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talking_goat · 09-02-2008, 01:01 AM

I loved classical music in a cursory sense until I started studying it at UNT. Then I hated it because I was forced to listen to it constantly. So "learning to appreciate" classical music can definitely be a double-edged sword.

I would suggest going by what instruments you are most interested in. I myself am a classical guitar nut, so I love the work of Fernando Sor, Carcassi, Brouwer, and others.

An easy place to start with classical is to look into contemporary movie scores, most especially those by John Williams.

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talking_goat Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 7	I loved classical music in a cursory sense until I started studying it at UNT. Then I hated it because I was forced to listen to it constantly. So "learning to appreciate" classical music can definitely be a double-edged sword. I would suggest going by what instruments you are most interested in. I myself am a classical guitar nut, so I love the work of Fernando Sor, Carcassi, Brouwer, and others. An easy place to start with classical is to look into contemporary movie scores, most especially those by John Williams.