So, I think that music is most properly an "idea"
which has been split into parts whose
re-arrangement can only refer back to that
singular idea (no matter what musical form it
takes). OR, I might say that a meme which is in a
viral stage develops "musical" components
(syncopation) which acts as a *hook* to spread the
idea inherent in the meme. Or (at most), that
music is a prime example of a virus (though would
stop short of saying that it was a meme-- except
to say that it is the <language> meme, itself, and
so conveys the memetic intent of transmitting
sound and rhythm such that ideas might be
organized into A language [stopping short of
saying that music is a *different* language]).
Some food for thought.
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