music is always "abstract" To me, the difference between the atonal or serial music and traditional classical music is in the amount of structure or order (tha

music is always "abstract" To me, the difference between the atonal or serial music and traditional classical music is in the amount of structure or order (that I can recognize and process). Bach's or Chopin's music has a lot more of it than Schönberg's. Also, classical music feels "natural", and is pleasant to listen to (for the most part), while atonal music feels "artificial" or "weird", and for the most part is not pleasant.