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What was the most useful thing to come from this workshop for you?

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In his introduction to Writing About Music, Wingell says, "Many people cannot imagine that there can be any thoughtful discussion of a musical experience beyond rudimentary approval or disapproval" because they believe music to be simply a matter of taste that cannot be qualitatively judged outside subjective experience.

How do we move beyond this "I like it or I don't" discourse and begin to, as Wingells says, "argue logically and convincingly about issues of musical style or quality"?