Definition of music?

[keyb0ardfweak]

post your own definition of music..

My definition: music is the air we breath, without it we would die.


Post also if you want comparing other music genres...some may think that punk is not music, that metal is only full of repeated riffs or so on and so forth...

[general disarray]

post your own definition of music..

My definition: music is the air we breath, without it we would die.


Post also if you want comparing other music genres...some may think that punk is not music, that metal is only full of repeated riffs or so on and so forth...

That's too loose:  you could also be defining oxygen.

Better:  Music is organized noise.

[Essyne]

Passion. The Passions that are too extreme to merely SAY are Music.

But, on another level, I think that Music is synonymous to Life. Look around you; everything you see is functioning on its own Rhythm, its own Frequency, its own Pitch. It truly amazes me (but that is off topic).

[retrouvailles]

Better:  Music is organized noise.

Even that definition is slightly flawed, given that there is a lot of music out there that isn't organized and is still accepted to be music. My definition: intentionally made noise made by organic substances such as humans.

[db05]

Music is resonant noise. "Music to my ears" could be anything, it simply means it resonates with you. Like, music is in the ear of the beholder.

[general disarray]

Even that definition is slightly flawed, given that there is a lot of music out there that isn't organized and is still accepted to be music. My definition: intentionally made noise made by organic substances such as humans.

Is the "music of the spheres," then, unintentional and therefore not music?  Are the errant strains of the "Aeolian Harp," then, not music?

Are my Soul's unintentional yearnings, then, not music?   

[rc]

Even that definition is slightly flawed, given that there is a lot of music out there that isn't organized and is still accepted to be music. My definition: intentionally made noise made by organic substances such as humans.

Like a fart?  I used to know a kid who would get such resonance by farting on the gymnasium floor...  I was always waiting for him to crap himself...

How 'bout just expression in sound?

dang, that could be a fart too...

[Petter]

music is the sh*t

[tds]

music is music. thank you

[goldentone]

We need to take noise out of the definition.  Music is not noise.

[keyb0ardfweak]

hmmmm..

i think I agree more with what disarray said.."music is organized noise. Cuz when there's silence, there's no more noise. However..I remember reading that schumman or someone else considered silence as music..dnt remember..XD

We need to take noise out of the definition.  Music is not noise.

So what's your definition?
noise is sound..at least I think so

[retrouvailles]

Ok, here is a revised definition:

Music - it cannot be defined.

[communist]

magic sound 

[arensky]

Sounds in time organized or framed that convey abstract ideas and (in my opinion should) provide emotional catharsis.

It can be trite or profound and just about anything in between. This is a weighty subject that can be debated endlessly, if one has the time.

[Bob]

Human organized sound

or Human understanding of a group of sound

[Bob]

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,21255.0.html

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,16680.0.html

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,2925.0.html

[goldentone]

hmmmm..

i think I agree more with what disarray said.."music is organized noise. Cuz when there's silence, there's no more noise. However..I remember reading that schumman or someone else considered silence as music..dnt remember..XD

So what's your definition?
noise is sound..at least I think so

Just because noise is sound, and music is sound, it does not follow that music is noise.
I think organization is a part of what music is.  Ultimately, I believe music is a spiritual thing, and what it actually is reaches beyond our present perceptions.

[cherub_rocker1979]

There was a man walking into a music store.  A woman who was playing the piano stops and asks the man, "Do you like music."  He says, "Very much, but it doesn't matter, keep playing."

[m]

Music is something everybody knows exactly what it is, but nobody can define.

[pianogeek_cz]

Marik nailed it again.

But I think that the more interesting question is: where does music happen? Is it just the mechanics and/or biology, measurable and quantifiable and all, or does it happen somewhere -else-, too? This question has been bugging me for quite some time...

[aewanko]

According to the "most reliable" source a.k.a. the Internet:

Music:
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner.


I think the definition should be left blank in the dictionary.

[lucylucy]

I really love this song ! and i think it answer to the question :


From all the drugs the one i like more is music
From all the junks the one i need more is music
From all the boys the one i take home is music
From all the ladies the one i kiss is music (muah!)

Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music is my imaginary friend
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress

From all the sh*t the one i gotta buy is music
From all the jobs the one i choose is music
From all the drinks the one i get drunk is music
From all the bitches the one i wannabe is music

Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my kingsize bed
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my back rub
Music is where i'd like you to touch

[pianochick93]

That last verse is somewhat questionable...especially coming from someone your age.

[lucylucy]

That last verse is somewhat questionable...especially coming from someone your age.

Oh WAKE UPPPP !
i'm not a poor girl who didn't know anything of life ! And why is it "questionable for someone of my age" ?! Just because u said it ?! 
You're sooo...ugly in your mind ! Come on ! we are in 21 century.... 

[tds]

er, so lucylucy, ur no longer a emm,..nevermind

luvly, btw, u want me to rub ur back?

[lucylucy]

er, so lucylucy, ur no longer a emm,..nevermind

luvly, btw, u want me to rub ur back?

"rub my back" ? what does it means ?

[cherub_rocker1979]

"rub my back" ? what does it means ?

He wants to give you a massage!

[concerto_love]

"rub my back" ? what does it means ?

maybe becoz he's the spa manager... 

[pianochick93]

maybe becoz he's the spa manager... 

Operative word is maybe...

[lucylucy]

He wants to give you a massage!

Well no thanks, i'm ok