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> There are two types of music: classical and folk. I don't think that's a useful distinction at all. "Folk" music is music made by "the people" -- that is, no
by JohnFen 2y ago
> There are two types of music: classical and folk.
I don't think that's a useful distinction at all. "Folk" music is music made by "the people" -- that is, not professional musicians. There is a lot of music aside from classical that doesn't have folk music roots to any greater degree than classical music does -- and even classical music has roots in folk music, as all music does if you go back far enough.
- taylodl 2y agoI'll simplify it further: classical music features musicians having sheet music and music stands, maybe even a conductor. Folk music doesn't. I think the irony here is you don't think that's a very useful distinction, which I think is what the article is getting at: even with this definition of classical music you may feel you don't know what classical music actually is. The whole distinction isn't that it's a kind of music, it's a process for creating, scoring, and playing music. Meaning from a pure music standpoint, there really isn't a distinction at all.