Music

Music is the art which combines sounds and silences, melodies and rhythms to ease personal expression. Like every other art, music does consider certain rules when submitting it to formal examination. However, musical rules are often broken to allow artists to explore new sounds time after time.

Music is as ancient as man is. It began when men and women listened to the sounds of nature, and tried to imitate them singing. It continued when they made their first musical instruments, like drums from animal skins, harps from tense strings, or flutes from bones or canes, and played them. It has evolved to be studied and shaped as it is today, with rules, guidelines and a complete set of ways to break them.

It has allowed man to share stories in times when there was no writing, to find love, to cry in sadness, and even more! It has served to make plans known, motivate people, hide war secrets, and make stories legend.

As it is easier to memorize a song than a text, music has also helped to learn new things too. Music is particularly useful as a teaching method during early years. It touches the soul, revives the spirit, and makes people feel they share something.

As for the word "music", it comes from the Greek mythology. The muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, were responsible for inspiring artistic deeds in men.

We all listen to music, so it is a good idea to comprehend and understand the art of music too. All generations have had outstanding musicians. We deserve our own as well.

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