Originally Posted by Trickshot

I guess you can look at it different ways, but you seem keen to aruguing.

I would rather say that music is made of sound and notes are simply a way to remember it. Which came first in music, the note or the sound? Well it's obvious.

I find that comment rather distasteful though. I'm sorry you can't seem to point out soul and passion out behind a piece. They very rarely ever put out there in black and white, but one can almost always tell the intentions.

(Even though they don't put their intentions on notes with stems and write them on the paper, no?)