I don't know that it risks killing it, but I generally agree with your sentiment. Why can't we just be satisfied with the fact that we enjoy it? Why do we need an explanation for everything? We've removed so much mystery and awe from the every day already...
replyRespectfully, I find your sentiment baffling. For me, knowing more about something enhances its value.
replyI proudly stand in the 'interesting as long as I don't understand it' camp!
replyWell don't read anything related to music analysis, or something I discovered this week https://cklixx.people.wm.edu/teaching/math400/Chris.pdf
or for some books : "Exploring Musical Spaces. A Synthesis of Mathematical Approaches" or "Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformation"
replyKnowing why I want to headbang isn't going to stop me from headbanging in the moment
replySome people find beauty in the explanations and understanding too, Feynman being a very famous example of this.
replyExplain how anything could in any way "kill music."
replyI don't really experience it with music, because there it just makes me understand it better and create it, but I used to like reading before we started dissecting it in school, so I can see how it can be similar for people with other pleasurable experiences, like music or a painting.
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