Klarinet Archive - Posting 000719.txt from 1996/02

From: John Roman <JohnARoman@-----.COM>
Subj: What is Music?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 11:45:55 -0500

In a reply to the thread on "rap music", Lisa Oberlander wrote:

<<Heavy metal is not my cup of tea, but everyone has different taste buds.
Maybe the discussion of it doesn't belong here, but to say that heavy metal
is the lowest form of music is a little like saying that salmon are the
lowest form of fish because I don't like salmon. I'm sure that salmon
lovers would disagree>>

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I can't believe that this thread has lasted as long as it has on this list
(for a variety of reasons). O.K., O.K., it's my opinion, but...
1. It has nothing to do music.
2. It has nothing to do with the clarinet.
3. Am I missing something or is there really a relationship between "rap"
and "heavy metal", as if either of them belong on this list in the first
place.

Somewhere, in my formative years (that's many, many, many years ago), I
learned that music is comprised of four elements; melody, harmony, rhythm,
and form. I considered all of the music with which I was then familiar and
decided that the subject was closed. Never again would I lie awake at night
contemplating that age old question; "What is music?"

All right. My mind is again open. Let's have some current "politically
correct" definitions. I would hate to think that I went to my grave without
knowing the truth.

John Roman