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Though in a certain sense music might be thought of as one of the purely entertainment-providing forms of art, essentially direct and sensory in its appeal to listeners, as opposed to an artwork with essential visual or narrative elements, the way in which music is understood and quantified by formal systems of academic analysis and the informal habits of fans is far from being unselfconscious or completely intuitive. Sorting and understanding the different types of music that are in existence is a task that is heavily conditioned by both currents of thought in existence in intellectual culture and social practices and rituals governing the circumstances under which music is made into something of use by its listeners. Music scholars who have departed from the strictly technical means through compositions are created and performed have often looked at the ways in which types of music are created, not only for the purpose of providing classifications for newly formed genres, but also for inquiring into the basis for recognizing differences between types of music and drawing value judgments from such observations. One such important distinction often made by both serious scholars and casual enthusiasts in that made between types of music consists … Continue reading