Antimusic
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any form of music that defies convention to such a degree that some people would not recognise it as musical. uncountable, usually
"[…] the current vogue, on the internet, for creating “black midi” files using software to create musical performances with literally millions of notes being played […] is unlikely to appeal to the general listener and we should probably consider it a deviant case of anti-music made for frivolous purposes rather than any kind of polemic."
- 1 Opposing music. not-comparable
"In other words, the lack of musical ritual in Canada cannot be understood as yet another case of Muslim antimusic sentiment."
Example
More examples"[…] the current vogue, on the internet, for creating “black midi” files using software to create musical performances with literally millions of notes being played […] is unlikely to appeal to the general listener and we should probably consider it a deviant case of anti-music made for frivolous purposes rather than any kind of polemic."
Etymology
From anti- + music.
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