Many people are scared of so-called classical music.
Maybe this is because they don t really know or understand what to listen for. In this brief article, I d like to take you on a journey through the Western music of the last thousand years or so, and give you some guidelines for effective and enjoyable listening. Similar in concept to hymns sung in modern churches, Gregorian chants are simple tunes sung without accompaniment, repeated to the same melody over a number of verses, with a brief Amen at the end. There is not a fixed rhythm. If you d like to listen to some Gregorian chant, try to enjoy the calmness and spiritual feeling in the music.