wakeride74
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You got it! It fits one but not the other, that's where the question comes in.
And I am asking the question, that's what this was all about... getting opinions from people with various tastes while considering the "definitions".
I never made a statement that rap was not music, only that some of it lacks elements that are the "norm" in most other genre's.
I will say that most of it is not musical to my ears but this is my opinion which is subjective and people would say the same thing about any genre that they did not care for.
Originally Posted by Jasper994 No, the comma just separates the words giving them indivual meaning. If the definition read "melody, harmony, and rhythm", you'd be correct. The only problem there would be that a lot of other music forms would become non-music since they don't contain all three. There are for example, many forms of music that do not contain a sepcific rhythm. Others do not contain harmony. The thing is though, it doesn't. It reads "melody, harmony, or rhythm" signifying that it could be any one, any two, or all three. It does not necessarily fit the first definition, but that's why there are two; music can fit the first definition or the second. That aside, if you're not questioning whether rap is music or not, why ask the question. Rap is known as a music form, sure some people choose to ignore it and don't like it, but that doesn't make it non-music. |
You got it! It fits one but not the other, that's where the question comes in.
And I am asking the question, that's what this was all about... getting opinions from people with various tastes while considering the "definitions".
I never made a statement that rap was not music, only that some of it lacks elements that are the "norm" in most other genre's.
I will say that most of it is not musical to my ears but this is my opinion which is subjective and people would say the same thing about any genre that they did not care for.