MU158 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Music Therapy, Universal Property
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Music is the art of organizing sounds in time. Might look at objective attributes of the musical product itself. Define music according to structural or organizational relationships within and between sounds and other temporal events. Might look at how physical, objective attributes of sound are experienced by listener or musician. Look at origins of music in each culture. Look at commonalities in musical experiences across cultures. Define music according to its shared or universal properties. Might look at roles and functions of music in society. Define it in terms of its collective significance. Compare music to language communication and other art modalities. Define it according to its uniqueness while also establishing aesthetic criteria for the arts. A musicians understanding of music comes through direct and personal involvement in the processes of creating, re-creating and listening to music. It is the musician who understands what is most essential to music and the music experience.
