how to listen to music

During Ms. Glennie’s lecture about how to really listen to music I learned that while listening you use more than just your ears. Since she is deaf she has to literally feel the vibrations through her hands in order to know if the music is right or wrong. But she feels that ever one should listen to music that way because it allows you to completely understand what’s going on in the piece of music. She said during her speech that “everybody should use their body as a resonating chamber.” Not just the people who are deaf.
Another interesting thing she talked about is how the performer’s of music are in the worst position to hear their own music being played because all they are hearing is the initial contact of the instrument and not the sound that’s produced. Ms. Glennie is very talent to say the least and an amazing musician, I was totally impressed with everything she did.