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America's Cowboy said:
There is harmony, there is melody and there is rhythm in music. Rap only fulfills one of these, the rhythm section. There's not a lot of melody and there's not a lot of harmony. And thus, effectively, it is basically spoken rhythm.
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It doesn't say "and" it says "or", music doesn't need all three. Music is using sound to convey or express ideas or emotions and with any kind of art beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You can go back to guys like Ornette Coleman in the 50's abd 60's that kinda turned Jazz on it's head and abandoned harmonies and rhythm to embrace the core improvisational nature of jazz to let the artist play whatever notes he wanted to capture the feelings in that moment.

Not all music appeals to all people, but the beauty of music is you can find some kind of music that appeals and speaks to you.
 
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Roadtrip635 said:
It doesn't say "and" it says "or", music doesn't need all three. Music is using sound to convey or express ideas or emotions and with any kind of art beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You can go back to guys like Ornette Coleman in the 50's abd 60's that kinda turned Jazz on it's head and abandoned harmonies and rhythm to embrace the core improvisational nature of jazz to let the artist play whatever notes he wanted to capture the feelings in that moment.

Not all music appeals to all people, but the beauty of music is you can find some kind of music that appeals and speaks to you.
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People can like different types of noise. It still doesn't mean it's music.

Plus, where are you getting this information that jazz was created by abandoning harmonies and rhythm? Do you even know the history of jazz music? It's most important foundational element is harmony:

Where did jazz harmony come from?

From European music, jazz got its: harmony -- that is, the chords that accompany the tunes (the chords played on the piano); jazz harmony is similar to classical music's harmony. instruments -- most of the instruments used in jazz originated in Europe (saxophone, trumpet, piano, etc.)

Plus, without rhythm and "feel", jazz would never have become what it became.

Jazz was born in New Orleans about 100 years ago (early 20th century), but its roots can be found in the musical traditions of both Africa and Europe. In fact, some people say that jazz is a union of African and European music.

From African music, jazz got its:
rhythm and "feel"
"blues" quality
tradition of playing an instrument in your own expressive way, making it an "extension" of your own human voice.

https://www.jazzinamerica.org/lesso... European music, jazz got,trumpet, piano, etc.)

Didn't you ever watch the movie, Crossroads, starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz and Steve Vai? Maybe you should. It's a great movie expressing the roots of jazz music and how it takes rhythm and "feel" to truly be able to express through jazz music what you're feeling, an "extension" of your human voice.

Plus, to correct you on what I initially posted, it definitely says " and", not "or".
 
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