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Music is a form of communication. What I experience in certain pieces of music is a connection with a particular set or category of feelings that verbal language is simply unable to describe with an equivalent clarity and it's a sort of empathy shared with the composer.

edit: Can you guess what people might feel from this piece? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWKq_kg2Ws

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> Can you guess what people might feel from this piece? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XWKq_kg2Ws

That's a difficult one. It didn't make me feel anything, so I really do have to guess what other people might feel.

For example, I have to think about occasions on which similar pieces of music are generally used. A solo piano like this piece is often sad, but on the other hand, this piece has a higher tempo than most sad songs.

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