Lead: Concert is very different from concert. When the atmosphere reaches the highest point, the concert can cheer, be excited and shout ... but the concert is different. The concert pursues elegance and quietness, so what should we pay attention to when going to the concert? Let's follow me to see the etiquette and precautions of music!
Enjoy the preparation before the concert:
Familiarize yourself with the music before enjoying the concert.
If most of the concert tracks you are going to listen to are unfamiliar to you, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with them first. If you are willing to spend money to buy CDs, this is of course the best way. You can not only enjoy them indefinitely, but also collect them permanently. If you don't want to spend money, especially if you are not sure whether you will like those tracks, borrowing them from friends or libraries is also a good way to save money. It would be better if you could hear different versions of the recording, because each player has his own unique interpretation style of the same music. Appreciating and comparing different interpretations will help you understand the whole picture of music. It can also help to establish your own appreciation standards. It doesn't matter if you don't have much time to listen to the home edition. I have heard it at least once or twice, and some familiar things are always easier to accept and love.
At least get familiar with the main tracks first.
Usually, we don't have or borrow the recordings of every performance, especially because we don't have enough time, so I suggest you start by listening to the main tracks. The main repertoire of the concert is usually the first song after the intermission or the last finale of the whole concert (if it is a symphony, there is usually only one song after the intermission). Arranged in this order, of course, is to prevent the audience from leaving after the first half. Secondly, the second track in the first half is usually quite weighty. Of course, you may choose this concert because you like other works at the concert. Please don't misunderstand me. Non-major works don't mean bad music (I heard that musicians are already protesting). The works that are usually selected as the main works may be the most representative works of the performers, new works that have been practiced hard recently (although the music may have a history of two or three hundred years), or the most difficult skills in the whole concert, which can best show the superb skills of the performers. Sonata 1-4 has all movements, and it is often chosen as the main track because it is the first performance in this region or an important work by a local composer.
Dress etiquette at the concert:
Western movies always like to laugh at women who attend concerts, euphemistically calling it a noble reason to enjoy concerts. In fact, it is to have a coffee break. The main purpose is to compete with other female friends, gossip and jealousy. Although there is some irony, there is also a realistic description. For example, it is no exaggeration to see that women attending concerts are lined up just to get into the girls' bathroom. Indeed, many concerts have extended the intermission time for this! Therefore, the first thing to pay attention to when preparing to enjoy a concert is; Don't eat and drink too much food before the concert, which will make you go to the toilet frequently. Of course, don't eat too much and burp on the spot, which has become the most unpopular accompaniment to join temporarily!
Regarding the dress for attending concerts, the most common situation at home and abroad is that men wear suits and women wear dresses (skirts) or dresses. On many formal occasions, it is still considered impolite for women to wear pants. If it is a well-known concert, for example; Concerts of the four tenors, or large-scale concerts. Both men and women even wear formal evening dresses, especially European countries pay more attention to wearing than the United States. A group of elderly women wearing low-cut evening dresses attending concerts are not uncommon in Vienna's concert halls, and the entrances of some concert halls are differentiated according to the price of seats! Of course, dressing appropriately not only shows personal accomplishment, but also shows respect and courtesy to the performers. However, some people do show their gorgeous and noble clothes through concerts. Generally speaking, except for outdoor concerts, there is no need to ask for clothes. When listening to a concert in the concert hall, it is recommended to pay attention to the cleanliness of clothes. Although it doesn't need to be too gorgeous, it's best to avoid jeans, slippers or fancy clothes.
Precautions for bringing children to participate:
Even if you attend a concert designed for children, the atmosphere is not as serious as ordinary concerts, but you still have to tell your children in advance that the venue of the concert is not like a cinema. It is forbidden to make noise or eat on the venue, and of course you can't eat popcorn or drink coke during the performance! Let the children know this in advance to avoid getting angry and crying after entering the stadium. Feed the children before the performance, but don't eat too many kinds of food to avoid indigestion, stomach pain in the middle, running to the toilet, burping or giving off unpleasant smells. Make yourself uncomfortable and cause unhappiness to the surrounding audience. If you are worried that your child is hungry or thirsty, you can comfort your child during the intermission and use the time to drink with your child to talk about your appreciation of the first half. Such as; What's your favoriate song? Which performance do you like best? How does the child feel? What's your favorite sound? Think about how long it takes the performers to prepare and so on. If you like musicals, you can also discuss the plot, scenery, props, dance steps and so on. Let the children express their magical experience of music and understand the hard work behind the wonderful performance.
In addition, if the child is in poor health that day, for example; If you have a bad cold, fever, cough, runny nose, etc. You'd better bear the pain of canceling the activity. In addition to consuming mental and physical strength, it is difficult to recover, and the pain of coughing without coughing is even more unbearable. It is difficult for China people to understand that foreigners think it is impolite to cough during a concert or meeting. Generally, the parties should get out of the way and disappear from the scene as soon as possible, but they don't agree with the action and sound of blowing their noses loudly. Even at the concert, some people blow their noses openly!
It is important to go to work on time;
China people's concept of time has been criticized, especially for weddings and funerals. It has long been a cliche, even a matter of course, that the opening time is not on time. Fortunately, the unpunctuality of concerts in metropolis has been greatly improved, but concerts in poor venues, small scale or remote rural locations are still relatively common. In fact, it is impolite to be late under any circumstances. It is best to arrive about 0/5 minutes before the performance/kloc-so that you can not only be fully familiar with the environment, but also have enough time to watch the music reviews. Only in this way can we take our time, relax and enjoy listening to music. Of course, many concert tracks are specially designed for this purpose. The first play is usually arranged for a short time, so that the later audience can enter before the second performance. Of course, more and more concert halls strictly restrict late admission. The entrance door was closed at the beginning of the performance, and latecomers could not enter until the intermission.
Don't make noise:
Nowadays, electronic products are very popular. From the early electronic watches, B.B. calls to now, almost everyone has a mobile phone, which is the most unpopular product in the concert hall. Please remember to turn off your phone early, so as not to cause others to glare at you when the bell rings. Even the taste of being blamed is best not to! If you listen to it with your favorite partner, she will be very disappointed in you! Of course, many cinemas have set up special equipment now, which makes your mobile phone have no signal and saves a lot of trouble.
Worried about using the wrong hand? Is it the wrong time to applaud?
Listening to a concert with unfamiliar tracks, the most nervous thing is when to clap your hands. The joke of holding the wrong hand is also a topic that many musicians chat after dinner. There are fewer opportunities for foreign concerts to get the wrong hands, which is of course related to their cultural background and frequent contact with classical music. Although people often take the wrong hand when they listen to a concert for the first time or don't know the music, there are also cases where they forget to take the wrong hand because they are too familiar with music.
This happened abroad. Once I heard Ms. KiriTeKanawa sing in our school, and many of them were elderly fans. One of the songs was repeated many times, and the accompaniment at the end was the same. Finally, someone took the wrong hand (and many others). When the piano accompaniment continued to play, the atmosphere was obviously awkward, but Miss KiriTeKanawa, who had excellent manners, made a gesture of "Never mind". And continue to sing, until all the repetition is over, the song really ends, but no one dares to clap their hands. At this time, the humorous Miss KiriTeKanawa immediately made the gesture of "Give me a clap", and then thunderous applause sounded, causing everyone to "laugh". Actually, is it serious to take the wrong hand? Who decided the rules of applause? In fact, even professional musicians have different views on clapping.
Most people think that the "integrity" of music should be respected, so taking the wrong hand may affect the progress of music and interfere with the performer's performance mood. For example, there is nothing wrong with clapping your hands after an independent music performance, but if there is sports music, for example; Sonata, symphony or suite, etc. Although most movements or dance music have pauses, they are still related, so clapping between movements or suites will destroy the integrity of music. So now concerts all over the world have the same tacit understanding, that is, when the whole symphony or the whole set of music is played, they clap together. Clap your hands between the movement and the suite. Even some orchestra conductors, in order not to let the audience clap their hands, will deliberately pause between actions, still hands in the air, indicating that the music is not completely over, and some soloists will hint with actions; If it keeps playing, it means that the music continues, and so on. Of course, there is something stronger, so turn to the audience and say; "Please don't clap your hands!"
Indeed, when the performers on the stage are performing brilliantly, the audience under the stage can also play a high-level audience. Everyone on and off the stage is very happy, but some people will ask, isn't it because the music is so wonderful that people can't help clapping their hands? Is this wrong? In fact, including myself, every performer with performance experience should not deny that applause is better than no applause! Of course, if the appreciator can strengthen his understanding of music and improve his musical accomplishment, it is a sign of respect for the music itself and the performer, and it is still worth encouraging and learning. However, for friends who take the wrong hand, should we avoid treating them with contempt or "substandard" eyes? After all, everyone has been a beginner, what's more, he may be really moved by music before he can't help applauding!
Come on, I'll give you a little trick. If you are not sure when to clap your hands, I suggest you observe others more, wait for others to clap your hands first and then clap your hands with them, so there will be no mistakes! At the same time, I hope the performers can be as witty and elegant as Miss KiriTeKanawa. Maybe the audience has different musical attainments, but any audience likes your musical performance, and their applause is an encouragement and affirmation. When we complain that the audience of classical music is getting less and less, and the concert is getting worse and worse, should we accept it with gratitude and tolerance?
Do you know where the seats in the concert hall are the best?
If I tell you that most concert halls are the same, the best seats are in the cheapest ticket area, but the most expensive seats are actually the worst. Can you believe it? Don't think I'm joking, it's true! In fact, the best seats in the concert hall are just the seats in the back row of the concert hall upstairs, because the sound will float upwards and blend well in the distance, and many concert halls are designed to be low in front and high in the back, so the most expensive position in the front row is usually lower than the height of the performers (singers), so the sound will float over these people's heads (for whatever reason, it seems a bit arrogant) and directly blend with the top of their backs, plus the reflection from the ceiling. Sitting at the front end, right in front of the stage, the audience with the highest ticket price will hear unbalanced sound effects. Maybe one part of the instrument is particularly loud and the other part is particularly quiet, just like eating a dish with too little salt and too little polysaccharide, and the taste is out of shape. So musicians (because they have no money) and real experts usually sit in the back seat of the concert hall. On the contrary, those expensive seats in front are for guests and ladies wearing gorgeous clothes (anyway, many of them just come to show off their clothes, and it doesn't matter if the voice is bad. What matters is that beautiful clothes are for everyone to see. So, don't feel embarrassed to buy the cheapest ticket, because you are an expert. If you feel too far away to see the posture played on the stage, you can carry a small telescope to ensure that you can't even hide the corner of your eye.
But there is a situation where you can buy a slightly middle position, that is, when you want your child to see the instrument clearly. Although binoculars can also be prepared to look at the details, after all, it is inconvenient for very young children to use binoculars, so in order to let children see clearly the playing methods of various instruments, in this case, I will deliberately choose the middle position with clear vision. Once or twice occasionally, give up the best sound effects as appropriate.
;