There are many different types of music today. Is the traditional music of a country more important than the International music that is heard everywhere nowadays?

The distinction between “traditional” and “modern”

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is essentially meaningless as

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is a continuing tradition that cannot be neatly divided into two simple categories. Traditional

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is usually defined as

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from long ago that contains

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historical

and cultural information and it is commonly believed that modern

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does not possess these characteristics and will not possess them in

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the future

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will be discussed. Typically, when we think of traditional

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we think of classical

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or

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that has its origins in ancient cultures. Cultures change over time and

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is familiar to us because it is part of our roots but different because culture changes. It is a reminder of how people thought and behaved in the past and particularly what was important to people at that time and

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resonates with us in the present.

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, much of the

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of past times has disappeared out of common knowledge and what remains tends to be only the finest examples of

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from past periods.

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the music

of the past is superior to what is produced today. Modern

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is often viewed as containing little aesthetic or historic value.

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, much of modern

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will

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disappear, leaving

only a small number of pieces that will be considered reflective of the current time. It is extremely difficult to predict which pieces will

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survive, but

possible examples include Ruby Tuesday by the Rolling Stones which tells of a young woman, whose freedoms were never enjoyed by previous generations and I Don’t Like Monday’s by the Boomtown Rats that tells of the terrible consequences of America’s gun culture. In summary, the distinction between classical and modern

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is a hazy one and of little importance.

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is a significant part of our culture and is part of a living history that continues in an unbroken line.