제 부족한 독해실력으로 독해를 해본 결과
문장 자체는 그렇게 어렵진 않은것 같은데..
중간중간에 좀 연결이 안되는 부분이 있네요.
왜그런지는 잘모르겠습니다.. 문맥상 대충 맞춰봐도 뭔가 좀 안맞는듯한..ㅠ

부탁드립니다.


Is that Music?

Organized Noise
Do you like music?
Probably.
But do you like every kind of music-hip hop, classical, country & western and rock?
You probably don't.
Why?
To answer this question, you have to ask another question:
What is music?

A music teacher wanted to explain to his students the difference between music and noise.
He brought a set of different sized blocks of wood to class.
The students were astonished to see him throw the blocks randomly at the wall.
Everyone agreed it was noise.
He then took the same blocks and again threw them at the wall.
This time, however, he threw them in a special order.
The students quickly recognized the children's tune Mary Had a Little Lamb.
"So," the teacher asked them.
"What is music?"
The answer is that it's organized noise.

American composer John cage ( 1912- 1992 ) wrote, "Whereever we are, what we hear is mostly noise.
When we ignore it, it disturbs us.
When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.
The sound of a truck at fifty mph.
Static between the stations.
Rain.
We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments."

Cage's most famous piece of music, influenced by his study of Buddhism, is called 4'33."
It consists of someone sitting at a piano and playing nothing for four minutes
and thirty-three seconds.
The idea sounds inane but, actually, when you are there listening to it, you end up paying attention to all the small sounds around you.
This is what Cage intended.

Music from other countries and different times often sounds strange to us.
We are not used to ist organization.
But if we just take time to listen, we might enjoy it.