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Hello! My name is Duane Carter and on behalf of Expert Village, I am going to be talking
today about learning how to listen to and appreciate music. Listening to music is an
important skill that you will be able to utilize your entire life. There are basically two
ways to listen to music; passively and actively. Passive listening is basically what you do
when you turn the radio on at home, going about your business using the music as your
background. This is often the case when you drive in your car as well with your radio
or CD player playing. Active listening on the other hand requires the listener to dive
in more deeply into the music to try to get a better understanding of what the artist
is trying to convey. Active listening not only allows the listener to get a grasp on
the technical aspects of the music but it also allows the listener to capture the creative
spirit of music. An active listener becomes a participant in the music. We are going to
be looking at some of the techniques that you can use to become an active listener in
the following segments.