My question is, does music have to be for anything?
It just is, isn't it?
I think making and listening to music has a number effects, for us as humans and for other species too - I'm thinking of birds here.
My guess is music preceded verbal communication for us as a species and precedes verbal communication for each of us as individuals.
I think we test and assess its effects in different contexts, for example, in times of sorrow or joy, and, of course, in (public or private) performance.
Birds probably asses the effects of their music in terms of finding a mate and marking territory, but I suspect sometimes they sing just for the fun of it.
I suppose following this it depends on what we define as music. Perhaps it’s more about what is sound for and how does it impact upon us.
But i agree. Why does it have to be anything. What a brilliant response Scott. When you hear something - do you connnect to it. Be it music or the musicality in a voice. How does it impact on us is possibly more interesting than what is it for.
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Interesting.
My question is, does music have to be for anything?
It just is, isn't it?
I think making and listening to music has a number effects, for us as humans and for other species too - I'm thinking of birds here.
My guess is music preceded verbal communication for us as a species and precedes verbal communication for each of us as individuals.
I think we test and assess its effects in different contexts, for example, in times of sorrow or joy, and, of course, in (public or private) performance.
Birds probably asses the effects of their music in terms of finding a mate and marking territory, but I suspect sometimes they sing just for the fun of it.
I suppose following this it depends on what we define as music. Perhaps it’s more about what is sound for and how does it impact upon us.
But i agree. Why does it have to be anything. What a brilliant response Scott. When you hear something - do you connnect to it. Be it music or the musicality in a voice. How does it impact on us is possibly more interesting than what is it for.