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 need to find more fans of them and would love to discuss their albums!!!! I really love ICIMI and it's most definitely my favorite out of all of them. Um, It's Kind of a Lot has such a chokehold on me and it's the most relatable song ever. I also love Mitski, Msi (not them, just the music), a...
Mozart String Composition, Believed Lost, Discovered in Germany (Pitchfork)
"The string trio, probably written in the composer’s teens, was found in a library as archivists compiled an updated catalog of his work"
Article...
Based on a post on another string this deserves one on its own. I have my own ideas, some are obvious, some less so.
So I will kick things off with.....they wrote great tunes. The hardest thing in the music world to do, anyone can write a tune, ok tune even the odd good one. To consistently...
Hi, I'm starting a brand new thread for our favorite songs...
(the last one disappeared some time ago, and we have to have a new one, I think :smile:)
..a thread for any genre, any style of music, as Cole Porter once wrote, anything goes... :smile:
Anything Goes by Cole Porter
I start with a...
Brand new to this forum, this is literally my first post. I shan’t bore you with a long winded chunk of text. (I’m not that interesting anyway!)
I have no schooling or background in engineering of any discipline. I’m here purely to expand my knowledge base, get advice and hopefully make some...
The celebration of the anniversary of album releases rose with the advent of social media. For better or worse.
Feel free to post important anniversaries of notable albums.
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation was released 30 years ago this month:
Music for the Jilted Generation -...
He founded the band with Gregg and Duane Allman in 1969.
One of my favorite tunes of theirs is the wonderful Blue Sky which he wrote for his girl friend at the time.
Just hearing alot of this genre on retro FM radio. This genre originated In the late 1970's in Coventry, England. The local dj on this station , Top News Radio 93.5 FM is a Brit.
I just found out that Melanie Safka died a few days ago (23 Jan 2024), age 76. :cry:
I heard her iconic song "Lay Down" when it came out in in 1970, of course, but didn't really understand the meaning back then. This is an extended version...
Music Playing: "Jive Talking", "Night Fever", followed by "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees. On Bee Gees Greatest.
*Gets down off disco ball*
We all do it. We all groove to it. Now admit to it! What do you shamelessly listen to?
What is the most esoteric (especially in the sense of specialized) music you own and recommend?
To suggest one: Turkwaz's "Nazar". A set of Sufi devotional love songs. Assembled, studied and performed by doctors of music.
My daughter just released her single, ‘Blinding Light’ today! Please listen and feel free to add it to your playlist if you like it!
https://www.lishasebastian.com/blindinglight
The page also has link to the YouTube lyrics video.
Thank you,
My clarinet teacher once showed me a trick: you can play any note and then sing a fifth above that note and it will create the illusion of sounding an octave deeper. On a different sub, I asked about this technique:
It turns out that this is called saxophone growling. And it's no coincidence...
Just recently I became aware of this major remake of the Cat Stevens album "Tea for the Tillerman".
I really like some of them, e.g.,
Sad Lisa: (Very good new version, IMHO.)
Into White: (I absolutely LOVE the new version.)
Others I really dislike, e.g., Wild World.
Longer Boats started...
You already know about Crossroads and Red House, so skip those.
Etsushi Ogawa [ 小川悦司 ] I like the way this builds so gradually. You also get to see Senri Kawaguchi wearing a Peter Pan collar.
John McLaughlin -- Tokyo City Girl
I dunno that anyone else will like this but it's my fave...
Exclusively for musicians whose careers began in the 21st century.
Sheena Ringo's Hi Izuru Tokoro [The Land Of The Rising Sun] from 2014. I think the whole album is great. Well her first single was released in 1998 and her career took off in 1999 but I'm gonna let that slide. Now she's one...
The musical style called fusion lasted only a few years in the West but caught on in Japan. I supposed that's natural for a nation whose symbol is a fusion-fueled fireball. The exponents were T Square and Cassiopeia, which are getting pretty old but still doing it. Their influence was mostly...
My daughter Lisha just released a single ‘Life Before Death’. If you are into soulful music with deep lyrics, would strongly encourage not to miss this one. You could click on the link below to listen to the song in your preferred platform.
(Also there’s a lyrics video (YouTube) button in the...
Randy Meisner 1946-2023
Bassist and founder member of the Eagles died last week.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/27/randy-meisner-the-eagles-dies#:~:text=Randy%20Meisner%2C%20a%20founding%20member%20of%20the%20Eagles%2C%20has%20died,Eagles%20said%20in%20a%20statement.
This was an advanced system at the time (1973), my first programming job. Multiple HP 2100 mini-computers (1 is HP 2116), each computer mult-tasking, a database server for 160 users at the time I left the company. Underneath each mini-computers is a 10 MB hard drive used to queue messages...
I did not want to bump max in biology, so I stuck this here.
So, my dilemma.
I have a short time to learn 14 tracks, specifically for an Ozzy/Dio Sabbath tribute on drums.
It is not that I have never played these live or never played them at all, my problem is I do not know the tracks!
So...
A better forum for this should be in an entirely different one, not PF, but dedicated to music.
Some pieces of music with different titles but from the same artist seem essentially the same music/or song but just different names. I believe I found two examples:
Spudnik, and Surf Rider (Nokie...
I can't tolerate anything with a dominant quarter note bass drum. It makes me feel like a galley slave.
Dammit, it's supposed to start at 2:08. It used to work....
Any pet peeves out there?
I like to mix together dance with other music. What I've discovered that there are three cases. Sometimes it looks perfectly natural even though the tempos and beats have no relation to one another at all. Other times it is necessary to change tempo so that there is a simple ratio like 4/3...
Our brains are apparently musically happy when different individual notes are harmonically related to each other.
In our music system, the fundamental frequencies of the different notes on a musical instrument such as the piano or the guitar are related to each other in such a way as to allow...
We lost another great icon of the 1960's: Judith Durham of The Seekers
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/judith-durham-the-seekers-australia-singer-dead-obit-1393839/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Durham
Most famous song was Georgy Girl:
and my two favorites: It Doesn't...
Hi there. I start my final year of my computer science degree this September and, alongside other modules, will do an independent final year project. I have not had very much CS experience outside my degree so I am a bit unsure what would be feasible for me while not being too trivial such that...
Best music ever. Four genres.
Classical:
JS Bach “Air On A G String” in the original key -- Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra
Country:
Jed Zeppelin -- Workingman’s Blues [Merle Haggard]...
I saw a pretty fun question on Facebook regarding nine deceased musical artists.
This poll is simply about which artist of these you would by a ticket to a concert with, if you could.
You can only choose one!
The artists are (left to right, top to bottom):
Bob Marley, Prince, David Bowie...
What a combination.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mit-scientists-help-spiders-make-music/
Or if you don't want to read the article, here is a link to the video at the end:
Hello All
You may be aware of Queen's song '39 where the effects of time dilation are key to the plot.
Quote:
For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year
Your mother's eyes, from your eyes, cry to me
Presumably the lyrics were influenced by Brian May's studies in maths and...
When I watch videos of directors beginning a musical performance, I usually cannot tell how they designate a particular instant of time when the musicians are supposed to start playing. Perhaps each conductor has his own habits and the musicians must get used to them? Or perhaps the director...
Hi,
My daughter's first ever song, titled 'Confined' got published on Spotify/YouTube and few other websites. She did the complete work by herself, including lyrics, music, singing, guitar and Piano. Would like to request all of you to please support her by listening/subscribing to the song and...