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Music is not a sport

  • January 6, 2022
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You might call it virtuosity …

You might call it shredding …

I call it a big turn off.

Why? Because music is not a sport.

It’s meant to sound good, creating in us a pleasurable emotional response.

When music gets too fast, the melody line becomes unintelligible and the harmonies just blur. It becomes an exhibition of skill, not an artistic performance.

So, while I may be jealous of the mechanical skill, I am not jealous of the overall effect.

Just to be clear, music is definitely NOT a sport!


For the record, Pope John XXII issued a Papal Bull in the middle of the 1300s speaking out against depraved compositions that were ‘pestered with notes of small value’. Clearly, he lost that battle.

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