Re: [linux-audio-user] Thesis: Playing and making music

Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 05:44:30AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
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>> Ascribing "art" as a qualifier to any endeavor simply reduces the
>> accuracy and meaning of the term.
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> Very true. The only result of trying to dilute or shift the
> meaning of a word to make it fit your ideas, is that if you
> succeed, dictionaries will need to be revised.
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Very false. ;-)

Actually, the term 'art' has always been used also, and even more, in
the sense of 'skill' or 'craft' for a long time. The art of making
bread, for instance, deserves the same respect of the art of making music.

c.

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