Originally Posted by DC Ron
The "this is non-music" boundary your reference is real (I believe) but not universal. My dad didn't think rock music was music. He was sincere, and I respect him deeply, but I think he was wrong. I think free form jazz is music, but a lot of people don't. I get it. I'll just be me. FWIW, I think Yoko makes noise, not music. But she has fans, so...

It's a matter of taste.

I do think the "edge" feature has a lot of merit.

In school, I was taught, to be music, it needs all 3 of these — melody, harmony, and rhythm.

An example was a bird's song. It could be pleasant and beautiful, it could have melody, and even rhythm, but without harmony, it's not music. Another is Gregorian chant.

If the music has melody, harmony and rhythm, and I don't care for it, that doesn't mean it's not music. It means it's music for someone else.

I like my music to be predictable most of the time but with nice surprises mixed in. I like themes and/or motif development, as that adds interest to me. I think melody is important, probably because my primary instrument is saxophone. Too much repetition bores me, as it becomes too predictable. I also like a release from the tonic key somewhere in the song. Too much of the same becomes too predictable, too.

But that's just me. My tastes are my tastes, and I don't pretend to be the sole arbiter of good taste.

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