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Do you think there is a relation between chess and music?
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Jan 6, 2014
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Yes and No. The Yes: When you listen to classical music, it somehow makes your brain smarter, which helps with chess doesn't it, because chess involves with the brain
The No: is they're completly different things! I have a sister, which is VERY VERY MUSICAL, and goes to a music school. When we all come home from school, she would PRACTICE and that really annoys me. We need set schedules and stuff like that. In the holiday's it's a lot better, but the No is, they're completly different things
It doesn't mean I don't like music.
No. Music is much more about emotion and taste. If you are the highest rated player, there is no doubt you are the best chess player. Only one thing is common: You can't "do" it perfectly.
They are both activities that require you to use your brain, and for that reason they complement eachother well. That's why you see a lot of people who play chess that also play an instrument, and why a lot of people who play chess when they are young tend to be good at math, and why a lot of kids who play music are also good at math.
Billion_Tactics_Boy hat geschrieben:
The difference between music and chess is that in chess you have to exceptionally talented to make it to the top. In music however all you need is good looks, a catchy chorus, autotune and a rich family and bam, you make it... (I am not saying that's the case for all music artists I am just saying it's the case for some modern pop artists)
Please... WHAT??!! You are really extremely ignorant if you say that.
Name me at least 10 "classical" musicians (those who play like piano etc.) who made it to the top because of a rich family...
If they are not talented then that is your opinion. I doubt you can judge whether a musician is talented or not. The skill to present yourself is a gift, too.
I know what I am talking about, I play the piano and go to a university to take lessons from a professor besides going to school.
If you are not talking about classical music, then I partially agree. There are some "popular" people calling themselves "musicians" (that is disgusting!) who owe their fame from the great PR machineries behind them.
janniktr hat geschrieben:
[...] I play the piano and go to a university to take lessons from a professor besides going to school.
Since my focus is 99,999% on classical music, I don't use any software. ;)
I also disrespect the "modern, popular" music.
Jan 6, 2014
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#12
prokofiev beat capablanca in a simul. Marc Taimanov was a very successful concert pianist and a top GM. Vasily Smyslov too, was a succesful opera singer, and top GM. I imagine if Bach played chess he'd been an endgame virtuoso, and if Mozart played chess he'd be a top tactician.
janniktr wrote:
No. Music is much more about emotion and taste. If you are the highest rated player, there is no doubt you are the best chess player. Only one thing is common: You can't "do" it perfectly.
While music does indeed involve emotion and taste, can't you also make the argument that chess involves taste? Some people play with completely different styles in both chess and music, so I don't think that taste is as big of a difference as you think. While some person enjoy classical music and the others enjoy rap, this could be considered similar to how some people love bullet while others love long time controls, or how some players like games focused more on positional struggles and others love games with crazy tactics and sacrifices.
Another similarity in both chess and music is that there are guidelines that should normally be followed, and in both chess and music the "do-er" has to know these guidelines well enough to know and decide when they can safely not follow them. For example a chess player would need to be able to judge if pushing pawns was worth the potential weaknesses it would cause. Another example would be a musician would need to know in what scenarios they could get away with playing a note that isn't in the key signature.
Chess, music and maths are the three fields which produce child prodigies. I suspect they are related and the common feature is relationship - note to note in a musical scale, piece to piece on a chess board and number to number or concept to concept in maths.
I know there's a relation because I suck at playing the drums, and I suck at winning chess games!
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Jan 6, 2014
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#18
Smyslov said he tried to use his Chess pieces like instruments in a composition. Each one complementing the other.
That one sentence may have had more impact on my Chess than any other.
I think it's been scientifically proven that it does
Title says it all. Or maybe chess helps with your music skills?