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Music; An Enjoyable Necessity

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




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