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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>music</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="Murphys-Law.html" title="Murphy's Law"/><link rel="next" href="mutter.html" title="mutter"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">music</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Murphys-Law.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="mutter.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="music"/><dt xmlns="" id="music"><b>music</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A common extracurricular interest of hackers (compare
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<a href="../S/science-fiction-fandom.html"><i class="glossterm">science-fiction fandom</i></a>,
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<a href="../O/oriental-food.html"><i class="glossterm">oriental food</i></a>; see also <a href="../F/filk.html"><i class="glossterm">filk</i></a>). Hackish folklore
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has long claimed that musical and programming abilities are closely
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related, and there has been at least one large-scale statistical study that
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supports this. Hackers, as a rule, like music and often develop musical
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appreciation in unusual and interesting directions. Folk music is very big
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in hacker circles; so is electronic music, and the sort of elaborate
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instrumental jazz/rock that used to be called ‘progressive’ and
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isn't recorded much any more. The hacker's musical range tends to be wide;
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many can listen with equal appreciation to (say) Talking Heads, Yes, Gentle
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Giant, Pat Metheny, Scott Joplin, Tangerine Dream, Dream Theater, King
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Sunny Ade, The Pretenders, Screaming Trees, or the Brandenburg Concerti.
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It is also apparently true that hackerdom includes a much higher
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concentration of talented amateur musicians than one would expect from a
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similar-sized control group of <a href="mundane.html"><i class="glossterm">mundane</i></a> types.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Murphys-Law.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="mutter.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Murphy's Law<61></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>mutter</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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