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Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence. Elements of sound in music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, structure, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and sub-genres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music can be classified as a performing art, a fine art, or an auditory art form.

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Are women and men on different tracks when it comes to their favourite music? (Times Online)
Does knowing what amp Paul McCartney used on Sgt. Pepper enhance the experience? Or is the epitome of pop a packed dancefloor and the opening chords to Dancing Queen ? The BBC’s head of pop has divided households by declaring that men listen to music on an intellectual level while women respond from the heart.

Concert review: Chamber-music series makes auspicious debut at MacPhail Center (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, including music director Osmo Vänskä, played a rich and varied program, including a thriller by Osvaldo Golijov.

Apna music money money (Hindustan Times)
If the fees for movie directors are rocking, so are the charges for music composer. The Rs 1 crore-plus charge for a film is no longer rare. But most film producers feel that the sky high prices are unjustified, given that the sale of music rights no longer fetch substantial prices in the market.

Everyone will focus on content and quality this year (Express India)
You have seen them on TV-music reality shows. Now you can even hear them on radio. Radio City 91.1 FM has just launched RC Live, a nation-wide hunt for India's best Hindi band.

iBand Plays Music on iPhones For Real (Video) (MobileMag)
You've surely seen some of the music apps for the Apple iPhone, but these have largely been designed for an individual experience. Appropriately named iBand, this is the first iPhone band, coming together to play real music using these specialized applications.