The appreciation of music

Music can be listened to and appreciated by anyone.
- An understanding of the notation of music or any other technicalities of how music is produced is not needed.
- People who admit that they are not at all "musical" (whatever that means) can still find music relaxing, exciting and enjoyable; they can dance to it, sing along with it or just listen to it.
- The emotions generated in a "non-musical" person might range from sadness to joy.
Like reading a book, or studying almost any subject, there are different levels of understanding and appreciation.
- A deep level of appreciation of music would be difficult without an understanding of music, and this in turn is very difficult without knowledge of the notation of music and other underlying concepts including in the theory of music.
- It is this deeper level of appreciation which is more likely to help to generate deeper emotions in a listener.
- These emotions can range through the whole range of human emotions; that is what is so amazing about music.
Of course, a lot of music includes words which will greatly increase the amount of information passed to the non-expert listener, and therefore greatly increase the possibility of generating emotions.
Other factors can also affect this, for example, the performer, the location of the performance, the concentration of the listener, past experiences, and so on.