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Music; An Enjoyable Necessity

It's a safe bet that, since the arrival of'sheet' in unison while singing a familiar
cognitive human beings on this earth, music'hornpipe' or reel; The wonderful gospel
has, in some form had a significant effect onsounds that poured from the wooden churches
their lives. The first sounds, other thanof the Southern states black population were
speech, were probably produced by hittinga potent community tool to promote and
something; wood, stone or hide; and ancientcelebrate their culture; a lucky offshoot was
peoples must have appreciated the sounds ofthe inspiration of much of our modern rhythm
the world around them; of water, weather andand blues. Nowadays factories all over the
animals; and were the sounds of a ripplingworld use 'piped' music to soothe the
stream or a gushing waterfall music to theirworkers; if you're doing a humdrum task music
ears? And when they stood at the seashore didcan  make  the  time  go  faster.
the crashing waves and the suck of the tides
move  them  in  some  way?When we think about it music is not just a
pleasant pastime that is either passively
There is something deep within our psyche,listened to or actively produced. It has a
which reacts and 'remembers' music. It ismuch deeper, more fundamental purpose. Our
more than probable that sounds relating toreactions to outside events can be completely
music and rhythm came long before soundsaltered by music. It can make us happy, sad,
relating to communication and speech. Today,frightened, elated, thoughtful . . . the
this theory can be tested by noting a baby'slist of emotions it engenders are as long as
reaction to a lullaby as compared to speech.their number. And words are not necessary to
If you're lucky, humming can soothe the mostcreate this ambience; for instance, how would
fractious child and even send them to sleep!silent movies have worked without the music?
Music, in the form of rhythm was used by manyThose Keystone Cops without the frenetic
peoples as a way of sending messages to outpiano plinkity plonk; the doe eyed heroines
of sight recipients; consider the junglewithout the sobbing strings; the huge
drums of Africa or the Alpine horn, thesweeping epics without full orchestral back
Aboriginal didgeridoo or the use of bells asup? They just wouldn't have worked. Nowadays,
a  warning  of  attack.with the proliferation of world music, we
listen to and enjoy music in many different
The days of learning our lessons by rotelanguages, without necessarily understanding
have, mostly, disappeared. This is because ita word the singers say; much as opera was
has, rightly, been recognised that we don'tonce listened to as the fashionable 'world'
necessarily absorb the content of what wemusic of its day; just another example of the
repeat over and over again. But, as an aid toemotive  power  of  music.
memory, music still has its uses. Songs we
have learnt in childhood can be recalled farSo, it's fair to say that music has an innate
later in life than mere words. Music is abasis in our evolutionary makeup. We have
well known and much used therapy in illnessesprobably used it since homo sapiens first
that involve memory loss; Stroke, Alzheimerswalked the earth. Other animals do use sounds
etc; and not only as a recall aid but also asin their day to day living (frogs croak, dogs
a re-learning tool. Speech therapists usehowl, sheep bleat etc.) but, with the
music extensively when trying to teach strokepossible exception of birds, we are the only
victims how to speak again. The rhythm andspecies to enjoy making melody out of sound.
melody of a familiar tune will oftenWe've utilised every viable tool, from the
'trigger' a positive response, when no amounthuman voice to electronic tones, to create
of  visual  stimuli  has  an  effect.ever more varied compositions. Wouldn't it be
intriguing to discover how soon into our
And then there is the cohesive quality ofevolution the power and beauty of the human
music; from the singing of a country'svoice was appreciated? As the centuries have
National Anthem to a football crowds chant;passed musicians have been, rightly, feted
from carol singers to brass bands. Musicalfor their skill to move us with song, melody
participation has been used in every walk ofand rhythm. Once musicians were revered as
life. The chain gangs of America's Deep Southpriests, interpreting the sounds of the gods.
would use music to get through the day andNowadays we are more pragmatic; but we still
establish a rhythm to mundane physicalneed that harmony in our lives; even if it's
labour. Sailors would pull a hawser oronly our mobile phone ringtone!



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