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Our school did a recent video where we share our definition of music and how it feels to perform in the intro.
I was curious how other musicians define music. There have been such a variety of definitions over the years for our art form. Thoughts on our view? What's the definition you use?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SLRI6jubvY
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Organized sound, I guess.
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We survive as a species because we evolved an exquisite ability to recognize patterns. As a result, we also find organization in random data - for example, the constellation patterns in the night sky - true music for the eyes. The ears also hear organized sound in waves crashing on a shore - they are somewhat periodic and can be perceived as music. Music itself likely arose from patterns we hear in nature, both purposeful and imagined from random sound. Hey Joel - Did you edit your post? It is at variance with my quote of your post, yet no edit is indicated.
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The best and most succinct definition I've heard came from my freshman music 101 course:
The art which uses sound as its medium.
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I'd bastardise something from what's normally given as a "definition" of art, to reflect the notion of something a person does to create a sound they, or others, will enjoy.
That could be singing, whistling, humming, percussion, playing a melodic instrument - with the intention or result in creating an emotional response in themselves or others.
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We survive as a species because we evolved an exquisite ability to recognize patterns. As a result, we also find organization in random data - for example, the constellation patterns in the night sky - true music for the eyes. The ears also hear organized sound in waves crashing on a shore - they are somewhat periodic and can be perceived as music. Music itself likely arose from patterns we hear in nature, both purposeful and imagined from random sound. This is a nice anthropological answer that shows an awesome perspective; gives me an idea for a video I should make. - Thanks Prout I'd bastardise something from what's normally given as a "definition" of art, to reflect the notion of something a person does to create a sound they, or others, will enjoy.
That could be singing, whistling, humming, percussion, playing a melodic instrument - with the intention or result in creating an emotional response in themselves or others. Totally agree, but then with this thought - why don't more 'performing artists' put emphasis on this? In the work I have done, I put affect as the main focus, but I find many pianists put focus on attaining flawless performances. Have recordings shifted the definition of classical music to include perfection?
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When I hear noisy cars in the street, I know my definition is the opposite of John Cage's. That guy was so full of it.
Beethoven - Op.49 No.1 (sonata 19)
Czerny - Op.299 Nos. 5,7 (School of Velocity)
Liszt - S.172 No.2 (Consolation No.2)
Dream piece:
Rachmaninoff - Sonata 2, movement 2 in E minor
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I'd bastardise something from what's normally given as a "definition" of art, to reflect the notion of something a person does to create a sound they, or others, will enjoy.
That could be singing, whistling, humming, percussion, playing a melodic instrument - with the intention or result in creating an emotional response in themselves or others. Totally agree, but then with this thought - why don't more 'performing artists' put emphasis on this? In the work I have done, I put affect as the main focus, but I find many pianists put focus on attaining flawless performances. Have recordings shifted the definition of classical music to include perfection? Perhaps others' definition of music and the impact on others, differs - or maybe believe that their focus is a reasonable means to an end, or perhaps an end in it's own right? After all, I answered the question as to how I would define music. And it wouldn't bother me if I was alone in that perspective. As to why some people appear to have focus on different things, well to draw parallels with, say, rock guitarists - compare somebody like Vai, who I've seen some say played with skill and technique, perhaps as his USP, compared with, say, Hendrix.
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