cultures are structures

I'm sitting on my doorstep using my computer watching the rain. if I everyone did this more often we'd all know our neighbours.

You might even describe it as a doorstep culture.

Classical music is an aural tradition too

I met an excellent harpist who pointed out that even classical music is an aural tradition: you cannot notate phrasing completely, there is always something lacking. Phrasing and what you can do with it must be passed down ear to ear. Suddenly that music feels interesting to me again.