Appreciative Listening
the word appreciate means to grasp the quality or significance of something and is often used to mean the ability to understand enjoy or admire the excellence of something.
Often appreciative listening relates to music or literature. It involves both attentive and critical listening as well as open - mindedness. When you are listening to appreciate something you are really cooperating with the person presenting the message and allowing their words (or music) to create a mood or image they have in their heads enter your mind.