The video about John Cage and the reading got me thinking about what constitutes music. In the video about John Cage, he looks at music very differently than most people probably do. The song he performed with some random household items and a few out of the ordinary items could be classified as just noise to many. I found it interesting ,and I would never have thought of it as music. He had to keep exact time so it sounded the way he wanted it to. It looked like he put a lot of thought into it. It was very creative and gave me a new way to look at music. In the reading, it said that only human made sounds could be considered music. I disagree because some animals like birds make beautiful sounds, and I would classify them as music. They are not just noise; they actually have some kind of rhythm. What is thought of as music differs from person to person. Someone might believe that something is music, while another person completely disagrees. There could be some cultural differences as well. As the class goes on, I think it will be interesting to learn more about how music came to be and why people have different opinions about what constitutes music.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Blog 2: Music
The video about John Cage and the reading got me thinking about what constitutes music. In the video about John Cage, he looks at music very differently than most people probably do. The song he performed with some random household items and a few out of the ordinary items could be classified as just noise to many. I found it interesting ,and I would never have thought of it as music. He had to keep exact time so it sounded the way he wanted it to. It looked like he put a lot of thought into it. It was very creative and gave me a new way to look at music. In the reading, it said that only human made sounds could be considered music. I disagree because some animals like birds make beautiful sounds, and I would classify them as music. They are not just noise; they actually have some kind of rhythm. What is thought of as music differs from person to person. Someone might believe that something is music, while another person completely disagrees. There could be some cultural differences as well. As the class goes on, I think it will be interesting to learn more about how music came to be and why people have different opinions about what constitutes music.
The video about John Cage and the reading got me thinking about what constitutes music. In the video about John Cage, he looks at music very differently than most people probably do. The song he performed with some random household items and a few out of the ordinary items could be classified as just noise to many. I found it interesting ,and I would never have thought of it as music. He had to keep exact time so it sounded the way he wanted it to. It looked like he put a lot of thought into it. It was very creative and gave me a new way to look at music. In the reading, it said that only human made sounds could be considered music. I disagree because some animals like birds make beautiful sounds, and I would classify them as music. They are not just noise; they actually have some kind of rhythm. What is thought of as music differs from person to person. Someone might believe that something is music, while another person completely disagrees. There could be some cultural differences as well. As the class goes on, I think it will be interesting to learn more about how music came to be and why people have different opinions about what constitutes music.
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