OK, you started this one, so you can answer it first - how DO you define music?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Daley Sent: 31 March 2006 18:27 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: RE: [Finale] music literacy Was that ovary, or overly? Is subliminal thought coming into play here ;-) >It was only a few weeks ago I was chatting with a couple of high school >music teachers, about how farcical it is that the topic of 'protest >songs' is almost always taught without any reference to any rap music. >And how the curriculum avoids rap music entirely, with the only reason >we could see being that too many people shy away from the subject matter >(even though similarly-controversial topics get tackeld in drama, >English, art,...) Is "rap" music? I don't think so, only in the way that African drum beats are music. To which I would vote "no" . Maybe we need to back up another step and define "music"? Phil Daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
