[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it depends how you define it. Basic building blocks like chords that they are talking about in this case, yes, pop music generally consists of the same chords and its not possible to copyright

If you talk about a musical arrangement, where for example a violin plays a particular line and a flute plays another etc etc it is suitable for copyright

It must be really hard as a song writer to not copy a song accidentally/unconsciously as well