# Is there any culture with no native music?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-with-no-native-music/393417 "2007-02-23T18:43:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-with-no-native-music/393417/1 "2007-02-23T18:43:13Z")

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It seems that humans have a near-compulsion to create music. Is there any culture that doesn’t have any music of their own?

Am I asking this clearly enough?

Is there some native group of people that the first time somebody played them music, said, “Cool! We gotta get some of that!”