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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Blog post 3

There has been some dispute over the meaning of sound terms. I think it was set straight that noise is an audible vibration that may or may not be heard. A sound is an audible vibration that is heard. Silence is the absence of sound and noise. Music is something beyond organized sound.


The dictionary defines noise as an undesired sound, which contradicts our definition. I'm sure everyone's heard the phrase, "that's not music, it's noise." This raises the question: Can something considered music objectively, not be music subjectively? If a piece of music is undesirable to an individual, does that mean that it is subjectively noise? This can apply to art as well, some think that a urinal is not art, but a piece of junk in an art museum. That was not art until Duchamp labeled it so. So, is something only music when the composer calls it music?

I'll leave you with the questions: Can something considered music objectively, not be music subjectively? Is something only music when the composer calls it so?

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