So, you may have noticed the interface of the blog looks a bit different. The avatar you see on the right hand side of the screen is not just a fit of whimsy on my part--she actually serves a purpose. She is supposed to resemble me so that you realize she does have a purpose (yes, I know she is much prettier--shut up! That's the perks of having a computer alter-ego! :) ).
But I digress. Anyhoo, if you click on the "play" button at the bottom the avatar screen (looks like the play button on a dvd player, with a little arrow thingy)you will hear my voice saying hello to you. For now, that is all she should say, but as the weeks progress, I may record directions or questions for your listening pleasure, so be aware that this new feature is there so that you get used to seeing (and listening) to it.
OK, moving on.
Also on the right side of the screen you will find a link to the talk we watched in the library--unless of course you were sleeping (ahem...Tay). So, what I would like you to do this week is to watch that talk again, paying particularly close attention to the way Benjamin Zander speaks, what he does, how he interacts with his audience etc.
To keep you honest, I would like you to answer the following questions after you have watched the video. This is your blog assignment for the week, so naturally I will be asking your for specific examples and details.
1. How does he begin his talk?
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
3. Is that effective?
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
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1. Mr. Zander starts his talk off with a story about two shoe salesman. Then he demonstrates how a seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven year old plays the piano.
2. He demonstrates his ethos, when he plays the piano because he shows that he knows music.
3. Yes, because he is no longer just talking, but he is engaging the audience.
4. There are a lot of examples of pathos in this talk. He tells a lot of stories during the speech, which some people will like. He also tells a lot of jokes during his speech, which will keep some people interested.
5. He engages his audience by being upbeat and by making jokes. He also engages his audience by playing the piano.
6. Mr. Zander does appeal to logos. When he breaks up the audience into groups depending on how much they like classical music, he is appealing to logos.
7. I think the theme of his talk is classical music.
8. I thought his talk was very good. I watched a speech about classical music twice, so it must have been good because I am not a big fan of classical music.
He begins he talk with an example of how a seven year old plays a piano then an eight, nine and a ten year old.
I think he establishes ethos when he plays the piano and shows how a seven eight, nine and ten year old will break up on impulses and when he was talking about the different types of groups that is there. For example when he said that forty five people are there because they absolutely love classical music and when he helped a someone make there better and then the guy changed his whole company to a one butt playing company or some mess like that
Yea, i thought it was because i believed him
I think there was two examples of pathos which was when he was talking about the time he did the same speech that he did to these group of people but to a group of seventh graders. And a boy came up to him and told he that he cried for his brother that got shot and it felt good. And the second time when a girl and her brother was going to a camp in the holocaust (that i dont know how to spell ausrwich...lol) and her last word to him was something about not keeping his shoes together and calling him stupid. so when she got out she made a vowel i think, to not say something to anybody if it can't be her last word.
He engage with the audience by joking with them a lot and the jokes are something that they can relate to which kept me awake.
Yea, he do appeal to logos i think its when he was talking about playing with one butt on the piano to make the music sound better..lol bunje idk im kinda guessing i forgot to bring ma paper home wit me that describes pathos logos and ethos..
i think the theme of his talk is to awaken possibilities in other people
overall i thought it was okay just because of the fact that it didnt make me sleepy and i was able to pay attention and write my answer to these questions
1.He begins his talk by telling a joke/story about to 2 men and then compares it to the classical music era.
2.When he starts playing the piano and telling the story by every age.
3.Yes very effective it has everybody paying attention and he ends off by playing an entire piece which makes everyone in the audience want more.
4.There are numerous numbers of pathos, he tells people that no body is tone-death, the feeling Chopin skit, and even the shiny eyes skit.
5.He engages the audience by telling stories, relating those stories to real life, telling jokes and playing beautiful pieces of music.
6.Yes by persuading the audience to believe things that he believes.
7.I think that the theme of his talk is to get people to believe that they can do whatever they want and believe whatever they want.
8.It kept me very entertained, usually I would not even think about watching anything like that but it actually makes me want to watch more about him and learn from him because he is an amazing public speaker.
1. How does he begin his talk?
he begins his talk with a story about a shoe salesmen trying to sell shoes to people in africa.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
i think he establishes his ethos shortly after his shoe story where he starts to tie in the classical music.
3. Is that effective?
is it very effective because he had the whole crowd in attention and myself and they all seemed to be convinced.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
there were a couple i can recall such as his jokes which appealed to humor and the sad story about the boy whose brother died.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
his does this in many ways such as walking off the stage and walking in the audience and by having them join in and pointing out certaint people in the audience as examples.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
he appeals to logos by using many life examples and bringing everything together and making it all flow.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
i feel the theme of his talk was that you can apply classical music to every aspect of life whether it is good or bad.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
i think his talk was very appealing and despite my dislike of classical music his ability to make it relevant to everyday life and have it appeal to my emotions was very impressive
1) mr. zander begins his talk on how seven to ten year olds how they play piano and also the impules of their heads to the beats of the keys.
2) i believe that he establishes his ethos after he was talking abouit the impules in the children when they are learning how to play.
3)i think it was effective because as soon as he began to play and mopve his head everyone eyes and ears where on him and not paying attention to anything else.
4) there are many examples of pathis such as when he is telling jokes, or how he was telling percents on how people like classical music, or walking into the crowd when he was talking about the shining eyes and he pionta out a single man about his eyes.
5)he catches people eyes by how comfortable he is in stage such as making jokes about himself so that he could make the audience feel as comfortable as him.
6) yes i believe hegood with logos because in twenty minutes he proberly including mine changed our opinons on how we should percieve classical music.
7)i think his main idea is that people should open their eyes and ear to what ever they are listening to and the journey to getting to the end before counting time to the end of something.
8)i liked his talk and how he made himself appear to the sudience it wasn't lame he showed me and others different views in classical music and how you should actually listen to the music, story, or person.
1. How does he begin his talk?
Benjamin Zander makes a joke about two shoe salesmen who sells shoes in Africa.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
He starts off when he speaks of the three types of people out of the 1600 people in the audience because then he starts going off about never being tone-deaf.
3. Is that effective?
Yes because it affected every person in the audience.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
The time he played Chopin, the audience statistics, the tone-deaf skit, asking about impulses and the notes, the one buttock joke, when he made fun of the one guy in the audience, even when he got the sad story of the boy whose brother died and the shining eyes skit.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
He engages his audience with a wonderful sense of humor and sarcasm. He doesn’t stop asking questions and he doesn’t stop telling little stories that can relate to his classical music theory.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
Yes especially when he plays and explains Chopin’s song and explains Chopin’s expression when he composed the music. Zander also talks about how E is the ending note, how the job of the C is to make the B “sad” and keep going down to bring a certain emotion out of people when they listen to Chopin’s song.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
I think Zander’s concept was to interest people in classical music and how there’s more to it than what people have taken it for granted.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
I think it was very entertaining and was very impressed with his rhetoric skills. He caught my attention the whole time and I understood and respect his intentions throughout his presentation.
1. He began his talk with a joke about two sales people who go to Africa and then he tells the audience that he is going to do an experiment and show them how a seven year old child learns how to play the piano.
2. He establishes his at the very end of his speech.
3. This is effective because throughout his speech he tells jokes and stories about classical music and you think he is going to state the obvious at the end, but then he pulls a fast one on you and teaches you a life lesson and strings everything together he’s been talking about together and you finally get why he was talking about classical music.
4. I see 3 examples of pathos in his speech; the very first one was when he was going to play Chopin and he said to think about a loved one who was no longer there and then he played Chopin, the second example was when he told the story of the student who did the experiment and after that the student tells the story of his brother who was shot and he cried after hearing the song, and the last example was when he told the story of his friend from Auschwitz who said something mean to her brother and then never saw him again.
5. He engages his audience by telling jokes, playing music, and moving around and acting very hyper.
6. Yes he appeals to logos by explaining what things mean in music like how to look for impulses by looking at the pianist’s head and showing what the notes sound like. He also explains why people are not tone death, and he also explains why people can’t stand classical music.
7. The theme of his talk is that the composers left their music for you to hear what they want to say and what they want you to think about.
8. Benjamin Zander’s talk was very interesting and if I didn’t all ready like classical music I think he would have convinced me that classical music was something I would like. He was also very entertaining he told a lot of jokes I could understand unlike some speaker that tells jokes that make me feel out of the loop and he was very active in his example that keeper me entertained.
1) He begins his talk by showing what a 7, 8, 9, and 10 year old child looks like playing the piano. He shows how every year the child practices the fewer impulses the child makes.
2) I believe he develops his ethos when he plays a piece by Chopin. He explains how every different piece of the song brings you to a different mood. He shows you where the song actually takes you, like through your day. Benjamin explains how the notes connect to one another and what emotion result from them.
3)Yes because he gets his audience to listen to him. In one specific part when he is explaining the notes of Chopin, he points out a man in the audience and how he shrugs at the end of the music. Then he does another experiment where he makes the audience close their eyes and really listen to the music, picturing someone they care about. Doing this exercise, the people are brought through the emotions and pay close attention to Benjamin. They believe him.
4) Signs of pathos would be when he played the Chopin piece to all the people and made them close their eyes, picturing someone they care for. another sign of pathos is when he tells the story about the boy whose brother was shot and never cried for his brother until Benjamin played the piece by Chopin.
5)Benjamin Zander engages his audience through experiments and specific details about classical music. He provides true stories about what happened to him. He also talks about his other experience about the same presentation he gave to kids in school.
6)Yes Benjamin appeals to his logos by his piano playing in the beginning about the little kid and how he progresses through the years. It's logical, the people understood and knew what he was talking about. Most of the audience experienced the kid for themselves so it made sense. Also, he starts to talk about being a conductor of an orchestra and how to awaken possibility in other people. He starts to talk about shiny eyes, which is to make the people in the orchestra powerful through their music.
7)The theme of this talk is to show people how classical music influences people. How much power it can give someone. The overall message is how people interact in the world. how they live and what they say to others in life.
8) Overall, i love this man's talk, I believed everything he was saying. He captivated me with his words to the point I don't wanna take my eyes away from the video. his talk was inspirational and makes it seem like it is so easy to talk in front of people.
1. How does he begin his talk? He begins his talk speaking about the two people going to Africa selling shoes. Then he gets on the piano and talks about the seven year old growing up and playing it throughout the years and getting better at it.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos? He establishes ethos when he was talking about the kid who was a two button player and he told him to change his way of playing and it sounded better.
3. Is that effective? It is effective because everything came out to sound better, and he influenced other people around him as well.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they? I can find a couple of examples of Pathos. One is when he is telling the audience to think about the person that they love that is not in their life anymore and he plays the piano. Then the story about the lady who survived awchuwitz and her brother missing his shoes. Then she said she will never say anything wrong to someone and leave on a bad note.
5. How does he engage the audience? I think he engages his audience when he starts to tell jokes and asking questions to them. Like the seven year old kid that everyone knows, or when he walks into the crowd and says there are a bunch of people out there who listen to the music and have the passion.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How? I think he appeals to logos when he talks about the note E is the note that finishes things, and then the C is to balance the B and keep going on about it when he plays the song to get an emotion out of the people who listen to the song.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is? I think the Theme of the talk was to show people that classical music is always around you and it can fit into any time of day.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk? I think his talk was a good example and that he did very well on it. It was a subject that he was very passionate about and he used pathos ethos and logos in it. He never lost the audience and was never boring with his speech.
1. Benjamin Zannder first starts his talk by telling a joke about the 2 salesmen in Africa.
2. He shows his ethos when he start playing the piano and shows how much he knows about it.
3. yes because everyone was listening and laughing.
4. There are a lot of examples of pathos in his speech like when he’s playing the piano and making jokes.
5. He engages the audience when he makes jokes with them and by playing the piano
7. I think the theme of his speech is him talking about life but using classical music to get his point across.
8. Overall I liked the speech. You had to read between the lines, everything he said had a meaning to it. Him making jokes kept me very entertained and it helped his speech very much
1.) Benjamin starts out his speech telling a story in a joking manner about two sales men who go to africa.
2.)Benjamin establishes his ethos when he starts playing the piano because it proved to me he knew what he was talking about and how to play. Also when he starts telling the story about the 7 year old child who over the year develops his piano playing skills over the years but at the same time is playing the piano exactly how a 7 year old.
3.) This is effective because seeing him play the paino as a 7 year old would almost identically shows he has not only witnessed how a child plays, but he most likely has been at the same stage a seven year old was to get to the stage he is now at with playing classical music on the piano.
4.)When Benjamin told jokes it interested people and entertained them. People love to be entertained and he made sure he always threw jokes in his speech to keep the people hooked. When he talked about the boy dying, and made us all listen to a piece of music and think it really showed pathos, because it allowed people to connect with him in all different ways through emotion.
5.) He engages the audience by making fun of himself allowing others to become comfortable. Also by sharing personal life experiences and even jokes allowed him to make a connection with the audience and myself. Also walking into the audience and walking up to select audience members allowed him to become closer and more passionate with his audience.
6.)He appeals to logos because his speech was all little puzzle pieces that in the end came together to one beautiful puzzle. Throughout putting the puzzle together he earned trust with the audience and kept them hooked in the whole time.
7.) The theme of his talk not only made people realize you can use classical music in youe everyday life, but made people actually open up and understand classical music.
8.)I loved watching this speech. His sense of humor and knowledge on classical music actually made me like classical music, because it is a way to express all your emotions. And i also love how he ended off telling about the story of the survivor of auschwitz; and how she said never let your last words to someone be ones you couldn't live with being your last words. The overall speech was just full of intense emotion.
1. He starts off his talk with a joke about two salesman going to Africa and how they had two different views. Then he refers to how people have two different views on classical music.
2. He starts to use ethos when he plays the piano and demonstrating impulses and teaching a little bit of rhythm.
3. Yes, it was effective because everyone was zoned into him and listening closely.
4. He starts out the talk using pathos by telling a joke and making the audience laugh. He continues this throughout the talk. Also, when he points out the man shrugging his shoulders on the E chord and when he tells the audience to think of a loved on they have lost, close their eyes, and listen to the peice he played again.
5. He engages the audience by telling them to close their eyes and listen and then after that when he walks around clapping with them.
6. He appeals to logos when demonstrating on a young piano player progresses and shows the impulses they go through. He shows how impulses are used for keeping a steady pace and beat.
7. At first i thought the theme was how everyone can like classical music and be touched by it. But his last story made me to believe that it was all about judgement and thinking about what you have and not taking it for granted.
8. Overall, I loved his talk. Probaly the best talk I have ever seen. He was very inspiring and did a great job with is stories and examples for they made perfect sense.
1 He starts off his talk by telling a joke that has to do with prespective.
2 zander shows that he knows what he's talking about first when he tells you about the kid and how he plays because this shows that he knows how people play and that he knows how to play himself
3 very effective as soon as he starts playing music you become drawn into his presentation.
4 there is one very large expression of pathos and this when he tells the audience to think of a loved one who has passed away. he is trying to make sure that the audiance is all imagining close to the same thing
5 when he comes down and actually uses the audiance as his props. Also when he tells the audiance what they are thinking of like how many people like classicl music and when he tells them to think of a loved one.
6 Yes, he does this when he logicaly shows you how the notes are supposed to be in the piece that he plays by chopin. ABFE
7 His talk was about what it feels like to actually teach someone and how important it is to us.
8 I think that the talk was excellent i just wish that he could get a little more time because it seemed as though in certian parts he was rushing and if he slowed down just little then more people would be able to follow.
1. he starts his talk off with a story of two guys who go to Africa to sell shoes.
2. I think that he establishes his ethos when he starts playing the piano.
3. I think it is effective because he demonstrates his point in a way that is easier to understand and gets the audience involved.
4. ones that I would say were when he was telling a joke which got humor in it, and when he tells the audience to think of a loved one while he played the piano, and the story he tells about the boy that’s brother died which was sad.
5. he does this by going off the stage and interacting with the audience. He points certain people out and in a way talks to them personally while making a point.
6. yeah explained what things ment in music like the impulses. He showed why people like it and why they don’t like it. So he showed that he knew what he was talking about. And also by playing the music in general.
7. I think the theme of his talk was that you can appeal to anything if you just take the time and give it a chance.
8. I think that his talk was very good. He took something that not everyone is into and made it interesting. I think that is a hard thing to do and he made it seem pretty easy.
1. He begins his talk with a joke. It’s about children in Africa who don’t have shoes. I think it was two people who were visiting Africa and when they saw the kids one was like oh my goodness they have no shoes, and the other was just like we could make a lot of money. He offered two different perspectives. But it was an interesting hook.
2. Hmm. I really don’t know. I think it was when he talks about the kid and the piano as he gets older.
3. Yes it is effective, it drew me in more.
4. The main one I saw was when he said to think of a loved one that you lost while he played sharpies song. (I think that’s how you spell it).
5. By walking toward them. Interacting with them. By the way he talks to them. And by using the Pathos method.
6. Well in my opinion yes he does. He briefly touches on all three appeals, especially on the pathos, at the end with the sharpie song, and the old women from Schwartz.
7. I don’t exactly know what the theme is. I watched it twice and I still don’t comprehend what exactly the end of his talk meant. I understood how classical music has some connection to everyone but the end threw me off. I’m guessing his theme is just to cherish the time you have, I’m really not sure.
8. Overall, I enjoyed his talk. It was very insightful and interesting. Until now, I never heard of TED talks, but now that I actually seen one, they look interesting, and it gives me a stepping stone to how to do my talk.
First, I think I should point out that the avatar I see on my right hand side of my computer screen (“your computer alter-ego”) sounds just like a girl version of Benjamin Zander. Interesting. OK, moving on. Benjamin Zander begins his talk with a hook. His hook is telling a story/joke about two shoe salesmen selling shoes in Africa in the 1900s. This draws the audience to pay attention to what he is saying because they are not really sure where he is taking the conversation. He sparks a lot of people’s interest. Ethos is how Benjamin Zander gets the audience to trust what he is saying. The point where Benjamin Zander establishes ethos is when he tells the story of the little boy playing the piano through the years and how he progressively got better. This is effective because it is entertaining and you can see by the audience’s reaction of amusement, they like it. They are paying attention. Pathos is they way Benjamin Zander makes what he is saying matter to the audience. Benjamin Zander shows a lot of examples of pathos. Some examples are when he breaks the audience up into three groups, so that everyone can connect. With the three categories he made to break the audience up in, there is a group for everyone. He plays a song by Shopan? (I know that can’t possibly be spelled right). He is playing music for the people that know it to recognize it, and they people who don’t to be introduced to it. He engages the audience by talking about the man in the front row, making them laugh, the shiny eyes skit, keeping their interest, and entertaining them with what he is saying. Logos is the logic in what Benjamin Zander is saying. He appeals to logos when talks about the woman who survived Awshuwitz. He told the audience how the women said she will never say anything wrong and leave them on a bad note between them. Bringing up Awshuwitz was historical and allowed the audience to reason with what he had talked about throughout his entire talk. The theme of Benjamin Zander’s talk was beyond what people’s opinions of classical music were. He said “classical music is for everyone.” It was not about why classical music is great. The theme was if you apply the set of skills it takes to understand classical music, anyone can recognize the same steps in a lot of situations. Overall, I think that Benjamin Zander’s talk was interesting. Although I am not a fan of classical music, he hooked me in the beginning and kept my attention the entire time.
1.Benjamin Zander starts off his talk by telling the audience a joke about two sales men who sell shoes in Africa.
2.I believe that Zander begins to show ethos when he began playing the piano to show how a 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 year old to show how every child practices fewer impulses. When he began talking about this, it showed me that he knew what it was talking about and he wasn’t just making stuff up.
3. This is effective because it shows that he knows what he is talking about. I believe that Zander has seen a 7 year old play the piano more than once and studied their actions. Since he plays the piano well, I believe that he also did the same actions as he demonstrated.
4.Some examples of pathos is when he begins to tell the audience to think about the person that they love that is no longer in their life anymore and then he begins to play the piano. Then at the end, he told a story about a girl who survived Auschwitz and her brothers missing shoe. He said that she began to yell and him and that those were the last words that she had said to him.
5.I think he engages the audience by telling the audience jokes and asking the audience questions. Also, he engaged the audience when he started to play the piano. He made the audience feel comfortable by sharing his own personal experiences.
6.I believe that he appealed to logos when he used his own life experiences and persuading the audience to believe in what he believes. Also, when he began to play and explain Chopin’s song.
7.I think that the theme of his talk is to make people realize that the composers leave music for you to make you listen to it and to make you think about it. Also, to show that classical music is always around for any kind of mood you are in.
8.I enjoyed watching Benjamin Zander speak. It showed that he had a lot of confidence in himself and he also believed in what he was talking about. He had a good sense of humor when he began to tell jokes and he also had good knowledge about classical music. I also love how he ended with the girl who lost her brother in Auschwitz. This shows people to watch what they say and to never let your last words be hurtful because you never know when you might lose them.
1.) He begins his speech by talking about the two men that went down to Africa in the 1900s to see if there was any opportunity to sell shoes. Each man wrote a different telegram back to Manchester. The first man saying that “It’s hopeless they don’t wear shoes.” The other man said “Glorious opportunity they don’t have any shoes yet.” The reason he brought this story into his speech is because he related it to how people feel about classical music. Some feel that its dying and other feel a completely different way saying that “you haven’t seen nothing yet.”
2.) Right after the point when he talks about the little boy learning to play piano, he said that one time when he was doing a presentation a man in charge of a corporation wrote to him and said that he was so moved he “changed his company to a one button company.” This established ethos because it let the audience know that he knew what he was talking about, and that an audience before them was helped by his speech and how much he knew about it.
3.) I think that yes it is effective because now the audience seems to have full attention on him, and they now will believe what want to listen to what he has to say.
4.) I see 4 types of pathos that he talks about during the presentation. He specifically says “I want to tell you about you.” He divides all of the audience into 4 categories. The first category he says that 45 out of the 16,000 love classical music. They have cds, and their radio dials are on classical music stations. They can’t imagine their life without classical music. The second group of people is an even bigger group and they are the people who don’t mind classical music. They can come home after work and not mind some classical music to help relax them. The third group of people is the largest and they do not listen to classical music at all. They only listen to it is it’s in the background in the airport as he put it like second hand smoke. And the fourth group of people is very small, and they think they are tone deaf. But he states no one can be tone deaf then eliminates that group.
5.) I think that he engages the audience by saying that he will not stop until he gets everyone to understand and love classical music. After him saying that I feel that if he really thinks he is able to change the minds of so many people, that he must know what he is talking about. So from my point of view, I’m curious to see how he going to be able to do what he says he’s going to do, and it just attracts my attention so I’m sure it attracted the 16,000 people.
6.) I am completely confused about logos, but I’ll give it a shot. Logos appeals to reason and the effectiveness of its supporting evidence. When he was playing the one note on the piano, he pointed to the man in the man in the audience and how he let out a huge sigh. Well he said that everyday when people come home, they make that same sigh because they are so happy to be home. This refers to logos because its logic that everyone does this same thing when they get home. He’s stating that classical music can relate to all people.
7.) I think the overall theme of the talk is to prove to the audience that you can make anyone believe what you have to say, as long as you earn their trust, make good points that can relate to the audience, and back up what you have to say.
8.) Overall, I actually did enjoy his talk. In the library it didn’t really attract my attention at first, but after a few minute I definitely paid attention the whole time and it was kind of interesting. I thought the guy was a little weird, but he knew how to get an audiences attention, and
1. How does he begin his talk?
He begins his talk by talking about two salesmen selling shoes to Africa in the 1900’s who were sent there to find opportunities to sell shoes and had two different outlooks on the shoeless people there. One was positive that no one had shoes, the other was negative that no one wore shoes.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
He establishes his ethos by playing the piano. He shows his audience that he knows how to play the piano and that he knows all the keys and elements of piano playing. He understands the different ways and techniques that younger piano players go through as they advance each year of learning to play the piano.
3. Is that effective?
Yes, it is effective, because everything he says about piano playing and the keys seem correct by the confidence he portrays to his audience. Also, the audience knows or has seen as least one person who does the impulses described by Ben throughout years of playing. This lets the audience know he is correct with his interpretation, so he must be correct with the things he adds along with his demonstration.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
There were multiple examples of pathos. One was when he tells the audience at the end to think of someone they have lost as they listened to the classical music. It brought sorrowful emotions to them. Another example was when he played the music on the piano. Music always brings a certain emotion to people whether excited, calm, or passionate. A third example was when he tells jokes to the audience and makes them laugh, which was a common emotion presented to the audience.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
He asks the audience hypothetical questions and involves them. For example, he tells the audience that they probably know or has seen someone who does the impulse thing or the one-buttock playing. He also includes his audience when he describes the different categories of those who have similar opinions about classical music.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
He appeals to logos when he explains the different keys on the piano and how each element interacts with the surrounding keys. His knowledge of the different tone of keys and also they composer of the song he plays, Chopin, is logic. He also explains how there is no such thing as tone-deaf and gives logical reasons to his statements.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
The theme of Ben Zander’s talk is that anyone can take the time to enjoy different things and that they each have different opinions or views on those things. His beginning story with the salesmen show how two seemingly-similar people have different views on the shoeless people in Africa. Another example from his speech was when he was categorizing people on how they view or opinionate classical music. A last example was at the end when he had everyone think of someone they have lost to go along with the music and everyone had a different view in their mind.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
Overall, I think his talk was pretty influential. Besides now knowing how to speak in front of an audience with confidence and appeal, but I learned some other things from his speech as well. I’ve learned a few things about piano playing and Chopin. His talk was deep, because the theme was something you had to think about and not something apparent to those who had briefly or barely understood his speech. I think that his words could impact many people’s lives and he was a renowned speaker.
1. he begins his speech by telling a story about shoes.
2. i think he established ethos when he beings to play the panio and bobs his head to the impluses because he is allowing everyone in the audience to feel the music.
3. yes it is effective because he keeps it interesting and even people that dont like clasical music will listen to this.
4.he shows many examples of pathos throughout his speech, when he says things to connect with the audience, even the ones that dont like clasical music, by talking about other things. he made some parts funny to keep the audience listening and keep there attention. he also tells the people in the audience about themselves. he also is very confident that everyone loves clasical music. he plays to the audience which makes them all experience different emotions that come from the music.
5.i think he engages the audience by saying things that he knows everybody can agree to, and music is something that everybody can relate to. he also starts to explain the types of notes allowing people that have no idea about music to learn something.
6. im not sure but i think the logos came in when he said that everyone knows what beat comes after the one he showed to the audience.
7. the theme of this talk is how imporant the last thing you say to someone, he just used music to make his audience show different emotions and explain it better. he used music to connect his audience to him and allow them to trust him.
8. i think his talk was really good,i loved how he took something that wasnt really connected to what he was really trying to talk about and connecting it to make everything he said make sense. he never had a dull moment in his speech and it never seemed like the audience was bored and i know i wasnt either. he kept talking about alot of differnt things yo keep everyone listening and laughing.
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1. mr zander tells the story of the two shoes salesman. one with a positive outlook, one with a negative outlook.
2.mr z establishes his pathos by playin the piano with 'impulses', making people who don't understand music realize they can.
3. yes, because it makes the listener feel as if they are more kean on the topic.
4. he uses many. he lets people realize the emotion behind every piece of music. he tells anecdotes, and talks about the audience specifically.
5. when he divides the audience up in to categories. its makes them feel as if they are a part of this.
6. yes, when he broke everything down, so people could understand
7. the theme is the fact that you can take any situation, and look at it as a positive or a negative, and he used classical music as a brilliant example.
8. i think it was a good talk. i think it is relevant to life, as well as the world of music.
1. Mr. Zander first talks about the 2 men who went to Africa. He ways that one of the men gave up trying to sell shoes because it was hopeless. The other man looked at it as an opportunity to inform the people. Mr. Zander compares this to classical music.
2. He establishes his ethos when he gives the example of the boy learning to play the piano from ages 9-11. He bobs his head as impulsed for everytime he plays a note.
3. It is effective because it grabs the audiences attention to see what he is going to do next. Also it lets them know that Mr. Zander knows what he is talking about.
4. I saw 3 examples of pathos. He engages the audiences by telling stories, putting them into 4 categories of themselves in liking classical music, and playing Chopin.
5.First of all, he makes them feel comfortable. Second, he interacts with them and pathos is intertwined with it.
6. Mr. Zander gives a short mini lesson on how to play the piano while demonstrating Chopin. He tells the audience that no one is really tone-deaf, and has proof of it.
7. I think the theme of his talk was to show people that there are more sides of classical music than they really thought and how you if take the time out to actually pay attention to something, you might end up liking it in the end.
8. I really enjoyed watching. Did he change my view on classical music, not really. It was still something funny and engaging to watch. Mr. Zander did a really good job on trying to persuade people.
1. Benjamin Zander starts his talk with a story about 2 sales men who went to Africa to sell shoes. He explains how one of the salesmen says the trip was pointless because no one wears shoes. The other salesman said it was great that they were going to make alot of money since no one had them. Mr. Zander then does a demonstration on how a child plays the piano at different ages.
2. He establishes his ethos when he does his demonstration showing the audience he knows what he is talking about when he begins talking about classical music.
3. Yes, it is very effective because now that he is beginning to go into depth about impulses and notes, the audience won't have a doubt that he knows what hes talking about.
4. There are many examples of pathos for example, he appeals to the audience's humor when he makes the joke about bobbing his head on every impulse he plays as well as other jokes. He tells stories like the tone deaf issue and he continues to play the piano which can move the audience emotionally.
5. He engages his audience by walking abround on and off the stage. He talks directly to each and everyone of the people in the audience. He plays different things on the piano that keeps the viewers attention.
6. Yes, he appeals to the logos. He divides the audience into 3 groups; people that love classical music, don't mind it, or dont pay attention to it at all.
7. The theme of Mr. Zander is how people have different perspectives on different things. He uses classical music to demonstrate how people have different perspectives on it, the 2 men with the shoes etc.
8. I enjoyed Benjamin Zanders talk more than I thought I would. When you told us we were watching a talk on classical music I thought to myself oh god! lol. But after I heard what he had to say I have a different view on it and that was the point of his talk.
Mr. Zanders began his talk by telling a joke about two salesmen who went to Africa in the 1900’s to find if there were any opportunities to finding shoes.
I believe that Mr. Zanders established his ethos a few words after his talk of salesmen when he demonstrates the way different age groups play the piano.
His ethos was very effective because he engages all of the audience and they become interested in what he has to say.
There are many examples of pathos in this talk. Mr. Zander connects with the audience very smoothly. Even if they have not been interested in classical music, doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have them interested now. He makes jokes throughout his talk which makes the audience feel comfortable with him. When he plays the piano to the audiacne, he makes them think of a loved one who had passed, which really makes them feel what they think.
Mr. Zander engages the audience by talking to them in a language each of them understands. He brings personal experiences into his talk that others can either imagine or relate to. Also, he teaches them something interesting and new. His voice and meaning brings out what ever emotion he is trying to portray and puts it into the audience.
I believe that he does indeed appeal to logos. He uses his own experiences and as the gift of persuasion by allowing the audience to see through his eyes. For example, when he used the example of the woman from the Auschwitz, he should how any word, phrase, conversation, etc. can have an effect on someone and you would never know it at the time. So, like the woman he spoke of, never say anything to someone you would regret if it was the last thing you could have ever said to them.
I believe that his theme in his talk was about more than just classical music. I think that it was a lesson to show the gift of persuasion, and also about things you take for granted.
Honestly, the spit that he sucked into his mouth as he would breath so heavily was a bit annoying to listen to for forty minutes. Although, I admire his words and take in his lesson. He was kind of funny and kept in interested throughout his talk.
1. He begins his talk with a story of a shoe salesman playing piano at ages seven, eight, nine, and ten.
2. I believe he develops his ethos after he plays the piano of the seven eight and nine year old. He explain the impulses in relation to cords and notes because he knew other would understand which made it known that he knew what he was talking about and also he adresses everyone in the audience with the numbers and group explanation of what classical music means to others.
3. I do believe it is effective becauase being a person interested in music, I like listening to a talk from someone when I can tell and understand that they know what they are saying and not just reading it off the internet blindly. Honestly if I get up there and freeze and read a note card blindly I don't expect people to care cause I know if I was in ther audience I wouldn't be able to seeing that it is all being read off paper instead of understood and communicated well.
4. There are a good amount of examples of pathos established. For example, he makes the audience laugh with jokes appealing to the others humor, the part where he tells the audience to think of a loved one and than plays a piece from Chopin, and the story of the lady who survived in awchuwitz.
5. I think Mr. Zander engages his audience into the talk when he walks into the actual audience and how he adresses each and every person with the numbers on how many people care about classical music vs. can tolerate it vs. not part of their life. Also he shares stories and makes jokes about himself and other situations.
6. This has me so lost but as a guess I would say he is appealing to the logic or logos of the audience when he talks about the impulses and how they relay the beat and notes of the music being presented.
7. I believe the theme of the talk is how you can make people believe anything you say as long as you can earn their trust and not to end any conversation on a bad note because in the end that could end up just another regret in your life.
8. Overall I think the talk was interesting to me. Obviously hearing about music I was all over listening, but as he continued with the stories and impulses it made me see how you can relate music to just about anything and how music can effect my life or the life of someone else if you look at it from a different perspective.
1. How does he begin his talk? It starts off with a story about two salesmen trying to sell shoes to people in Africa and how they both had two different perspectives on the situation.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos? When he sits on the piano and plays the piece of music. He also explains rhythm as pluses which raised a red flag because the composer Paul Hindemith explains music in that way. If you know Paul Hindemith you’re a BA!
3. Is that effective? Yes because Benjamin Zander broke the whole entire talk down for all kinds of people. He didn’t just talk to the people who love classical music but everyone in the whole room. He made it simple for the people that don’t know music and made them relate to something in there life.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they? Benjamin Zander makes jokes and lets the audience feel included instead of sitting on stage giving a boring talk on classical music. He tells the audience how no one is tone death and that it’s impossible to be tone deaf.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion) He uses life experience to gets the audience attention to show how serious he is about the talk. When someone uses something personal it’s on a different level because that experience moved them a certain way to feel differently.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How? He divided the audience into different kinds of people to show the difference between there love for classical music.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is? Even though classical music was the main focus of the talk, the theme was how people have different perspectives on the same things.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk? I enjoyed this talk very much. It wasn’t boring and I learned some things from it. When listening to the talk I was trying to break the class up to see who would listen to classical music but I couldn’t imagine seeing one anyone take interest to it. I listen to some classical music once in a while but it’s nothing that I would die for.
1. Mr. Zander starts off his talk with a catching hook. He tells a story about people living with no shoes. One guy claims it is a tragedy and the other thinks it is a great "cause of events." Also how some people think classical music is dead and how others thinks it is just scratching the surface.
2. Mr. Zander establishes his ethos when he tells the story about a kid playing a piano, and his progression. once he starts playing the piano he establishes his ethos, especially when he breaks down the music for everyone to understand, i.e. impulse/one button player.
3. Yes, once he played the piano I believed that he knew what he was talking about. I started to really pay attention when played the piano, especially because I am one of those kids, but at a more advanced stage.
4. One example is playing the piano with great skill because, it entertains and soothes the people and pleases their emotions. Another example is the jokes he makes to tend to the audiences comical emotion, like when he breaks down the people into groups that listen to classical music in a comical way. He does a good job at making people laugh.
5. He engages the audience by walking off the stage and explaining his talk in two ways, one that is funny and a way that they can understand. Like how he says no one is tone def.
6. Yes he breaks down the people into groups. He also says no one is tone def. By saying that he is saying that everyone in there can fully hear and understand what he is saying. After he he explained impulse he plays the piano for the second time, it is a piece by Chopin. The people then listenin and look for the impulses. He then breaks don the song that everyone can leave saying they know how to play a piece by Chopin, and that they know what certain notes do like the B note, known as the sad note.
7. I guess the theme of his talk i that everyone knows music, particularly classical music. He broke down complicated pieces of music in a way that people can understand the basics/fundamentals of the song. From there he broke down the song to the point where everyone knows that song. Also, people see things in a different way. The audience probably came in with no knowledge of classical music and left saying how they might listen to classical music more often, or that they will learn classical music.
8. Overall I think his talk was impressive. The first time I saw the talk you I thought it was ok. When I broke it down, I found out there was a lot more behind the talk than what was seen. "Its crazy.!"
1. He begins his talk casualy with a joke about shoes and africa.
2. In the begining when he is talking about the impulses to help those people whoe don't know about music to understand what he is talking about.
3. Yes.
4. 3 and they are when he talks about the impulses and when he walks into the audience and when he explains some of the music like the keys A,B,C,G and F.
5. He is casual and relaxed. He doesn't talk to you like you are an audience but if you were a freind or a business partner. He tells some jokes and explains things and puts it into perspective for those who don't really know all that much about music.
6. Yes. He is knowledgeable about what he is talking about and shows it wry well.
7. Classical music and how different people persive it today.
8. I thought his talk was very insightful and entertaining. It really got me thinking about how I persive classical music and music in general.
1. How does he begin his talk?
He starts his talk of when he tells the story about how no one has shoes in Africa and how someone could make so much money there if they were to make and sell shoes there.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
I think he establishes his ethos when he is playing the piano and showing the impulses of the children through their ages.
3. Is that effective?
Yes, because he shows that he knows what he is talking about and it relates to the audience he got everyone evolved. Since at some point someone has seen or heard I child play the piano or knows that they look like.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
There are several examples of pathos such as the jokes he tells, when he talks about the look people get on their faces and their eyes and when he engages the crowd by being on their level.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
There was one major one that stood out in my mind which was when he was on their level off of the stage he also when he tells stories that people can relate to themselves.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
Yes he does appeal to logos because he was very good and convincing with what he was talking about he found a way to make every little thing matter to the people or at least have people be able to relate with it.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
I feel that the them of his talk was people can do what they put their minds to and that they should always be willing to try new things.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
I think it was a wonderful example he made everything seem so easy it made my stress level go down a touch now that I know it doesn’t have to be so serious.
1. He begins his talk with what I guess can be almost considered a joke. He talks about two shoe salesmen that go to Africa and see that no one is wearing shoes. He then states each one’s point of view, one from an optimistic mind and the other from a pessimistic. I guess would be the word?
2.I believe he establishes his ethos in the conversation when he partakes in the playing of the piano. He proves to the audience that he is capable of playing the piano which gives him a status that is respectable and leads the audience to believe that he totally knows what he is talking about.
3.Yes since he establishes that he has a background with classical music thus proving that he knows what he is talking about. This gives him a type of authority over the audience because he proved himself and they are even more willing to listen to hear what he has to say.
4.Just as there are 4 different sections of his video I believe there are 4 examples of pathos. The first he appealed to humor in the audience by talking about a child playing music and the stages he undergoes but in a comedic manner. Then he went on to say that there are 3 groups of people who hear classical music. The first being avid listeners, the second being people who enjoy it to relax or during other sporadic times, and the third who barely acknowledge its existence. The 3rd example would be when he explains how no one can be tone deaf. And the 4th would be how he goes on to explain how Chopin felt when writing his music and how it creates a beautiful sound that anyone can appreciate.
5.Well the first time he makes contact with the audience is after he explains the stages a child goes through. He uses a person in the audience to be an example of becoming a “one buttock playing” and how if you let the music push it will “take off” as he says. He also classifies the audience into three groups. So he basically breaks through the 4th wall he also states how random thoughts will float into your mind when listening to classical music, which is something they may be able to relate to. He also walks around clapping ferociously like a senile old man, but I think that just proves his brilliance.
6.He appeals to the logos when he classifies the different groups in the audience. This gives them a sense of belonging allowing them to know that they belong in the room because he is speaking to them too. It doesn’t matter whether you were in group 1 or 3 you were being spoken to. This allows them to logically understand where they stand in the world of classical music. He also mentions Martin Luther King and how if you aren’t confident in what you are preaching then no one will be. No matter who unsure or un-confident you are you must maintain the illusion that you are in complete control.
7.I believe he is trying to say that everyone can relate to classical music. You could regard it as “second-hand smoke” or revere Beethoven but either way, no matter who you are you can learn to love it. There is something for everyone in this music, you just need someone to open your eyes for you sometimes and he is the one that serves that purpose in this talk.
8.I thought his talk was brilliant. He incorporated humor and yet still connected on a deep emotional level with the audience. He kept it lively with his craziness but serious with his music playing and this gave him the ability to have control over the entire audience, except for the one old guy who I think is asleep at 14:11 on the right side of the screen. Either that or he was mesmerized by the symphony.
1. How does he begin his talk?
He begins the talk about two salesmen going to Africa in the 1900s to sale shoes. They both said there wasn’t any money or opportunities to sell shoes.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
He establishes his ethos when he starts playing the piano. He shows the child’s progression over time and he explains every rhythm. He describes the rhythm as impulses.
3. Is that effective?
It is because he breaks down the piece of classical music piece by piece. I’m still not a fan of classical music but I understand it more then I did before.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
One way is when he shows off his skills playing the piano. He breaks down the piano and makes a few funny jokes. He includes the audience in his talk.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
He engages the crowd. He leaves the stage and breaks the fourth wall. He talks to them like he isn’t speaking to a crowd at all. He talks like its just two of them having a conversation.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
He shows that he knows what he is talking bout. But he doesn’t act like a know it all. He tells a story about a concentration camp. How a woman said a bad thing to her little brother. Little did she know that would be the last thing she ever said to him.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
I don’t think he is trying to get us to like classical music. I think he is trying to get us to open up our minds. To like stuff that we wouldn’t usually like.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk? I thought it was pretty good. It showed me how our talk should look. It made me less nervous then was I was before I watched him talk.
1. How does he begin his talk?
Ben Zander starts his talk with a joke about two salesmen who go to Africa to check out sales opportunity both see it in different ways.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
I believe Ben Zander establishes ethos at the point in which he said he already knows the outcome to the experiment.
3. Is that effective?
I believe so because if he said he knows the answer then in essence everything he would say from that point on would have to be true to get to the answer.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
I counted 7 examples of pathos 1 when he talks about the 7 year old pianist and says you might have him at home. 2 when he says that kids give up a few years later 3 when he divides the crowd into 3 parts 4 when he interrupts himself with a random thought that comes to you when listening to classical music and everyone laughed 5 when he asked the crowd to focus on a lost love done 6 the kid who confessed he cried for his brother who got shot for the first time 7 the Auschwitz girl who never say her brother again.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
I believe he did engage the audience , because I was focused on every word and I wasn’t even in the room I couldn’t imagine how the audience could members could ignore such enthusiasm and such display o what seems t o be passion in art form.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
He does appeal to logos particularly when he explains the job of C which is to make B sound sad then plays it in a tune which did sound sad then he continues on and plays a tune and asks the audience what comes next they hummed/sang what they believed the next note would be which in order would have been E but then he breaks it down and explains why Chopan did not end there but went back to happy and he used an example from hamlet by Shakespeare to help explain.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
I believe the theme of his talk is that classical music is for everyone with an ear to listen.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
His talk was extremely well done his rhetoric was on point so to speak. I especially enjoyed the body language he used while simultaneously appealing to pathos.
He starts off with his talk about going to a place where no one is wearing shoes. Some people would consider it horrible and sad that no one is wearing shoes, but other people would believe that it is an opprotunity to make a great profit and sell shoes. They were both people sent to do the same thing, but had completely different persectives.
He establishes ethos when he starts to play the piano and breaks down notes and then calls them impulses. He shows the audience that if they were child who played the piano, or they have children that play the piano that anyone can understand music.
I tihnk it is effective becuase it makes the audience want the song to not sound so choppy, and he solves that problem and explains the one buttock playing.
He tells personal stories, and goes up to the audience. He explains how everybody has shining eyes if they are listening well, and calls out one guy. It causes the audience maybe to look at one anothers eyes. He also shows off by playing the piano.
He steps down from the stage, and even dares to touch some guy. He gave them stats like there are 1600 of them and some of them like classical music and others dont. I think he does a very good job capturing the audience.
Yes, when he puts the audience into little groups, like some of them love classical music and live by it, most of them don't mind classical music and a few think it is very boring. He says this so that when he gives his talk the people know what category they can go in so they can somehow relate how they feel to his talk.
The theme was more of him trying to let us know that classical music can change us and make us feel different. Like when he told the story about the one person he met whos brother died and when he played the music he began to cry. the theme was invitational arguement I tihnk was said in class too.
I enjoy people like him. You could tell he was not nervous, and instead of talking the whole time it was almost a form of entertainment. He could have never played the piano, but since i saw it there i would have reason to watch becuase I would want him to play it just about the whole tim. It was good. Mine will be better.
1. first he talks about two shoe salesman that goes to africia in the 1900s. than he starts talking about a ten year old boy that moves his head while playing the piano.
2. He establish his ethos when he sits and starts playing the piano. he demonstrates how the 10 year old boy changes his impulses and rythm as he grow into an other age.
3. yes it is very effective because he shows the audience that he knows what he is talking about and he is comfortable with them, he also had a connection with the audience.
4. there is several examples of pathos, one is that he has a comic thing going own with the audience. how he talks to the audience and by asking them questions and making sure that they stay awake.
5. he engages the audience alot. instead of just standing there he walks around and started talking to everyone and he brings them into the coversation. he tries to relate to the audience by telling them stories and stuff.
6. yes, because he didnt look nervous he made it seem as if he did this everyday, he felt relaxed. he was cool and he showed that he enjoyed it and loved it, most importantly he knew what he was talking about and if he didnt he made it seem as if he knew what he was talking about.
7. what he is trying to say is that everyone can realte to classical music. he shows different types of groups and talks about it.
8. his talk was great. i mean the guy knew what he was talking about and he really knows how to communicate with others. he is a well experience man and he did a outstanding job.
1. he begins his talk with the story about the two shoe salesmen who go to africa to sell shoes. he illustrates there two perspectives and relates it to classical music
2. he establishes his ethos when he begins to play the piano and establishes his self as an accomplished musician which lends him more credibility.
3. yes it is effective because it lends him a great deal of credibility and makes the audience believe what he is saying.
4. there are several examples of pathos in his speech. Throughout the speech he throws in numerous jokes and amusing stories. another example is when approaches the audience and joins them at their level and speaks TO them ex: when he points out a man in the front row n says his eyes are shining. he also tells the audience to think of a loved one who has passed while listening to the music. the last example of pathos i saw was his last line about the woman from the holocaust and how we should never say anything that couldn’t stand as the last thing we ever say.
5. he engages the audience when he joins them at their level and divides them up into groups. he makes the people in the audience feel like he is talking indirectly to them
6. yes, when he splits them up into groups and percentages. this appeals to their logic of how some people like classical music and some don’t.
7. the theme of his whole speech is perspective. he even starts off his speech and hooks his listeners by telling a story about the salesmen and their perspectives and then relates that into the rest of his speech.
8. overall i think it was an amazing talk. he appealed to ethos pathos and logos and did so in a very affective manner.
1.He begins his talk with the story of two salesman going to Africa and their reaction to the people having no shoes.
2. He establishes his ethos by playing the piano and showing the audience that he knows about classical music.Benjamin also played the piano to show how kids play from the ages of 7 to 11 and where they play their notes with impulses.
3. This was very effective because it seemed to of grabbed the attention of the audience,and it caught my attention.
4. There were three examples of pathos. The first is when he breaks down the audience into three groups, the ones that love classical music, the ones that don't mind it,and the people who do not listen to it at all. There is a part where he touches a man and talks about the one buttocks player. The last is how he points out that people say that they are tone deaf,but he believes that no one is actually tone deaf.
5. Mr.Zander engaged the audience when he walked off the stage and was eye level with the audience,and clapped with them.
6. He appeals to logos when he talks of Martin Luther King having his dream speech but saying that he doesn't know if the people will be up to it. He also says that a leader must realize that his beliefs will work.
7. The theme of the talk was about perspective and a different view on on an old thing.
8.Overall the talk was very well put together and his stories grabbed my attention. He also gave me a few ideas for my talk.
1. How does he begin his talk?
Benjamin Zander beings his talk with a story (which later correlates to his topic) about the two salesmen who went to Africa to find if there was an opportunity to sell shoes. An outside source states that it would be hopeless because they don’t wear shoes in Africa. Another outside source thought it was a glorious idea and took them not having shoes was because no one has taken the opportunity to sell them shoes to wear. He ties the story in with how some people view classical music as dead, while others believe it has only just begun.
2. At what point to you think he establishes his ethos?
Ethos is where the speaker is trying to prove he knows what his topic is about and is passionate about what he is talking about to the audience. I think that Zander first establishes his ethos when he begins playing the piano in general.
3. Is that effective?
I think it is effective because just by playing the piano, very well I might add, proves to the audience that he does know a decent amount about classical music, and music in general, if he is able to play a consistent song. This starts to give the audience the idea that if he does play and enjoy classical music, then he must know the information that he is giving out.
4. How many examples of pathos can you see? What are they?
Pathos is when the speaker appeals to the emotion of the audience on a personal level throughout his speech. Zander shows his pathos when: 1) He talks about how everyone knows how a 7-11 year old plays piano (even if no knowing the logic behind the impulses). 2) Gives statistics using the audience as a reference for those who are passionate about classical music, those who don’t mind it, those who never listen to it, and those who believe they’re tone deaf. 3) He claims he will not end his speech until everyone in the audience loves and learns to understand classical music. 4) He also plays a piece from Chopin that the majority of the audience should have heard before seeing it is common.
5. How does he engage the audience? (this is your opinion)
Zander engages the audience in his speech through several ways. He constantly is walking off and on the stage which makes him seem one with the audience, talks to the audience instead of at them, makes jokes that are related to his topic, uses situations that anyone could comprehend, touches a member in the audience once, and also uses them for statistical purposes in order to show the ratio of the four different categories regarding emotions towards classical music.
6. Does he appeal to logos? How?
Logos is where the speaker appeals to reason on a logical side instead of a situation he may have came across in his own head. Zander appeals to logos (which I also thought could have been a pathos) when he uses the audience statistically to show the difference in the four categories of how people feel towards classical music. He also appeals to logos by talking about his own experiences with music, the purpose of impulses while playing, and also the concept of Chopin’s setup in his song using the B and E notes.
7. What do you think the theme of his talk is?
I believe that the theme of Benjamin Zander’s talk is that everyone can have passion and love for any certain thing, no matter how simply or complicated it is; the problem is that we just do not know it yet. His talk is not about making others’ love classical music, but uses it only as an example to explain that the ones’ who didn’t mind it, never listened to it, or thought they were tone deaf, could actually have an underlying love for it, but just has not pushed the opportunity to figure out if they do or not.
8. Overall, what did you think of his talk?
Overall, I did enjoy his talk the second time around in my own household. At first, I was not too into it (probably because I was tired due to it being first period), but I realize now way more than I did the first time. I thought he was just simply talking about how people should love classical music, but as I watched it again, I saw deeper behind the meaning and purpose behind his speech. I also liked his speech because he is a great speaker, can still engage with me through the computer, and knows how to make me understand his logical reasoning and situations in simpler terms seeing I have no clue about anything regarding music, let a lone classical music.
Benjamin Zander begins his talk by drawing the audience in with ultimately his sense of humor but he also began with a story that lead to how people have conflicting interests. "Some people think classical music is dying and then there are some who think you ain't seen nothing yet." Benjamin's goal by the end of his talk is to have everyone in the audience obtain a new appreciation of classical music and know what it is.I think there is a couple ways that Benjamin establishes ethos. The first by just showing the auidence that he knows what hes talking about and that he is a musician by how well he can play the piano.The best way, in my opinion, is when he begins to demonstrate how a seven year old child plays a piano and then after a year of practicing he shows how an eight year child would sound, a nine year old child, a ten year child, and then an eleven year old child. Benjamin specifically relates to the logic of the auidence by showing them the progression of skill by the child with each passing year. Although instead of using the "music" terms that the audience may not of understood he broke down the piece of classical music in a way the auidence could comprehend and explained it through visual learning and through "impulses." This is extremely effective because now does he not only have the auidences attention but everyone can also understand and connect to what Benjamin is talking about. Being able to talk in front of an audience is really half the battle but the other half is keeping them awake and interested. Through out Benjamin's talk he engages the audience in many ways which relates to the pathos part of his talk. Benjamin tells numerous stories that keep the auidence interested in what he's saying but also engages the auidence through his comedy. The first example of pathos that i saw was when Benjamin split up the auidence into three groups, the ones that love classical music, the ones that don't mind classical music, the ones who don't listen to classical musical at all, and then the ones who believe that their tone deaf. The next example of pathos that I saw was how he connected to the auidence by breaking that "third wall" and jumped into the auidence touching a person from time to time like when he was talking about shining eyes. Benjamin then appeals to logos when he explains the C note which is to make the B note sound sad. He then played a short piece which showed an example of that then continued to play and asked the auidence to hum the next note that would be played which typically would have been E but then explains why Chopan didn't end there but rather went back to happy. He used an example from Hamlet by Shakespeare to help get his point across to the auidence. Overall by the end of his speach I had a new understanding of classical music and ultimately a better appreciation for it. I would be classified as one of the people who don't mind classical music but I never listen to it although by the end of Benjamin's speach I fell in love with the piece of Chopan because I was able to relate the piece to someone special in my life that I lost and it moved me in a way that I would have never expected. Benjamin's talk gave me a whole new understanding on the kind of talk that I will be giving in class, personally I know it gave me the direction I would like to go in when its time for my presentation. Thanks Bunje!
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