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blastingas10 · 12-13-2011, 01:20 PM

I often listen to birds "singing" for musical inspiration. I like to pay attention to their phrasing, they're pretty good at it. However, I'm not sure if I would consider it music. In a broad sense, it certainly is music; but I think it qualifies as language. Birds have no other means of communication, "singing" is their language. If they communicated in a different manner, and then "sung" when they were trying to find a mate, then I would consider them as musicians. But as far as I know, their "singing" is their only means of communication so, that qualifies it is language IMO.

But isn't music a source of communication as well?

12-13-2011, 01:20 PM	#154 (permalink)
blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	I often listen to birds "singing" for musical inspiration. I like to pay attention to their phrasing, they're pretty good at it. However, I'm not sure if I would consider it music. In a broad sense, it certainly is music; but I think it qualifies as language. Birds have no other means of communication, "singing" is their language. If they communicated in a different manner, and then "sung" when they were trying to find a mate, then I would consider them as musicians. But as far as I know, their "singing" is their only means of communication so, that qualifies it is language IMO. But isn't music a source of communication as well? Last edited by blastingas10; 12-13-2011 at 01:26 PM.