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.
How did and why would we evolve such that we receive enjoyment from music? Is this a more complex form of communication than simple speech, so that somehow musical hominids had an advantage over non-musical ones, or, could our fondness for rhythms be due to a memory of our mother's heartbeat, or...
Who are your favorite bands and what are you favorite songs for being festive on Halloween?
Personally while I like some of the cheesy music specifically for Halloween I really prefer music that suits the Halloween atmosphere without trying to be Halloween music.
I just finished listening...
what do u think is the most convenient software/program for downloading music of the internet? i am currently using filetopia, kazaa(used to) and winmx until it ended
The reason I decided to post my queries out here is simple:I believe that ideas of PF members,by and large,represent the ideas of the world. :smile:
I've been learning indian classical music for about 12 years now...have lots of friends who're equally passionate about music.I guess...
Anyone ever tried writing down the number of tones between all the chords in a song and finding out if there's any way to express music numerically/mathematically?
Because.. I don't think I restrain myself any longer.
It would sure make song writing a lot easier if I could do it mathematically
Hello. The Q is, as before stated, can music effect your mood?(affect or effect?) Anyway, my mom and I have had arguments about this more than a few times. She says that me listening to metal makes me agry. Is there any scientific proof that this happens? Examples...
Metal= angry
country=...
i don't understand modern music one bit. I've got a dvd of glenn gould playing stuff by the members of the so-called "vienna school" which is all abstract & weird, & not really musical at all. some people think that stuff is great though, but i can't understand why. I've heard other 20th-century...
when you listen to music, do you care about the politics expressed in the music?
example:
if you are a liberal, can you listen to Lynard Skynard?
if you are a republican, can you listen to Green Day?
Fibonacci
I don't know whether it is wise to repeat a string, but having put these together, decided to go on and put it out, so here goes:
Composers
1. Each of these two composers usually kept a gun handy and nearby. Who were they, and what was the reason in each case?
2. This composer/performer...
Do you see coloured images if you listen to music?
Does a certain music chord taste salty for you?
Are numbers coloured for you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Then you might be a synaesthete. I'd like to ask if anyone here
has such a synaestetic ability.
1)In which Mozart-opera does the main caracter ask : "you, who know what love is"...one of the most famous Mozart aria's edit : answered correctly
2) Which good friend from Goethe once answered "this is how my destiny knocks at my door" when Goethe asked him how he came up with a very...
Can music help people's mind a lot ? In what way can it do that ?
Another question I am wondering now is whether it true or not that people like a certain genre of music just because of their mood at the time ? If so, do you know why they change their like to another genre ?
Thanks
I enjoy listening to rap mostly, especially when driving, and i have an appreciation for other types of music. But there is something about trance that seems to hold some mathematical pattern. Obviously it does because it can be measured, but certain songs seem to interact with the brain. It is...
Music - why is it pleasurable?
I have seen recently how universal music is to humanity.
All cultures throughout the world have mother's singing lullaby's to their babies.
I think anyone who listens to music, sings or plays an instrument
may have wondered, why does music often affect us...
More than 20 UK internet users pay a total of £50,000 out of court for illegally sharing songs on the web.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/4318765.stm"
What is a good, free of course, program that will convert music. I want one that will convert into mp3 format, or any format that has good quality and is small in size, and will play in xmms. (xmms has been down all day so I have no clue what formats are supported). I use linux btw. Thanks.
Most people may know to go to All Music Guide if one is looking for a particular picece of music, group, album, or is just interested in the history.
In the US, one can purchase music on-line at Barnes and Noble, Amazon and others.
Another good place for music from Europ, which is not...
I subscribe to Dish, and part of what they offer is Sirius digital music channels. About 100 channels, no commercials (except for Sirius' own), and each channel dedicated to a different type of music. Every variety of music one can imagine can be found (though if it were my company, I'd add a...
For those who really care about music, and see its extreme strength, please do whatever you can to get an album or two by Enio Moricone (or Ennio Morricone). It is absolutely incredible.
I am lost for words.
a flute is cylindrical and when you hit the 2nd register (higher notes) the fingering is pretty much the same as on the base register. in other words, the jump is a regular octave.
a clarinet is conical and the jump to the 2nd register is a 12 note jump from what i understand.
can anyone...
What songs do you listen to when you're sad?
The ones I prefer are:
The Rain Song, by Led Zeppelin
Roads, by Portishead
Dexter's Tune, by Randy Newman (from the "Awakenings" soundtrack)
Symphony #2, Third Movement, by Rachmaninoff
Good Morning Heartache, by Billie Holiday
I'm Through...
Lately I've noticed a certain segregation of music from NOFX's 'Son of an *******' and 'War on Errorism' To Clint Blacks 'Iraq and I roll' and Britney spears supporting George Bush.
Basicly 'Heavy' stuff goes the Anti-Flag (a band) direction of no-war, anti-bush while 'Lighter' country and...
Why do we enjoy the music that we listen to?
What is it about this music that entails our attention and interest?
Do we listen to rock, rap, or trance music because it outputs our feeling?
Is this good ? (Please do not start discussing the definition of good; assume it is the overall...
I just downloaded a few songs by Gang Starr and bought a CD from A Tribe Called Quest.
Those two groups two some of the best rap I've heard in a long time. With crap like Ludacris blaring on the radio, and hip hop being introduced to the general public by people like Eminem, Nelly, Ja...
Classicalist thinking has invaded me, I agree, however...
As far as I understand sound, it is the exchange of kinetic information between sucessive particles in space. When these air pressures collide, certain pressures are amplified while others are nullified. The rest are modified between...
Anybody have any favorites?
I like to listen to some classical or classic rock.
Vivaldi - Four Seasons, Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Beethoven - 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, Bach - Well Tempered Clavier
Led, Who, Kansas, CCR, Bob Seger, Eagles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3614180.stm
Loud music lung collapse warning
Loud music can do more than damage your hearing - it can also cause your lungs to collapse.
Experts writing in the Thorax detail four cases where loud music fans experienced the condition, known as a...
Well, what type of music does everyone listen to?
As for me, I'm into Power Metal mainly.
Some of my favorite bands are...
- Blind Guardian
- Edguy
- Ayreon
- Kamelot
- Angra
- Symphony-X
- Children of Bodom
- Sonata Arctica
I'll just leave this open for anyone to discuss about note frequencies, harmonies, chords etc
Y do notes complement each other in chords, do the frequencies complement each other and how can this b put into a general equation?
I was going through some of my old cds from the early to mid 90's that I haven't listen to in years and I'm just blown away by the quality of music. I can't get enough Oasis, STP and Nirvana, especially Oasis. Modern music pals in comparison to what it used to be until the whole pop/rap craze. I...
Ivan,
I happened to find this page which shows how the frequencies of various common phenomena correspond to notes in the musical scale:
"60 Hz power supply (US) is halfway in between Bb and B
50 Hz power supply (Europe) is a G#
International Distress Radio frequency is 500 KHz...
Can We ever Hear Gravity's Music ?
Kepler's Music of the Spheres was his dream to hear the songs played by the universe. The waves of this music are now believed by theorists to be the gravity waves of spacetime undulations. These waves might be what inspired Beethoven to compose his symphonies...
What is music worth??
I was just pondering...
I'm a REALLY big music fan - I love almost every type. Although I live in South Africa, I watch the charts from around the globe just to hear what is new and what these artists are trying to say. After all, music is an artform which gives artists...
I'm starting to listen to a bit of Classical Music. I'm unsure what's good so does anyone have any favorites or a site that lists great songs perhaps?
Right now I have four songs: The Requiem by Mozart, Fur Elise by Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven and Allegro Concerto #3 by Bach...
i was in my room listening to rock musics with speakers and the door closed
and i went out of the room closing the door behind me and in about 7~8m away from the room i didnt hear any voices coming out of the door just the bass beats ( drums ),
why is that ?
( the door is just a...
Are there any other music collectors here in the forum? I just counted, and I'm up to 1,400 albums now. A little ridiculous, but, well, I love music!
Maybe it'd be fun to list what you feel is the most obscure artist or album in your collection... (preferably ones that you actually like...
Tuning our bodys up as musical instruments helps tune up the universe.
Just like we can't expect to go traveling to other dimensions until we keep our minds above negativity (breaking commandments). We can't even be galactically until we tune up our attitudes, and what a blessed world this...
Music formula. Check out my transistor
1.) God : Thought : Song Intro, the very first sound.
2.) Food : Word : Song Lyrics, the story if you will.
3.) Neighbour : Deed : Song Chorus describing a concept to a neighbour.
Like ants or bees. We eat our fill in the world, then describe the...
ok, so I'm a physics ignaramus. and a spelling one too.
but recently i was thinking about what is this thing we call music
and why, when u go to a jam concert (Grateful Dead, Phish, Etc.)- you reach something like a meditative state, (yes, even without drugs)
and i stumbled upon Ohm...
Yes, another lawsuit against Apple, just after they finished up with the one about the iBook's logic board problem.
This time, involving Eminem: http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,62406,00.html
Apple has a habit for getting people angry with its commercials.
First the "switch"...
So, what's your take on these recent releases of online music stores?
They certainly aren't new. They existed way before iTunes Music Store, but that was before the RIAA started becoming prosecuting Nazis.
What's your take on them.
Will they stop illegal downloads?
Or will...