{"id":387,"date":"2007-07-07T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2007-07-07T16:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/07\/07\/linl-rebekah-schaub\/"},"modified":"2007-07-07T16:52:14","modified_gmt":"2007-07-07T16:52:14","slug":"linl-rebekah-schaub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/07\/07\/linl-rebekah-schaub\/","title":{"rendered":"LInL-Rebekah Schaub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Hornist <a href=\"http:\/\/thegreenhornist.com\/\">Rebekah Schaub<\/a> is a graduate of UCLA and now a busy freelancer in the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Portland<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Oregon<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> region. She has been one three co-principal horn players in the Oregon East Symphony since February of 2006. I asked her the same questions about Lessons in Listening that I asked James. \u00a0Her answers make for a great, and inspiring, read. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 Can listening really be taught and learned? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, it can.\u00a0 My ear, over time, has learned how to hear what i\u2019m looking at \u2013 most of the time, anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 And it\u2019s still constantly improving \u2013 it\u2019s always learning better and subtler ways of listening.\u00a0 I assume that since mine has, and is, everybody\u2019s ear can learn to listen. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because it can be learnt, i believe it can be taught.\u00a0 Part of the trouble with designing the Lessons in Listening is discovering <em>how<\/em> to effectively teach listening.\u00a0 I know that, for me, the methods employed in music school (the ear training regimens, the sight-singing drills, the music identification tests, the music appreciation classes) were useless for my ear.\u00a0 It makes me wonder for how many other people they were useless, and if that might not be a reason why people dislike classical music \u2013 it\u2019s no fun sitting through a class constantly thinking \u201ci don\u2019t get this.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 I think that LInL will be a continuing experiment in listening instruction; it will likely morph according to student, with a result of teaching us how to teach listening. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 Aren\u2019t all experiences of all listeners of equal value? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Briefly, yes and no.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music is a temporal art \u2013 it both takes place in time, and it has a duration; thus it is a more experiential art form than painting or sculpture, and <u>anything<\/u> that <em>is experienced<\/em> <em>as a cause of listening to it<\/em> is valuable and valid, insofar as it affects the individual listener.\u00a0 Whatever that piece means to you, however it affects you, is a worthwhile experience, for you, at that time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But that initial experience of the music is fleeting, and if you seek to replicate that <em>exact experience<\/em> again, you will more than likely fail.\u00a0 In the time between listenings you will have changed, grown, lived more life; your desires and sorrows are perhaps different; it becomes impossible to hear that music the same way that you heard it before, and if you expect to, you will be disappointed.\u00a0 By limiting that music to meaning just and only what it meant to you that one time, you will grow out of it pretty quickly, and cease to listen to it.\u00a0 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00e0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Aside.\u00a0 Classical music is particularly tricky that way.\u00a0 The first time you hear a work it can be life-changing, earth-shattering.\u00a0 Your whole world is expanded, you see everything more clearly, you feel that your soul has never been more accurately or beautifully expressed.\u00a0 But then you expect that to happen every time, and when it doesn\u2019t you become disillusioned.\u00a0\u00a0 You come to dislike the music that was initially so powerful because every time after the first was a disappointment.\u00a0\u00a0 Pop music doesn\u2019t do that to you.\u00a0 It never moves, blows up, and reassembles your whole world in the space of 42 minutes, so you tend to have considerably fewer expectations of it.\u00a0 It makes it way easier for pop music to meet those expectations, you are less disappointed more rarely, and so you like it more. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00df<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> end of Aside.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If instead, you take the more life that you\u2019ve lived and openly approach that same music as you would a new piece, it will mean another more new different experience, but nonetheless powerful for that.\u00a0 And some of the music that was closest to you ten years ago is now light-years away, and you don\u2019t even really like it; and some of the music that five years ago you couldn\u2019t stand now speaks to you the most strongly.\u00a0 That one piece that you absolutely hated on the first hearing starts to grow on you, until it maybe becomes your new favorite.\u00a0 Open-mindedness and the willingness to grow are maybe the best traits to cultivate to get the most out of any music, and classical music especially.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 So yes, all experiences of all listeners are of equal value, but rigid expectations and a dogmatic approach to the music will kill any potential real experience you might have had in favor of disappointment and boredom. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 How has your listening changed or evolved over the years? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A lot of music used to sound the same to me \u2013 there was classical music, jazz,\u00a0and pop\/rock.\u00a0 I could tell those genres apart from each other, but within them i couldn\u2019t distinguish anyone from anyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then i started to learn horn, and i\u2019d try to pick out the horns from all the rest of the music.\u00a0 It was mainly the differences in horn lines that introduced me to some of the differences in music in general.\u00a0 I think listening exclusively to your own instrument is a phase that all musicians go through, and some never get out of.\u00a0\u00a0 It helps you to get a handle on an otherwise overwhelmingly large piece of music.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My ideas of what sounds good and what doesn\u2019t have also changed over time.\u00a0 When i was a child i loved anything slow, lyrical, and either minor or modal.\u00a0 I hated major \u2013 i thought it sounded dumb (i still kind of think that, actually).\u00a0 I liked people to play prettily, i enjoyed some refinement in the sound.\u00a0 I still do, but now i also enjoy some really raucous playing.\u00a0 I love to hear lots of fire and energy in a performance, even if it means some sloppiness or mistakes.\u00a0 I used to think that all the right notes in all the right places means a great performance.\u00a0 I now think that all the right notes in all the right places can mean a lack-luster, very safe, very boring performance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In more general terms, i have found that i go through listening phases.\u00a0 In my junior year of high school i would listen to Tuckwell\u2019s two disc horn concerto set two or three times a day.\u00a0 In college i listened to Shostakovich 5 and 9 on loop for four or five hours a day for two years, often while staring at the ceiling.\u00a0 Then it was Tchaikovsky 4, 5 and 6.\u00a0 Then it was ethnic Bulgarian music.\u00a0 Then it was Debussy\u2019s La Mer, L\u2019Apres-Midi D\u2019Un Faun, and Danses Sacre et Profun.\u00a0 Then\u00a0 Prokofieff\u2019s Peter and the Wolf, Tales of an Old Grandmother, and Saint-Saens\u2019 Carnival of the Animals.\u00a0 Lately it\u2019s been whatever my roommates turn on.\u00a0 I have found that, for me, a long slow digestion of music is what it takes for it to really stick with me.\u00a0 Besides, it\u2019s what i enjoy the most.\u00a0 I would rather be obsessed by a piece for months upon months than just flit through lots of works by lots of composers.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 What happens in a lesson? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some preparatory visiting (including some light refreshment), probably done with some music on in the background \u2013 turned up enough to hear it if you listen to it, and down enough to hear people if you are listening to the conversation.\u00a0 I think we might ask them after some several minutes of chatting if they noticed the music, if they like it, if they know it, etc.\u00a0 Perhaps spin out some conversation on that.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019d like to find out from every participant if they have a favorite composer (and try to determine why) \u2013 or if they at least have a composer they\u2019ve heard of.\u00a0 Anyone is welcome to bring in their own favorite recordings, or to make specific requests.\u00a0 I\u2019ll also likely ask them if there is a composer or a piece they just can\u2019t stand, and see what it is they don\u2019t like about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019ll ask if they\u2019ve ever played an instrument; if so which; and can they still identify its sound.\u00a0 We might begin any in-depth listening with just picking out when\/what that instrument is playing.\u00a0 As i mentioned, i think listening exclusively to your own instrument can give you a handle on a perhaps otherwise unapproachable piece.\u00a0 For that reason alone, i think it might help if they\u2019ve had some sort of instrumental\/vocal training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I think that, at least at the beginning, a lesson will largely consist of playing a ten or fifteen minute section of music, and seeing if they liked it or not.\u00a0 Then perhaps trying to figure out <em>why<\/em> they liked or disliked it.\u00a0 Since that can be a difficult question to answer, we might ask them how it made them feel, or what, specifically, caught their attention.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to make it flexible enough that anyone could say \u201cWait!\u00a0 I want to hear more of that!\u201d or \u201cThis music is irritating. Can we turn it off?\u201d\u00a0 We might keep a log of the participants\u2019 reactions to various works to be able to more effectively teach them; we\u2019d make the log available to them if they wanted a copy for themselves.\u00a0 Since the point of these lessons is to teach the <em>how<\/em> of listening, and is only very tangentially about a classical music overview, i think we\u2019ll mostly be listening to music the participants like; at least occasionally though, we\u2019re sure to listen to something that is not to everyone\u2019s taste.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At first, these lessons will be very much question and conversation driven; as a participant comes to more and more of these lessons, it\u2019s my impression that much more time will be spent actively listening, not necessarily at the expense of conversation \u2013 thus, i hypothesize that the sessions will run longer the more a participant has attended.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I want to give people an opportunity to experience classical music the way that they want to experience it; there will not be just one way we do things.\u00a0\u00a0 Requests and suggestions regarding all aspects of the lessons are welcome. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 How big of a commitment should a student of listening be prepared to make?\u00a0 Do they just come once or should they be prepared to stick with it for a while? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That depends entirely upon what that person wants to get out of it.\u00a0 If they\u2019re looking for some tips on how to stay interested during a performance, we can probably give them that in one lesson.\u00a0 If they want a more in-depth understanding of what they\u2019re hearing, that will take longer \u2013 how much longer is dependant on the participant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">If a participant is unsure of what they want from the lessons, i would suggest they make a four-session commitment, and decide after that time to continue or not, as they see fits them best.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 I assume that the lessons are going to use recordings.\u00a0 How do students transfer what they\u2019ve larned to listening to concerts?\u00a0 Is it different listening to concerts? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since the whole of LInL is based upon the how of listening, it will seamlessly transfer between lessons and concerts without any separate explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Listening<\/em> to concerts can be very much the same as listening to recordings, but concerts in general are experienced quite a bit differently, which alters your perception of what you heard.\u00a0 The energy in a concert hall can electrify a performance supernaturally, and i\u2019d love to see regular active, engaged audience members. \u00a0Getting swept up in the emotions of the moment is largely what any concert is all about (just think of any rock concert you\u2019ve been to), and i think that classical audiences need to have that permission again.\u00a0 Recordings are good, great even, but never magic.\u00a0 Concerts can be magic.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 Do students need any background in music or music terminology? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No, just enough interest in music to bring them to us.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 What would you consider to be a successful outcome for someone who takes these lessons? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As everyone will have their own goals in taking these lessons, their success will have to be measured by themselves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That being said, i\u2019d like to see the participants begin hearing things they\u2019d never noticed before and developing some firm opinions on what and why they like what they do.\u00a0 In much broader terms, i\u2019d like to see each one grow in their interest in music, have a broader understanding of its power, and perhaps diversify their taste<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 Is there any homework?<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not really \u2013 but i would ask each participant <em>why <\/em>they liked or disliked a particular piece.\u00a0 That might require a few moments of reflection, which could be translated to mean \u201chomework.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">KW\u00a0 What made you decide to do these lessons? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">RS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I love music.\u00a0 I love classical music, especially.\u00a0 It caught me forever when i was seventeen.\u00a0 It\u2019s powerful, it\u2019s beautiful, and it expresses so well those inexpressible emotional rumblings.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" \/><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that so many people are turned off or intimidated by everything about classical music: the people who endorse it, the snobbery associated with it, the venues, the recordings (there are so many of the same things, how do you know which one to get? And if you do just dive in and buy one, there is a very good chance that it\u2019ll be boring)\u2026 \u00a0it\u2019s a tragedy that something this incredible is made so inaccessible by the people who surround and control it.\u00a0 It is my hope that these lessons give people a way to bypass all of that crap and experience the music the way that they want to \u2013 the way that speaks to them.\u00a0 We are a few people who love music passionately, and sometimes all it takes to love something yourself is to watch someone else love it first.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2007\/07\/07\/linl-rebekah-schaub\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hornist Rebekah Schaub is a graduate of UCLA and now a busy freelancer in the Portland, Oregon region. She has been one three co-principal horn players in the Oregon East Symphony since February of 2006. I asked her the same questions about Lessons in Listening that I asked James. \u00a0Her answers make for a great, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}