Yep I see what you're saying mate. Kind of the opposite of the statement I made. Instrument as a voice rather than voice as an instrument.

I wouldn't want to sing along with it though. Who knows what garbage would fall from my lips.

I could while away a good half hour humming the melody though.

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No no and no

for me it's the melody, energy and dynamic

cheers

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It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting - paulo coelho

To the guys who think that a song isn't a song without lyrics you are missing out on some fabulous melodies both from the classical and modern eras.Beethoven's beautiful Moonlight Sonata,Mozart's Adagio from his Violin Concerto No. 3 in D,Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1 Opus No.6 to name a few from the classical era.Santana's Samba Pa Ti and Jimi's Pali Gap are 2 fairly contemporary songs that have beautiful melodies yet no lyrics.In just acknowledging songs with lyrics as listenable you are depriving yourselves of listening to some of the most beautiful melodies ever written.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

And The Ventures and Booker T and the MGs.

But still, you can't sing em....

Don't you guys over there understand the difference between an instrumental piece of music and a song?









Nowhere can you find it to mean an instrumental piece of music.

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No no and no

why so serious?

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In any of this I dident here anyone say That music is not music without lyrics. I simply said that to me music is not a song without lyrics. A song is for singing/Vocalising. and no kidding, don't take it so seriously.
----Danny,

No Arjay: There not so much chopped Liver. There all Beautiful pieces of instrumental music and I love them all.

The answer to this Thread's question is entirely subjective, just on the basis that from the previous posts, the actual definition of music on a personal level, isn't clearly defined.

Music for myself encompasses a wide range, instrumental as well as vocal and a combination of both in an infinite array of musical ensembles.

Undeniably we listen to Music for it's direct influence to our emotions or moods.

If I listen to Hildegard Von Bingen's ( 1098-1179 ) " Canticles of Ecstasy " by Sequentia this will evoke a completely different feeling than listening to Ry Cooder's " My Name is Buddy "
Or Natalie Macmaster's " In my Hands " will be another level from listening to Anne Sophie Mutter's " Mozart Violin Sonata's ".
Yet the Stones " Exile On Main Street " is another world when juxtaposed to Al Petteway's " Dream Guitar's Vol I

As Far as contemporary music in today's bands recordings, it would be few and far between if any. So much is sequenced and digitally enhanced that I have to search to find a band that is actually unaltered. The main reason why I prefer to go to a small venue and hear a local band or at least not so well known rather than a top act in a large setting

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Thanks for the info EgFryer.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

For me listening to music is always about the structure and the chord and melody progressions and the emotive expressions and artistry in the playing of the instruments. I look for how the music moves me. I rarely even learn the lyrics to a song let alone consider them the most important aspect. I'd be willing to bet I only know the lyrics to about 350 or 400 songs or so off by heart and most of those are only because I've played them publicly at one time or another so I had to learn them. That's out of the probably tens of thousands of songs I've heard in my lifetime. Lyrics are what I hear last once I'm finished disecting and analyzing and feeling the musical content and arrangement and sonic texture.

I'm thinking it's possible that may be a right brain, left brain issue.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

1 Food for Thought
2 Salvation for the Soul
3 Bounce for the Balls
4 Fire for the Imagination
5 Hope for the Downtrodden
6 Affirmation of Life.....................or cos' it just feels so good to shake dem bones!

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all good and I thought too, it might very well be in our blood, our hearts keep the beat.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.