According to the traditional definition of the term, the art of sensible and logically organize a coherent mix of sound and silence using the fundamental principles of melody, harmony and rhythm, through the intervention of complex psycho-mood. The concept of music has evolved from its origins in ancient Greece, which met without distinction of poetry, music and dance as an art unit. For decades it has become more complex definition of what is and is not the music, as leading composers in the framework of various artistic experiences border, have carried out works which, although could be considered musical, expanding the boundaries of the definition of this art.

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* The tune is a sound set-conceived within a particular field-sounding sound successively one after another (horizontal view), and which is perceived identity and meaning. Even the silences are part of the structure of melody, putting pauses "speech melody". The result is like a well constructed sentence semantics and grammar. It is arguable, in this sense, if a sequence could be considered a twelve-tone melody or not. When two or more simultaneous melodies called counterpoint.
* Harmony, under a vertical conception of loudness, and whose basic unit is the chord, regulate the correlation between sounds that sound simultaneously and link them to neighboring sounds.
* The metric refers to the pattern repeat at regular intervals, and sometimes irregular, strong or weak sounds and silences in a composition.
* The rate is the end result of the above, sometimes with major variations, but in a very general assessment is the ability to generate contrast in the music, this caused by the different dynamics, timbres, textures and sounds .

Other parameters of music are: the musical form, musical texture and instrumentation.

Much of human cultures have musical events. Some animal species are also able to produce sounds in an organized, what defines the music of men, then, is not so much being a combination "correct" (or "harmonious" or "beautiful") of sounds in time as a practice of human beings within a particular social group.

More musical rhythms seen in our country (Colombia) are:
AGUABAJO
ALABAO
BAMBUCO
SANJUANERO
BUNDE
CONTRADANZA
SEIS
CURRULAO
CHICHAMAYA
DANZA
GALERON
GUABINA
TORBELLINO
MAPALE
MERENGUE
PASAJE
PASILLO
CUMBIA
PREGON
RAJALEÑAS
BULLERENGUE
JOROPO
VALLENATO
PORRO
among others



The music has been a major engine for desarrolo of many cultures worldwide and nationally.
This has played many roles in world history are the most important peace efforts between various countries and cultures.