what is music?
By agate911
@agate911 (4)
France
4 responses
@collectingstardust (94)
• United States
12 May 12
It is a collection of sounds that is often very pleasing to listen to. Often, it has a natural rhythm one can follow.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
12 May 12
Music is a succession or a combination of sounds of specific (but sometimes complex) frequencies which produce a more or less pleasant effect on the human ear such that they generally evoke an emotional response.
The dividing line between what is and what is not considered music is very subjective and variable but most people, given examples, will be able to state quite definitively whether a particular example is 'musical' or not.
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
12 May 12
Rhythm and pattern/repetition are not really necessary components of what people define as 'a musical sound' but perhaps one should include them in a definition of 'music'.