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definition of music: Encyclopedia II - Definition of music - Tripartite definition

"Music, often an art/entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino.1 It is often contrasted with noise. According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez: "The border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Celtic music

Celtic music is a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe. The term Celtic music may refer to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded popular music with only a superficial resemblance to folk styles of the Celtic peoples. Most typically, the term Celtic music is applied to the music of Ireland and Scotland, because both places have produced well-known distinctive styles which actually have genuine commonality and ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Music

Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized and audible sound, though definitions vary. Music - What is music?. Main article: Definitions of music Broadly, here are some groups of definitions: Those that define music as an external, physical fact, for example "organized sound", or as a specific type of perception Those that label it, according to context, as a social construction or subjective experience Those tha ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. The extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. In the 1970s, Larry Norman was a popular Christian rock musician who challenged a view held by some conservative Christians (predominantly fundamentalists) that rock music was anti-Christian. One of his songs, "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?", summarized his attitude and his quest to pioneer Christian rock music. Such attitudes toward n ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Absolute pitch

Absolute pitch, widely referred to as perfect pitch, refers to the ability to identify a note by name without the benefit of a reference note, or to be able to produce a note (as in singing) that is the correct pitch without reference. Absolute pitch - Definition. Absolute pitch has been defined as "the ability to attach labels to isolated auditory stimuli on the basis of pitch alone" (Ward and Burns, 1982). A person with absolute pitch will be able to, at minimum, know when a piece is ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - New Age

The term New Age describes a broad movement of late twentieth century and contemporary Western culture, characterised by an individual eclectic approach to spiritual exploration. Collectively, New Age has some attributes of an emergent religion, but is currently a loose network of spiritual teachers, healers, and seekers. The movement is most visible where its ideas are traded—for example in specialist bookshops, music stores, and New Age fairs. The name "New Age" also refers to the market segment in which its goods and servi ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Weapons of mass destruction

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) generally include nuclear, biological, chemical and, increasingly, radiological weapons. The term first arose in 1937 in reference to the mass destruction of Guernica, Spain, by aerial bombardment. Following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and progressing through the Cold War, the term came to refer more to non-conventional weapons. The terms ABC, NBC, and CBRN have been used synonymously with WMD, although nuclear weapons have the greatest capacity to cause mass destruction. The phrase entered popular usage in rel ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia - Untuned percussion

This term refers to percussion instruments that have no definite pitch; they are usually meant for rhythmic purposes. Although it is true that untuned percussion instruments feature in most forms of music and are, arguably, the first form of musical instrument, they are to this day not usually intended to be used as the main focus of most sorts of music. They tend to be used for rhythmic purposes, or else for sound effects (i.e. the cannon shot in the 1812 ...

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definition of music: Encyclopedia II - Definition of music - Music as language

Many definitions of music implicitly hold that music is a communicative activity which conveys to the listener moods, emotions, thoughts, impressions, or philisophical, sexual, or political concepts or positions. "Musical language" may be used to mean style or genre, while music may be treated as language without being called such, as in Fred Lerdahl or others' analysis of musical grammar. Levi R. Bryant defines music not as a language, but as a marked-based, prob ...

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