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Re: Definition of Music

Author: Luuk ★2017
Date: 2019-03-05 12:55

Regarding the inclusion of 'sound' in the definition of music: please note that there are special 'concerts' for deaf people. Heavy bass and percussion amplified at high levels can be felt physically, as we all know. Totally deaf people can dance on those occasions.
The audience does not hear anything, but they nevertheless call the experience 'music'. The sense of sound is not involved.

I tend to define music as 'vibrations creating emotions'. In the traditional sense a 'producer' (composer/creator/performer, further called 'composer') is involved, and an audience. Please note that music is also possible when only one person is involved: the role of composer and listener may be combined. Also aleatoric sounds, or sounds from nature (bird songs) may create emotions in listeners (no composer involved).

In the traditional setting the feelings and emotions felt by the audience are those intended by the composer. This is a form of communication, and thus a social or cultural construct. For this to work there needs to be some common ground. If composer and audience share the same culture this may work very well. But if the only thing they have in common is that they are both human, than the emotions created may not be what the composer intended.

Anger or confusion are feelings that may be intended by the composer, but may also arise from a lack of common ground between composer and listener.

Not all listeners are the same. There is no need to appreciate all 'vibrations' a composer may come up with. The question is if a composition creates the intended emotions only in a few (or no) people, has this composition then failed? Or has it not found the 'right' audience yet?

Regards,

Luuk
Philips Symphonic Band
The Netherlands

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