Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Musician
An individual who stands out due to his or her talent in performing, expressing, and understanding of music of any genre based on how well he or she can read music, his or her knowledge of music theory, his or her performance skills, and how well he or she expresses the music that is written.
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Knowledge of music theory- does the person have to be very smart in that area to be considered a musician? Very good cause you can argue.
ReplyDeleteThis could be arguable since a musician can perform, express, and understand music in only a few genres. People can also argue that you can be a good performer, but have written a terrible song and have no knowledge on music theory.
ReplyDeleteThis could be arguable because a lot of people who are considered musicians today are bound by one genre, are bad performers etc. It contracts the number of people that are considered musicians. good definition and qualifiers.
ReplyDeleteVery good definition and very arguable! Not all people would say that a musician is someone who knows music theory.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever watched the movie Drum Line (so good)? But the main guy doesn't know how to read music and yet he's the best drummer! Do musicians really have to be able to read music? I doubt that when instruments were invented they also came up with the music scripts to read, so they played music without reading anything and yet were considered musicians.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely arguable. So are you saying that a musician who knows nothing about reading music, or music theory is not a musician...but can still produce beautiful music on the instrument they play? Many would argue they never learned sheet music or music theory but still make beautiful music.
ReplyDeleteThis can be argued very well. Someone could ask if a bad performer is still a musician, and good music is different for different people, so they might not find someone a musician when someone else does.
ReplyDeleteThis definition is debatable because it is specific, but the qualifiers are a little vague because they are on a scale. The 'how well' is subjective to each listener so maybe you should say 'can read music' versus 'how well he/she reads music.'
ReplyDeleteGreat definition, very specific. But do you have to know and do all those stuff to be a musician or just one of them, what if I was blind? and still played an instrument really well?
ReplyDeleteIn which way do you need to stand out? How far do you have to stand out? Do you stand out because you're good or because you're a horrible musician? What if someone can't read music but can improvise an advanced jazz quartet? Would they not be a musician? Many people might argue you don't need music theory because music is something that comes from the soul and can't be expressed by notes and paper.
ReplyDeleteThis is an arguable definition because some people think that their a musician because they listen to music a lot. This definitely draws the line of a musician and not a musician.
ReplyDeleteThis is an arguable definition because some could argue that a person could play music excellently with out having any musical background or knowledge of music theory.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very arguable definition because many individuals would consider themselves musicians even though they do not fit in your definition. Great qualifiers.
ReplyDeleteGood definition. You put many labels on being a musician that many musicians would disagree with, and that is why it is so good. It is very debatable. Well done.
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