Music and speech are utility sounds distinguished by their primary role

Evidence

Music is different from speech in that its role is not so much to convey linguistic and conceptual content – although it may have this role also – as it is to evoke an aesthetic and emotional experiences. Both speech and music are sort of ‘utility’ sounds that are experienced mostly with a ‘positive’ attitude, although in some circumstances they may become annoying or disturbing: noise. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 645

Categorization

• DEFINE: This frames what distinguishes music from speech in acoustic-communication terms: aesthetic/emotional evocation versus linguistic content.
• XREF: Connects to the soundscape literature (Schafer’s the tuning of the world) where all listened-to sound, even noise, can be re-framed as music.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 645