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On Music for Life

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  • Ziqing Wang Keystone Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58445/rars.2015

Keywords:

music, modern civilizations, art

Abstract

In the realm of science, music is a combination of sounds or vibrations of air. However, while this definition is based on empirical evidence and seems persuading enough for the average person today, it fails to embody and convey music's sheer power as a form of original art. The precise origin of music is still an unsolved mystery. Maybe, the ancestors of modern civilizations invented the earliest musical instruments by accident. Flutes dating back to the 6000s BCE were found by archaeologists at multiple sites, such as at the site of the Jiahu Culture in China. The flutes excavated at Jiahu might be born out of a pure interest of Chinese ancestors to play with the different effects of blowing and utilizing air. In any case, whatever its origin might be, music evolved into an integral element of major human cultures thanks to its ability to resonate with the various wants of human nature. As music develops, taking diverse forms of expression, it only intertwines more strongly with societies, breathing life into the culture of a nation. It would be difficult to conceive of any culture today that is alive without a component of music. To illustrate how music serves life, this essay will explain three kinds of life powered by the expressiveness, width, and depth of music.

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