music
Let an agent explain music as an art and practice, describe its elements, genres and traditions, support learning, listening and creating music, and describe its social, cultural and economic dimensions.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain music as an art and practice, describe its elements, genres and traditions, support learning, listening and creating music, and describe its social, cultural and economic dimensions.
The art of arranging sound in time through elements such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre and texture, produced by voice, instruments and electronic means, encompassing composition, performance, improvisation and listening across traditions and genres from folk and classical to popular and experimental forms such as minimal music; music is a universal human practice studied in musicology, theory, psychology and ethnomusicology, and a major cultural industry.
What it is for: The art of organised sound.
It can be explain elements and genres; describe traditions; support learning and creating; describe social dimensions.
Distinguishing features
Temporal art
Universal practice
Diverse traditions
Composition and performance
What it looks like
Not physical; sound organised in time.
How it is recognised
Organised sound in time
Pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre
Noise and speech are sound without musical organisation; dance is movement
Related models
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In practice
Families and kinds
classical and art music traditions
folk and traditional music
popular music genres
jazz and improvised music
experimental and electronic music
Standards and regulation
Copyright and performing rights
Music education curricula
Broadcasting and licensing rules
Failure modes and hazards
Eurocentric framing
Copyright infringement
Hearing damage from loud music
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.music-3
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What music is.
Art.
Elements
Elements.
Elements
Elements.
- What are the elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, harmony, timbre and form, and how do traditions organise them? definition
- Which entry fits music theory? action
Traditions
Traditions and genres.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do musical traditions and genres differ around the world, described in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific genre or tradition? action
Do Learning and making.
Practice.
Learn
Learning music.
Learn
Learning.
- How can someone learn an instrument, singing, theory or composition? action
- Which entry fits music education? action
Create
Composing and producing.
Create
Creating.
- How are pieces composed, arranged, recorded and produced? action
- Which entry fits music production? action
Society Music and society.
Context.
Culture
Music in culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How does music function in ritual, identity, politics and everyday life, and how do scholars describe this? provenance
- Is the presentation free of cultural bias? boundary
Industry
Industry and rights.
Industry
Industry.
- How does the music industry work, and how are rights and royalties managed? provenance
- Which entry fits copyright? action
Learn History and science.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How has music developed across periods and regions, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Science
Science of music.
Science
Science.
- What do acoustics, psychology and neuroscience say about music? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each genre be a separate entry?
- How should musicology resources be linked?
- How should traditions be represented in their own terms?