John Grant wrote: >Re General distaste for classical.... WHY? My best guesses are: For the average listener... 1 Tunes aren't repeated often enough. 2 Pieces are too long. 3 Beat is not often clear and changes=sometimes, you can't dance to it. 4 Too much variety in the harmonic rhythm. 5 Too wide of a dynamic range. Sometimes you can hardly hear it. 6 Usually requires some of your attention to figure it out. 7 Too much of it. When a new tune becomes a hit, you hear it alot. (well I guess that may be why we have "standard repertoire." 8 There are too many styles in classical music. It isn't easy to know what to expect. etc. Karl