Originally Posted by dannyrug
The Music Theory states that music is composed of pitch, beat or pulse, rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, allocation of voices, timbre or color, expressive qualities (dynamics and articulation), and form or structure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory
Alone based on that, rap does fit the criteria for music. There is pitch, beat or pulse, rhythm, etc...
It really does depend on the artist, but it seems that you are generalizing all rap artist. Some rappers add more to their songs than others. If you are going off of the mainstream hip-hop/rap that you hear on the radio, most, but not all of the songs contain these fundamentals.
Off the record, what is your definition of music Wight.
No. The fuck? Rhythm and Poetry does not have pitch, beat, and pulse. RaP Music does, but that's a different genre. RaP does not.
It seems that you are trying to classify something as something it is not.
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Originally Posted by Templar
No. The fuck? Rhythm and Poetry does not have pitch, beat, and pulse. RaP Music does, but that's a different genre. RaP does not.
It seems that you are trying to classify something as something it is not.
This really confused me because I thought by RaP you meant Rap.
It took me like, ten minutes to realize it meant Rhythm and Poetry.
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Originally Posted by Templar
Rhythm and Poetry
That is not the correct name for the genre. It is a backronym.
Originally Posted by Wight
That is not the correct name for the genre. It is a backronym.
Right, It seems as I was wrong there. But it also says on that page that rapping is a form of speech, and it makes a separation between rapping and Rap music. Just as there is a difference between Jazz poetry and Jazz Music, there is a difference between Rap and Rap music, as far as my new found understanding goes.
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Originally Posted by Templar
No. The fuck? Rhythm and Poetry does not have pitch, beat, and pulse. RaP Music does, but that's a different genre. RaP does not.
It seems that you are trying to classify something as something it is not.
Rapping can be traced back to its African roots. Centuries before hip hop music existed, the griots of West Africa were delivering stories rhythmically, over drums and sparse instrumentation. (Wiki)
This song is "rap"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yv6p0RaqAc
Pitch, beat, and pulse are all evident here. This is #1 on billboard for rap music currently, along with the song Timber by Pitbull and Kesha. Rap is considered music according to the theory.
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