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Re: music to study by

From: kk4fs!s_fungus@crdgw1.ge.com (Slender Fungus)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 90 00:10:39 EDT
Subject: Re: music to study by
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Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:

> Really-From: mbharrin%sdcc13@ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington)
> 
> 
> Say, what are some sounds to study by?  Sometimes
> I play some Tangerine Dream, and other times
> I play some Bach.  Anything with vocals probably won't
> do because they are too distracting.  And, it
> can't be too dramatic, like Beethoven's No. 9, etc.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> -Matt H.
Well, you could try some non-vocal Mike Oldfield stuff e.g. "Tubular bells" 
Philip Glass' stuff is pretty good, also...
As for classical, there's Tschaikovsky, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Haydn...
They're not overly dramatic...