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Re: [microsound] sound art / music
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- Subject: Re: [microsound] sound art / music
- From: john saylor <js0000@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:03:25 -0400
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hey
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:45 AM, g d <rupanama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> what is
> the difference between sound art and music?
well, i'll take a shot ... [gulp]
music is generally construed to include melody, meter, sometimes
harmony too. to [greatly over-] simplify, anything you can play on a
piano is music.
with electronics you are soon in an area that is unplayable on a
piano. so this leads to 'sound art'.
often a dichotomy is proposed:
music
vs.
noise
this does not help with electronics as noise can be a part of the
music [if you will ...]
so 'sound art' is better than noise. and this phrase also puts
electronics in the company of 'visual art' or 'literary art', ...
ymmv
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