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Old 10-24-2016, 08:31 AM   #1
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Reading music?

Do you prefer reading with or without? If you do what type of music do you usually pair with your reading?
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:39 AM   #2
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If music is playing while I am reading I do not hear it. I am oblivious to external stimuli while I am reading.
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:52 AM   #3
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My strong preference is to read in silence. Any external noise is a distraction.
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:53 AM   #4
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Old 10-24-2016, 09:14 AM   #5
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Silence. Or as close as I can come to it. If a noisy environment is all I have, then I use headphones with nature sounds or white noise to cancel it out. No music.
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Old 10-24-2016, 09:20 AM   #6
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Silence. Or as close as I can come to it. If a noisy environment is all I have, then I use headphones with nature sounds or white noise to cancel it out. No music.
Yes, I have a pair of noise-cancelling headphones I use in noisy environments like aircraft. I don't listen to music with them, I just use them to get rid of the background noise.
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Old 10-24-2016, 09:50 AM   #7
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And yes ... I CAN read music.
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Which is what I initially thought this thread was about.
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Old 10-24-2016, 10:18 AM   #8
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Classical music or other instrumental music. Lyrics tend to distract me when I'm reading.
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Old 10-24-2016, 11:48 AM   #9
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Classical music for me. I hate reading in silence.
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Old 10-24-2016, 01:03 PM   #10
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And yes ... I CAN read music.
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Which is what I initially thought this thread was about.
Me too.

I thought maybe this thread was going to be about apps for reading music on an electronic device.

I don't generally listen to music while reading.
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Old 10-24-2016, 02:46 PM   #11
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I love music even more than I love reading and I've taught myself to focus on music. I don't play music unless I'm just listening to it. Having it in the background would just teach me to ignore it and I don't want to do that to myself. I even avoid restaurants with background music whenever possible.

I guess if you're not a real music lover but think of music as part of your decoration that might be different.

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Old 10-24-2016, 06:58 PM   #12
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And yes ... I CAN read music.
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Which is what I initially thought this thread was about.
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Old 10-24-2016, 07:58 PM   #13
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I read, and have music going in the background at home, and I have my headphone on when commuting while reading. While I hear the music, I don't HEAR the music. Most of my brain is on the book. Unless a very favorite song comes on, then the music comes a bit more to the front.

Working in a noisy front lobby, I learned how to focus on my work and ignore everything else unless they need my assistance.
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Old 10-25-2016, 06:32 AM   #14
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With or without. I have no trouble following the music and the book at the same time. I will tune into a favourite song and stop reading or wonder how long ago the album finished. And during my commute, the music covers the noise of the train and the surrounding passengers.
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Silence. If there's music I'll go somewhere else to read. It's too distracting; if there's music on, I have trouble even getting through a paragraph. I can drive while listening to music, but I have to shut it off if I want to talk to someone.
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