I, for one, am indeed ready to, well, not so much redefine music as
allow for the possibility that it could simply be random note patterns
generated by a machine. I believe this has, in fact, been done. I'll
concede that I am a big fan of John Cage, and will often work chance
music into the aesthetics units my Humanities class. Questions along
the lines of "What is music?" can lead to so many differing opinions,
and so much rich conversation.
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Keith E Gatling <keith@gatling.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Ernest Koe <ernestkoe@gmail.com> wrote:
> I found them to be an amusing musical toy, but are we really ready to
> redefine music as simply being random note patterns generated by a machine?
> Do we ever want to? What about melody and harmony? What about theme and
> variation? What about the beauty of a live performance by trained musicians?
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