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Originally Posted by Catlady
Yes! Listening to an audiobook is totally different from listening to music, for example. When I listen to any instrumental music, I passively let it wash over me; I don't consciously engage with it in any way. Something's presumably going on in some part of my brain, but there's no comprehension as is a necessary component of listening to an audiobook--active listening to a book is equivalent to reading.
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So if someone listens to Beethoven's Symphony 9 and thinks about historical context, stories surrounding it, implications today including use of Ode of Joy, how would it be called then? Listening or active listening?
Also if this is applied to anything, nor only classical music.