌｓobeiｎsidｅaｎdoutsiｄehｉｓmｕsｉc,caｒriedawａyｂｙiｔaｎdｙetcolｄｌycrｉｔｉcaｌofｉｔ.Asubｊeｃtiveaｔtiｔudeiｓimpliｅdiｎbｏthｃreａt(yī)ｉngａｎｄlistｅnｉnｇｔomusｉc.Whattheｌistenｅrｓhoｕlｄstｒivefor，thｅｎｉsａmoｒeａｃｔivekindｏflisteｎinｇ.ＷheｔherｙoｕlｉstentｏＭozａｒtoｒDukｅＥｌｌinｇｔon，ｙｏｕcandeeｐｅｎyourunderstａnｄｉnｇofmuｓiconlybyｂeｉngａｍoｒeconｓｃiｏusandaｗａｒeｌiｓtener－－ｎotsｏ