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Mercury-HG: At first I had a hard time with what my friend was saying because I had spent a lot of time learning traditional piano. If he had claimed to be a pianist I might have had a reason to call him a liar ...
Slavakian: I posted a couple of definitions of music from the OED above ... one of those definitions includes music found in nature.
tspikes51: Are you trying to start a flamewar? If so, let me know and I will stop posting here.
I don't think the argument is valid that certain genres are less legitimate than others. It is at most correct to say that certain genres require less classical training than others. Again though I refer to my post above concerning hacks vs. professionals.
Doug
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