Jazz music is better than classical music

I'll start off with rebuttals. RebuttalsHowever, my opponents opening arguments strike, or try to strike, a more objective route stating that classical music is the older genre and thus must be the better genre. This is a form of the “appeal to tradition” fallacy which states that something is old and thus that it is good. Following this chain of logic my opponent must concede to the point that Didgeridoo music (aboriginal australian tribal music)[1] is better than classical musicMy opponent points out that just because something is old, doesn't mean it's good. And my opponent cites certain forms of music that are, or are close to, being obsolete. But, the difference between classical music and Gregorian Chants, is that classical music is still being produced. Classical music displays that it has the qualities to last a very long time, while also surviving the major changes in society and art that have occured in the past century. Jazz music has not been around enough for us to conclude it can last for as long as classical music has. My opponent then states that classical music draws its superiority from the possible range of instruments. This again is an extremely narrow viewpoint to have considering that the number of instruments does not affect a genre, that induvidual artists can break from tradition and perform the metrics and laws pertaining to each genre within reasonable bounds and thus expanding the range of instruments to near infinity. For the second flaw in this argument is the notion that for some reason more instruments are to equal a better genre. If we just take a book from classical music we see plenty of beautiful melodies and concertos, etudes and sonatas that rely on a single instrument and in fact are more likely to sound off if we add instruments to fill into the range that the genre is supposed to allowI don't mean to say that the wide range of instruments means that a large amount of instruments should be used in every piece. But allows the genre as a whole to have more diversity. You have "Little Fugue" by JS Bach, which is a great piece of classical music, but it only uses one instrument, the organ. And you can also have symphonies that incorporate large orchestras, which would have more instruments. As a whole, it allows for a more diverse range of sounds in the genre. Jazz is already showing itself to be a strong candidate, and why shouldn't it be, for it does undoubtedly allow its lovers to express themselves in better and more accesable ways than classical music can. One of the key elements of Jazz, the ill definable genre, is improvisation and a free flow of melody and rhythm that might change key or shift a key or two. A musician performing a jazz piece is allowed to break row and show his skill and creative fast-thinking. A classical performer has but little wiggle room for such improvisations and while they do exists they are much rarer and farther between, meaning that a classical performer might not get many chances to express himself or further his creative pursuits. My opponent mentions improvisation as a way for jazz musicians to show their skill. Improvisation shows the skill of the jazz musician, and their ability to think fast. But classical composers also show creativity, though it isn't quick thinking like improvisation, classical music is very complex, with changes in mood, tempo, and dynamics. There are a lot more variations in tempo and dynamics in classical pieces, such as Sonata by Giovanni Sammartini, compared to a jazz piece, such as Blue Monk, by Thelonious Monk. I would like to point out, that while jazz music may allow more freedom and influence quick creative thinking. Classical music emphasizes the little details and variations, which are also important skills to have for a musician. But it's wrong to say there isn't versatality in classical music. Because the genre itself is so diverse, that you can find two pieces of music that are completely different, and have different qualities. The difference is that the classical pieces would be written out beforehand, whereas the jazz musician shows their versatality, on the spot. In conclusion, the classical genre is very diverse. The wide range of instruments doesn't mean they all have to be used at once, but if you only look through the classical genre, you'll find that there are many different types of music in the one genre alone, because there are a lot more instruments and sounds for composers to choose from. There are subtle variations, and major changes in tempo and dynamics in classical pieces, which adds to it's depth, and helps the music really depict a mood.