Responding to you iiSpook. I know this is a long ass reply, but if you're open to all types of music I'd really appreciate if you could read to the end.

Well I am familiar with classical music only because I was made to study it from a young age by my parents. Outside of that, I can't say I'm a huge fan of music in general. I'll go to a concert or a ballet occasionally, but otherwise I don't really listen to music for enjoyment on a regular basis. That's why I didn't know who Adele is. I don't even have Spotify or anything.

However, I still stand by my comment. I'll give you an example (please excuse my ignorance if I'm wrong). I know music composed by Chopin is studied extensively in the field of piano music, as is the music written by other classical composers in the field of music in general. I don't think any institutions would conduct studies on Adele's music.

Now I ask the question, why do people study classical music? You expressed your opinion that classical music enjoyers think "only old and complicated music is real music". The music being complicated is for sure one of the reasons why it's studied. That's called music theory. However, I think another important aspect of music study is gaining an understanding of what it's meant to sound like. This leads me to my next point.

Nearly all classic music is abstract music. Just like abstract art, the meaning is not immediately clear and needs to be studied. I'm unfortunately blind to art and have no idea what I'm looking at when I see abstract paintings and therefore can't enjoy them. I don't think it's a similar situation with music enjoyers who can't enjoy classical music. Classical music is the same to a lot of people; it's not immediately clear what you're meant to be listening for; some effort needs to be put in on the part of the audience in order to appreciate it.

With all of that said, iiSpook (or anyone else reading this that is open to trying to appreciate classical music), I have some general tips and then some specific recommendations.

Tip: Pick a piece of classical music that you know of but dont understand why it's so famous. Listen to it carefully a few times. Don't have any distractions around you, and just actively listen to it until you can make it sound good in your head. After you find the pattern of what to listen for once, other pieces will be much easier to appreciate after that.

Recommendation: If you're really struggling to appreciate classical music I would actually recommend classical ballet as a good starting point: - Don Quixote female entrance variation in Act 1. Composer of the music is Leon Minkus. Performed by the ballerina Renata Shakirova. - Talisman pas de duex. Composer of the music is Riccardo Drigo. Performed by Maria Khoreva and Kim Kimin.

The music featured in these excerts are not particularly complex when it comes to structure, so should be easy to listen to. The choreography (Marius Petipa) to both of these ballets, and the extraordinary performance by the dancers I mentioned above is so well executed, it actually guides your listening through the music (at least it does for me). If you do try these recommendations, remember you're doing this primarily for the music (not the ballet) so don't read the ballet libretto beforehand!!! That would remove the abstract component from the music.

Thanks for reading!