Definition of Music

[Samthebassist]

wut do you think music is.....im not looking for a specific definition, just like..wut you think Music is

What makes up music?


I personally believe music is expressing yourself and having fun. Enjoying life and really letting your music do all the talking!!!

[peaveyuser]

music is freedom of expression and anything that makes you feel, a pulse lets say.

All good music has a pulse, whether it makes you do air guitar (or bass), headbang to it , dance to it or just tap your fingers.

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by peaveyuser

music is freedom of expression and anything that makes you feel, a pulse lets say.

All good music has a pulse, whether it makes you do air guitar (or bass), headbang to it , dance to it or just tap your fingers.

YAY!!!! thats pretty good!

5 stars!

[El-Bob]

Originally Posted by peaveyuser

music is freedom of expression and anything that makes you feel, a pulse lets say.

All good music has a pulse, whether it makes you do air guitar (or bass), headbang to it , dance to it or just tap your fingers.

agreed. having said that something that makes one person "pulse" may not do the same for another, and then we have to start thinking that if it's music to one person, is it still music? i know country doesn't make me "pulse" but would i go as far as to argue that it's not music? just something to think about.

[rfclef]

Originally Posted by peaveyuser

music is freedom of expression and anything that makes you feel, a pulse lets say.

All good music has a pulse, whether it makes you do air guitar (or bass), headbang to it , dance to it or just tap your fingers.

Careful. Don't define what "music" is by "because I like it". the definition I use with my classes (yeah, I am a music teacher) is "Art of sound using the elements of pitch, timbre, duration and dynamics." Yeah, dry... but then we can discuss music objectively without the "I hate {A. country B. rap C. classical D. rock} so it is not music" getting in the way. We can talk about WHY we like or dislike, but because I can't stand something, don't mean it ain't music...

Sorry to get all academic on y'all

[speedkills]

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you've got music.
Sid Vicious

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally Posted by speedkills

You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you've got music.
Sid Vicious

Which shows why he was never a very good bass player!!

[KromaatiKlauun]

The discussion of what is music goes waaaaay back to the ancient greeks, you just literally opened a Pandora's Box

[ysand]

Is the sound waves that "tickle" your ears in a nice way

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by ysand

Is the sound waves that "tickle" your ears in a nice way

LOL!!!!

[speedkills]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

Which shows why he was never a very good bass player!!

Purely subjective.

What is art?
What is music?
What is beauty?

For each of us the answer is different.

To you I might not be a "very good bass player".
And you might not be to me.

These "definition" threads are maddening at times because we are spinning our wheels trying to define what can't be defined.

[Dogos]

Not to be overly logical about it, but isn't music essentially the arrangement of sound, and a lack of it (silence?) in a space of time?

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by speedkills

Purely subjective.

What is art?
What is music?
What is beauty?

For each of us the answer is different.

To you I might not be a "very good bass player".
And you might not be to me.

These "definition" threads are maddening at times because we are spinning our wheels trying to define what can't be defined.

rriiiiiiiggghhhht

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by Dogos

Not to be overly logical about it, but isn't music essentially the arrangement of sound, and a lack of it (silence?) in a space of time?

yeah but i dont like just plain old deffinitions.....the way u say it makes music seem almost boring

[Rickett Customs]

Sam,
I think you'd have better luck with your last thread, "defining a musician", but, potential train wreck I predict.

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by Alembicplyr

Sam,
I think you'd have better luck with your last thread, "defining a musician", but, potential train wreck I predict.

hater.....

[Rickett Customs]

Originally Posted by Samthebassist

hater.....

C'mon, you and I both know there are some debates to come on this one

Maybe not exactly baited, but a loaded question at best.

[GreyBeard]

organized sound

[Samthebassist]

Originally Posted by Alembicplyr

C'mon, you and I both know there are some debates to come on this one

Maybe not exactly baited, but a loaded question at best.

true.....

[BillMason]

Read "This Is Your Brain On Music." Great book! It explains why we like music in great detail.