A thought comes to my mind...or I should say a question. What is music? Is it the sound of random vibrations coming out of a person or object? If yes, then what about the chirping of birds and thunderstorms? Is it the smooth flow of miscellaneous tones? Then what about the soothing sound of a flowing river? Is it the progressions on Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian or Locrian? Then what about the soulful voice of a singer? Is it something you like? Something that soothes your mind? Then what about thrash? Ain't that music? Is it something that just enters your heart through your ears? What about wishes, criticisms and random talks? Its not good. Its not bad. Its definitely not something you like. Not something that you hate. Not something you appreciate. Not something you despise. So what is music?
Music, is a companion for your mood. Its not just noises coming out of a body or object. Its the phenomenon perceived by your senses. A long silence is sometimes more melodic than a musical note. Raindrops are more "in harmony" than a choir. The rustling of leaves and the shriek of the wind is more mysterious, maybe terrifying, than a dark passage of music. The sound of waves lashing the shore is more soothing than a soulful song. Even the most random noises can be more like music to someone. It all depends on the mood. Thoughts are a free-flowing river. Music can either be the land on the side that directs the flow or the land in between that perturbs it. Depends on you.
Music is not just chords, progressions coming out of instruments that sounds in tune, based on a fixed theory of scales, following a beat pattern, complimented by a voice. Its something deeper than that. Something more abstract. And that something is hard to describe.... A purely subjective experience! "Music, is a visible thing. Close your eyes. Then you will see." Discover it for yourself.
Music, is a companion for your mood. Its not just noises coming out of a body or object. Its the phenomenon perceived by your senses. A long silence is sometimes more melodic than a musical note. Raindrops are more "in harmony" than a choir. The rustling of leaves and the shriek of the wind is more mysterious, maybe terrifying, than a dark passage of music. The sound of waves lashing the shore is more soothing than a soulful song. Even the most random noises can be more like music to someone. It all depends on the mood. Thoughts are a free-flowing river. Music can either be the land on the side that directs the flow or the land in between that perturbs it. Depends on you.
Music is not just chords, progressions coming out of instruments that sounds in tune, based on a fixed theory of scales, following a beat pattern, complimented by a voice. Its something deeper than that. Something more abstract. And that something is hard to describe.... A purely subjective experience! "Music, is a visible thing. Close your eyes. Then you will see." Discover it for yourself.
To the reader: All objections pertain to the question "What is NOT music" and not "What is music?". I hope you'll understand the difference.
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