On: Chopin's Small Miracles

[maxawaytoolong]

I am exactly the opposite. I can (and often do) listen to Chopin all day. Bach sounds like weird robot music to me.

However, Bach is fun to play, whereas Chopin is too hard...

[ryan-allen → maxawaytoolong]

An easy(ish) Chopin nocturne is No. 6 in G minor. It's popular amongst beginner/intermediate players because it's a lot less technically difficult than his other pieces.

[elblanco → maxawaytoolong]

Right...it's like a sympathetic vibration ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_vibration )...but on an emotional level. I guess I'm "tuned" to Bach and you're tuned to Chopin.

If anybody is interested, I've found this to be a very pleasurable way to listen to music http://www.youtube.com/user/smalin

Here's some Chopin http://www.youtube.com/user/smalin#p/u/7/Tj1hDqf8Pm0

And also here's a paper on Aesthetic Chills if anybody is wondering... http://www.springerlink.com/content/w50652r575n16342/