"The four components of sound" would have been an accurate title for this thread. Mike's been talking all through this thread about the building blocks of music, not the components of music. He's describing sound, and calling it a description of music.

It's like describing a painting as consisting of "pigments, resin, glycols..." etc., rather than "a graphic art composition made by applying paints to a surface." Yes, paint is made up of certain ingredients, but I can find the same ingredients on my livingroom wall, and my wall is not a piece of graphic art.

It's like asking, "What is a tree?" and answering, "A tree is hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, sodium, silicon, iron, boron, strontium, and aluminum." I would respond that a tree is a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown, but I'm sure I'd be told I'm wrong and there is only one perspective.

This thread was really frustrating for me to read and take part in.

I don't find a description of sound to be the same as a description of music. --Jean