The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – music. Defined as vocal, instrumental sounds or both, combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony & expression of emotion. Music is characterised as a highly versatile medium for expressing human creativity.
Read a fascinating book – the Philosophical Perspectives On Music by Wayne Bowman. Explores the diverse historic accounts of the universal nature, value & idea of music. Highlights music’s emotional expressiveness & the vibrant ways in which music may be understood. Is music abstract or organised sound? Since there’re many examples of organised sounds that are not music like human speech & machines, is it too broad a classification? What is the relationship between music & mind?
As we define it, “music is any event intentionally produced or organised to be heard & either have some basic musical feature such as pitch, rhythm or be listened to for such features?” Examine the importance of mathematical structure, systematic organisation & the significance of creative aesthetics to music – lyricism, style, emotiveness, innovation, playfulness & soulfulness? From pre-Socratic Greeks to idealism & beyond, it beautifully shares what music truly is, how it works, the incredible impact & inclusivity it creates. What does music mean to you?
