How do i get into classical music?

Not worth it imo.
Unless you're just doing it for posturing it takes way too much effort and is basically a hobby in and of itself.

listen to erik satie and be done with it

>>75049268
"listen to it"

watch documentaries about it or about composers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Y6NPahlDE

>>75049287
If its worth listening to music, its worth listening to good music.

Classical is some of the best music (being written by highly trained professionals), so why not put in 5 minutes to work out what classical is and which parts of it you like?

Part of music is the journey of discovery - finding out about new composers or pieces or styles. There is no lack of variety with classical - 500+ years of the most varied genre there is.

>>75049268
play hooked on civ4

>>75049318
I listen to baroque and romantic era music. I'm just saying that I don't really consider it worth the time I put in and I realised that my love of classical era music was just posturing.

>>75049333
get hooked rather

>>75049338
OP clearly isn't referring to classical era, rather classical music as a whole.

Ever "liking" something for posturing is purely retarded either way. There's some great music written in the classical period. Haydn String quartets and symphonies, pretty much all Mozart and Beethoven are sensational.

>>75049385
Sorry I meant that I'm not intelligent enough to understand and comprehend classical era works because they are too complex to the point where I'm bored if I can't whistle a nice melody like I can romantic+baroque.

>>75049338
this was a difficult thing for me. i definitely loved these exact two genres but i hated the image it portrayed. some broke joke driving a shit car pulling up beside you jammin rachmaninoffs piano concerto 2.
like you gotta wear a fucking monocle and be filthy rich to enjoy it.

>>75049268
I'm not too into classical, but what's a good recording of Adagio for Strings?

>>75049482
try the original string quartet version instead, an ensemble of strings removes the intimacy of the original

listen to movie and jrpg soundtracks

>>75049268
start with the greeks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZaX6-dsn8

Classical is a meme just because it was composed hundreds of years ago
People in 300 years will consider Kanye and Kendrick Lamar same as classical so it means absolutely nothing

>>75049404
>Anything that isn't a jolly dance tune is worthless: The post

>>75051229
You're not even trying.

>>75049268
Here's something for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbE5sfYhxIk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EyxR-IoBA
He's also made video analyses of classical works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBz-GNfx9hE

>>75051229
>implying Kanye and Kendrick Lamar have the same talent and importance for the history of music as Mozart and Beethoven

>>75049404
Why are retarded plebs like this even allowed in /mu/?

>>75049290
>listen to a mediocre composer and be done with it
???

>>75051391
Hey wtf dude I know I'm a pleb, there's just nothing I can do about it.
I'd rather just listen to a bach choral/cantata than a symphony, aint my fault that beethoven's hard to appreciate

Listen to "The Lark Ascending"

Also the planets by Holst

>>75049268
Just listen. Tastes within classical music vary as much as they do between other genres.
atm, I am really into Ralph Vaughn Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2m49yGY2LA
>>75049418
>tfw don't own a rolls royce phantom to do this irl

>>75049338
Maybe you'll feel differently about it once you come of age.

>>75050407
>/lit/wits only crosspost in the classical threads
makes sense you little pseud

>>75051391
He is at least trying, whereas the majority of the board would never give classical a chance.

>>75049268
With memes.

>>75049290
finally someone else who's fallen into the Satie rabbit hole! I've scraped the classical barrel for a while and I still think he's one of the greatest. So sublime, melancholic.

Ok I was hoping you guys could help me, I'm trying to write an orchestral piece and want to add a pizzicato string section, but I need inspiration. What songs can I listen to to get a better understanding of how to achieve that sound?

How to get into "modern classical"? I can listen to electronic/musique concrete all day, but most of the "modern classical" stuff I hear is just obnoxious.

>>75054589
>>75051277

>>75054589
le concert impromptu plays frank zappa

>>75054589
Minimalism, honestly.

>>75054622
Fuck off, Jordan.

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>>75049268
This chart should help.

>>75049268
listen to beethovens emperor concerto all the way through. dont do anything else while youre listening. pref with headphones

Listen to Liszt and be down with it

>>75051526
Beethoven's symphonies aren't that hard to get into. Try his third symphony, it contains as much emotion as any romantic piece.

opera is the final boss of music.

>>75049268
>Baroque examples
Pachelbel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80
Vivaldi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA
Bach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY

>Classical examples
Mozart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FSN8_pp_o
Beethoven (also transitioned into Romantic period):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

>Romantic examples:
Tchaikovsky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxgYlcNxE8
Wagner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGU1P6lBW6Q
Holst:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I

Just a few simple starting points really. There are many more composers (and more periods), but ultimately your best bet is to try out a few composers from different periods to see which ones you prefer the sound of.