What exactly IS music, anyway?
As we all know, everyone typically tends to define music in a different way. Me, I like so called classical music, modern instrumental music--for example, some of the Star Trek music, the Pirates of the Caribbean theme, ect.--big bang, jazz, alternative and classic rock, yet I completely despise rap, hip hop, and any other variation, as I feel they are simply bad poetry with a beat to them.
But, that's just my own definition. With so many varying definitions, one really has to ask what truly makes music. I thought it a worthy topic of discussion. So, I ask: what exactly is music anyway?
(Anyone spouting off a smartass answer regarding mathamatical arrangements of sounds and I will beat you with a trout.)
mu·sic Audio pronunciation of "music"
n.
1. The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
2. Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.
3.
1. A musical composition.
2. The written or printed score for such a composition.
3. Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano.
4. A musical accompaniment.
5. A particular category or kind of music.
6. An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds: the music of the wind in the pines.
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Music is a term that, like many others, loses its meaning if you try to define it too closely. Language is based very much on associations, not just on technical definitions.
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Thank you, Ifreann, for completely missing the point. I wasn't asking for a dictionary definition. I was attempting to provoke a thoughtful discussion. ~__~
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Thank you, Ifreann, for completely missing the point. I wasn't asking for a dictionary definition. I was attempting to provoke a thoughtful discussion. ~__~
Welcome to NS General. Thought free since 1741. :p
I think we might have had one a few years ago, but it might have just been a sneeze.
Keruvalia
07-04-2006, 12:28
Music is my airplane ... it's my air-o-plane ....
Egg and chips
07-04-2006, 12:35
Music is my first love it will...
Oh wait you were asking what is music?
Music is whatever you want it to be. (Unless you want it to be an armadillo. That's just stupid)
Music is my airplane ... it's my air-o-plane ....
How did I know that someone would reference that song?!?
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! :eek: :p
I'd say music is a language.
(Or in fact, several languages, since some people might like (understand) a certain type of music but not another. Of course you can understand a type of music and still not like it because of what it "says" to you, but anyway...)
(That's a long parenthesis (including sub-parenthesis) there... :) )
Music can be used for example to convey and enhance a message, a feel or emotions. It is also often used as a part of defining different (sub-)cultural groups to create a sense of belonging. Much like a regular language.
Keruvalia
07-04-2006, 12:45
How did I know that someone would reference that song?!?
Cuz you like pleasure spiked with pain.
Cuz you like pleasure spiked with pain.
*GROAN*
:p
Keruvalia
07-04-2006, 12:53
*GROAN*
:p
hehehe ... sorry. :D
Kosirgistan
07-04-2006, 13:05
"Never fell in love till I fell in love with you - never knew what a good time was til i had a good time with you - If you wanna get the feeling and you wanna get it right
Then the music gotta be loud
for when the music hit i feel no pain at all
When i got the music I gotta place to go"
That is music - a place to go
See ya in the pit
BackwoodsSquatches
07-04-2006, 14:01
Music is a window into the soul.
Or at least, thats what I decided while listening to Pink Floyd on acid.
*shrug*
Harlesburg
07-04-2006, 14:11
Music is an abscence of quiet but necasirally(SP) peace.
Keruvalia
07-04-2006, 14:12
In Soviet Russia, music is you!
The Nuke Testgrounds
07-04-2006, 14:47
Music is hitting things with a stick.
Essentially, music can be defined as the art of organizing sound in time. Music is like shaping sound the way one shapes a sculpture, perhaps.
Santa Barbara
07-04-2006, 16:39
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Thank you, Ifreann, for completely missing the point. I wasn't asking for a dictionary definition. I was attempting to provoke a thoughtful discussion. ~__~
Yeah, but just because you despise rap doesn't mean it's not music.
Music is what it is - you seemed to ask for a definition, a dictionary does that very well. Much better than people who will define music by what they like. If you just wanted preferences you should have just asked what kind of music everyone liked.