Guided exercise

Conscious musical listening

« Listen to a work without multitasking. »
Introduction8-15 minFree

Introduction

Why this resource?

Choose a track, read its context, then follow successive timbre, rhythm, space and emotion.

Exercise transforms music into a subject of attention without pretending to reproduce its ritual function.

Instructions for use

Step by step

  1. 01

    Choose a work and read its entry.

  2. 02

    Set a moderate volume.

  3. 03

    Listen first to the sound foreground.

  4. 04

    Expand to silence and space.

  5. 05

    Note a difference between the intention of the work and personal feeling.

Precautions

Keeping these limits in mind

  • Do not use a reserved song.
  • Stop if listening becomes emotionally too intense.
Orabel's fatherA teaching resource does not make any diagnosis or replace care or accompaniment adapted to a personal situation.