It's interesting a discussion, what defines music. You would be tempted to say it's melodic, but you can have some amazing percussion that is very much nothing to do with pitch sequences. You could say an instrument is key, but some of the best music is purely vocal- singing a cappella for instance. Heck, birdsong is often musical.... yet it doesn't quite fit in a nice neat box. It's very tricky to quantify music, but I think it's better represented by what it does to the recipient. After all, what one person may call Music, another might call Turn Down That Bleeding Noise. It's totally subjective, but I think music should resonate with something within you. Some people might go as so far sa to say it touches your soul (though I find that a bit precocious). Regardless, it's a sound you'd want to listen to again and again, and you'd often find out something new about it (or, possibly, yourself) each time you pay it heed. You can't say the same thing about a car alarm.
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Date: 2012-04-25 08:28 pm (UTC)Rob//Gryffindor