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Thread #112851   Message #2395044
Posted By: GUEST,Neil D
22-Jul-08 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: What is Folk? Is RAP the NEw Folk?
Subject: RE: What is Folk? Is RAP the NEw Folk?
Several people have said that RAP is not music. I had a music theory professor with a PhD who defined music as simply: noise within structure. Rap may well be non-melodic. Much of the Avant-garde music of the 20th century, Schoenberg, Glass etc., isn't very melodic, but is generally considered to be music. You can hate it if you want. I hate most of what comes out of Nashville these days but I wouldn't say "That's not music".