Definition of music

Defining music is as difficult as defining art or anything. It is a problem that has been tackled at various times by philosophers, lexicographers, composers, teachers, semioticians or semiologists, linguists and other scientists, students, and various other musicians. The word has been used to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing how a piece is to be performed (as in sheet music) to any organized sound(s). The question of what the art form called music actually consists of is something that is still debated today.

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Music - Art - Philosophers - Lexicographers - Composer - Teacher - Semioticians - Linguists - Musician - Sheet music

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Note that not all human activity that may or may not be defined as music can or must be defined as music, if any at all.

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The elements of music often have an implicit concept of time, pitch, and energy. The prescence or lack of these elements can be used to classify music. They can be organized into units with interrelated rhythm, harmony, and melody. Organizing musical sound is part of composition and improvisation. Music can invoke or convey a sense of motion in time.

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Sound - Composition - Improvisation

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