Music is the art of arranging sounds in time to produce a composition through the elements of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. It is one of the universal cultural aspects of all human societies. General definitions of music include common elements such as pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound). Different styles or types of music may emphasize, de-emphasize or omit some of these elements. Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping; there are solely instrumental pieces, solely vocal pieces (such as songs without instrumental accompaniment) and pieces that combine singing and instruments. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; "(art) of the Muses"); see § Etymology and glossary of musical terminology.
In its most general form, the activities describing music as an art form or cultural activity include the creation of works of music (songs, tunes, symphonies, and so on), the criticism of music, the study of the history of music, and the aesthetic examination of music. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music in two parts: melodies, as tones ordered horizontally, and harmonies as tones ordered vertically. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Indeed, throughout history, some new forms or styles of music have been criticized as "not being music", including Beethoven's Grosse Fuge string quartet in 1825, early jazz in the beginning of the 1900s and hardcore punk in the 1980s. There are many types of music, including popular music, traditional music, art music, music written for religious ceremonies, and work songs such as chanteys. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions—such as Classical music symphonies from the 1700s and 1800s—through to spontaneously played improvisational music such as jazz, and avant-garde styles of chance-based contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Music can be divided into genres (e.g., country music) and genres can be further divided into subgenres (e.g., alternative country and country pop are two of the many country subgenres), although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to personal interpretation, and occasionally controversial. For example, it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal. Within the arts, music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art or as an auditory art. Music may be played or sung and heard live at a rock concert or orchestra performance, heard live as part of a dramatic work (a music theater show or opera), or it may be recorded and listened to on a radio, MP3 player, CD player, smartphone or as film score or TV show.
In many cultures, music is an important part of people's way of life, as it plays a key role in religious rituals, rite of passage ceremonies (e.g., graduation and marriage), social activities (e.g., dancing) and cultural activities ranging from amateur karaoke singing to playing in an amateur funk band or singing in a community choir. People may make music as a hobby, like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra, or work as a professional musician or singer. The music industry includes the individuals who create new songs and musical pieces (such as songwriters and composers), individuals who perform music (which include orchestra, jazz band and rock band musicians, singers and conductors), individuals who record music (music producers and sound engineers), individuals who organize concert tours, and individuals who sell recordings, sheet music, and scores to customers. Even once a song or piece has been performed, music critics, music journalists, and music scholars may assess and evaluate the piece and its performance.
I am interested in starting to research into the acoustics of speech and music.
In particular I want to analyze the spectral profile of human voice in hopes of finding relationships between it and music. A possible future direction for this research is to improve synthetic speech to mimic...
I have a moderately sized music collection of 76GB which I would like to access from both ubuntu and windows. What is the best way to do this?
My thoughts were... have ubuntu on one partition, windows on a second, and stick shared stuff in a third one. Is there software for both ubuntu and...
Just wondering if anyone else here enjoys producing music?
I produce electronic music, using Apple's Logic, some of which can be found here. http://soundcloud.com/prane/everythings-mirrors
Also in a prog rock band :)
If I you like Beethovens music does that mean that you "just dont
just don't have the mental capacity to appreciate it yet"
EDIT: ok the title was supposed to say "If I you DONT like Beethovens music does that mean that you "just don't have the mental capacity to appreciate it yet" ...
I am working on a forced vib project involving a musical instruments
I am trying to have the vibration of my classical acoustic guitar increase, however NO ELECTRICITY CAN BE INVOLVED, and also trying to make the vibration of a piece of tightly folded aluminum that is attached to my guitar to...
I made a pan flute that has 1 open end and 1 closed end, so when i blow into it, the fundamentral frequency I put actually generates harmonic freqeuncies of 2f,3f,4f... and this creates distortions? Is this correct? If so, why most musical intruments don't have any distortions and sound nice? Is...
I understand that when constructive interference occurs, music is produced, destructive interference can also happen right? Then it is possible that sometimes no sound is produced at all? Thanks!
"Dissonant music brings out the animal in listeners"
I don't know about this. Dissonance is effective because it reminds us of animal distress calls, but why are animal distress calls effective? Because they're dissonant, maybe?
Hello everyone,
I am a music composer and total noob. So please excuse my lack of engineering knowledge.
I am attempting to build a music box that can play without having to turn the gear's crankshaft manually. Here is a picture of the music box:
I have been doing some research and think I...
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I have recently joined a guitar class. And I am facing a problem with the terminology. I have to confess that terms such as notes, chords , scales, pitch seem Greek to me. I have had no experience with music before.
I am on the lookout for a book/website which teaches this stuff. It...
Hello there I am sorry if this sounds silly or out dated
i want to ask anyone, how can i model the mathematical representation from music signal(time domain).
lets say i recorded the signal from guitar through my music production software and print screen that signal as shown here...
I'm a bit interested in finding out – what kind of music do you enjoy?
I'm just curious for the sake of knowledge in seeing the musical tastes of those in the sciences. So, if you would, post your favorite music (songs, bands, genres, whatever) and, if I'm not probing too much, your relation...
Hi guys, I’m new here! Just want to say hello and hope to gain some experience from you. I want to download some new music but my ipod is almost running out of space. I really don’t want to delete the old songs, so can I backup them to my computer? Do you have any experience?
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I'm learning Verilog and came across this demo code for a music synthesizer. I was looking over the code for it and, needless to say, it's pretty overwhelming for a beginner. I was hoping I could change the demo songs in the demo_code1 and demo_code2 files, so to make the FPGA play a...
Pretty sure I have some misconceptions, please correct me thanks.
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According to Nyquist's theory, if I want to digitally record a live opera and be able to reconstruct back to exactly the original sound quality, I have to sample at at least twice the frequency of the original...
So there have been some music threads but I haven't seen an album thread, although I'm usually more interested in albums rather than specific songs.
What is your favorite music album? Feel free to include what it does to you/what aspect of it blows you away.
Also try to limit it to a top...
Hi everyone! I haven't posted here in a while, but I lurk pretty much every day. I guess I'm just not as educated as I would like to be for me to feel comfortable in participating with the discussion I enjoy reading... I'm deeply inspired by science and the great mysteries of life and reality...
I have been pondering what music actually is, why does a certain configuration of sounds increase dopamine/endorphin in our brain. What makes music feel good.
Is it their mathematical order in the sounds so they follow mathematical rules or equations?
Or is it something pshycological that...
I am a physics and electrical engineering major and wish to know if there are any specific music career opportunities that utilize the concepts I've learned from both. I really have a passion for music production and any help would be greatly appreciated.
So, we plan to meet our neighbors on Christmas and to listen to sixties music. I already have plenty of titles ready (including Polish songs that you have most likely never heard), there are plenty of lists on the web, but I wonder what are favorite sixties songs of other PFers.
Can you study well with music? I'm considering buying an Ipod touch because sometimes when I am studying, I get bored and want to listen to some music, so I go on youtube for a music video. However, being on youtube, the land of procrastination, I just get to another video that's not even music...
Sometimes songs and artists just become much more special when you understand what the artist is truly singing about. What information or experience has helped you to fully appreciate certain music?
I'll give you an example: I never cared for Eric Clapton. That is, until today, when I came...
I'm studying the MUSIC algorithm in order to implement it in some project of mine, but I have some difficulties understanding the mathematical derivations done in the original Schmidt paper.
For those of you who have access to this paper, I'll appreciate your time and help.
The author begins...
hey everybody, I am a newcomer here, just stumbled upon this forum whilst reading about different university programs. i would really appreciate any advice regarding an academic plunge into the engineering field as a means to learn more about music synthesis, particularly analog synthesizers...
I'd been requested to listen to some Jazz artists - Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and other 'giants' of the field. I decided to give it a shot and started off with Coltrane's Love Supreme and all I could hear was random jarring noise. I honestly do not understand why this is so...
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Do I really need to take economics/statistics/finance course in my undergraduate years if I am considering the possibility of landing on a finance job? I really do not want to worry about getting job in my undergraduate years but would like to put some serious thoughts after my graduate...
Moment of inertia of a "music triangle"
Homework Statement
Find the moment of inertia about an axis thru the centre of mass, perpendicular to the plane of an equilateral triangle consisting of identical rods of length 'l' and mass 'm' connected at their ends.
Homework Equations...
Hello! I am a recent university grad, majored in physics, with a strong background in programming and maths. I've had a couple non-physics research positions, and am looking to go back to school for a masters.
All my life I've been very passionate about music, from composing classical...
I would like to run a calculation so that when it has converged, a song will play... to alert me from the other room (for example).
http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/techdoc/ref/audioplayer.html
I found this but can't quite put it together? Their example was:
Examples
Load and play a...
I am about to go back to school and need to retake just a ton of math that I completely forget. If I had to guess I'd assume ill even need algebra 1 again. So I am thinking about this on the way home from work last night and had a thought.
I play drums. I, due to living in a condo for 6...
this has probably been done, but i don't really see a search bar...(it is probably somewhere, i must be blind!)
so yeah, what music do you guys listen to?
What is your fav piece of music you listen to while sky watching? Mine is the unbeatable 'Cosmos' by Vangelis. It gives me a sense of being one with the stars :)
I'm guessing this is a weird question to ask a bunch of math/science brained people, but I guess there may be at least a few art oriented people.
Is there a specific way to give your music a particular mood? I'm having trouble learning how. Any and all opinions or links are appreciated.
Are there any songs you've designated as songs you like to listen to while doing mathematics?
I think my number one favorite is this piece:
Light, not distracting, and has that concentration factor.
Hey all. I'm currently working on a project where I use a laser to transmit music playing from my iPod. The laser is hooked up to the iPod through a circuit, and there is a solar cell that the laser is pointed at. There are two wires coming from the solar cell that are connected to a stereo...
Basically, I'm looking for learning resources (preferably books) that are kind of like the title of the thread. I'd like to find a book that teaches intermediate-advanced musical theory from a more mathematical and/or physics perspective than normal music theory books. I've played various...
groups, singer, or instrumen, in particular, of music listen to you, when you doing calculus of theoretical physics or mathematical?
sorry, but I don't speack english very good.
I've noticed that when I am studying (particularly mathematics) and with music, i study a lot better, where previously i would have reached a brick wall in trying to find an answer or a solution, i start listening to music and i find the solution very quickly, for instance i just finished doing...
While i am studying i have been working part time at a market selling fruits and vegetables. I recently found out that the capsicum supplier actually plays music to his plants.
I'm not sure if this is going to sound like a stupid question, but does this somehow affect their growth? Is there...
Homework Statement
A typical steel B-string in a guitar resonates at its fundamental frequency at 240 Hertz. The length of the string is 0.620 m. What is the wave velocity along the string? Find your answer in m/s.
V=F(2)L
240(2)(.620)= 297.6
so THEN the question asks;
The tension in...
There was a discussion on chat whether there was some kind of correlation between science and the kind of music people liked. And since people like to vote on polls, we decided to make a poll about it!
Please vote on your favorite science and your favorite music (choosing more then one...
I have a real hard time studying. If I am at university then I can't concentrate. I get distracted by just someone passing behind me or others talking.
If I stay home I can't study as I sit in front of the computer and then I always steal some time by staying on youtube or checking my email. I...