Music is considered by many to be a universal language. It is something that everyone understands regardless of language, heritage, or age. Music is a force that has brought humans together for millenia. The first evidence of music was discovered in Germany, and is estimated to be about forty two thousand to forty three thousand years old. Though we may never know what the first music ever sounded like we can safely assume that the goal we safely assume that the goal was the same as today’s music, which is to both express a message and to entertain. Music has evolved tremendously since then, and is now shared on a global scale, further connecting us. To further understand music, I took the opportunity to interview band and choirs students, …show more content…
Though I have never formally played for a band of any sort, I was eager to see how those who took the time to learn an instrument, viewed and interpreted the effects of music. The first question I asked, besides whether they were in band in choir was, why did you join band and or choir. I asked this question to understand what sparked people’s interest in playing an instrument. The most common answer was that they liked music, or that they thought it would be fun/interesting. Some also explained how they already had the hobby and it allowed them to express themselves at school. My next inquiry was if they intended to use the skills they learned in school after graduation (note: I did not ask if what they intended to do, just if they did, or did not intend on playing and instrument or singing after they had graduated). The answers I received were half and half, with one half saying they did intend and continuing to pursue their interest in music. To further my understanding, I researched how many adults continued to play …show more content…
The responded with answers like work, working out, sports, driving, celebrations, and before sleep. What is common between the answers is the types of emotions that are trying to be elicited. Many of the events rely on the same emotions such as boredom, or happiness. Multiple studies have found that different genres evoke different emotions. For example, classical music is said to reduce stress, depression, anxiety, and even induce sleep or activate the body. It has been scientifically proven that music with a rapid tempo, and written in a major key, correlated precisely with the induction of happiness. It has been scientifically proven that music with a rapid tempo, and written in a major key, correlated precisely with the induction of happiness. Not only does music just affect emotion but it can directly change the way we do tasks. An example, homework, as Elena Goodwin states,“Studies have shown that listening to music before studying or performing a task can be beneficial as it improves attention, memory, and even your ability to do mental math as well as helping lessen depression and anxiety” (Correll). This study also confirms my next question, which was “What role do you think music should play in education?” Many of my interviewees explained how they believe music helped them study, and overall helped them with things like stress and
Plato, a famous Greek philosopher, once stated, “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.” Often times, humans can be seen possessing the inner desire to achieve greatness through hard work and dedication to an ideal. Some aspire to accomplish simple everyday goals, such as getting up in time for work. Whatever the case may be, teens often try to find ways to achieve social and academic “checkpoints” so that their future seems heartier. Over the years, studies have been conducted regarding whether or not music has an influence on these achievements. These experiments have shown that music does help with many aspects of accomplishment. Because of these studies, it is imperative that society and the human race itself understand that a music education has an impact on social and academic achievement.
Music lifts us up. It calms the nerves and soothes the soul. It invigorates the imagination and the body as in dance. It helps us to relate our culture. It brings people together in social interaction. It has a part in the Motivational Theory, by the way that it can motivate us and brings about social solidarity. It gives a vent to normal deviances in society. It can help us understand and accept our roles. Our choice of music can define our status in society whether a person is highly cultured or a street gangster. Like the Rolling Stones song You Don’t Always Get What You Want says in the last line of the lyrics says, “You just might find … You get what you need, ah yes..” from music as an agent of socialization.
Music is not a new happening in the world, but has a rather deep history. Lovers of music, including composers, singers, and listeners always have various reasons as to why they are attracted to music. However, the music industry has always attracted critics with some claiming that music classes are a waste of time and that the major aim of music is to enhance life enjoyment. In this essay, I will argue that in real sense, music can be much more than just sweet melodies and dances can be more than just good moves; music and dances play vital roles in the social, cultural, and political lives of people or communities.
Music affects our moods, feelings and energy levels. Music sets the atmosphere and mood in any classroom. Chris Boyd Brewer (1995) states music is a powerful tool teachers can use to help children emotionally connect with what they are learning. Much research is currently being conducted to determine how music can intentionally be used in the classroom. Indeed, research suggests music and reading are processed with similar parts of the brain (Georgetown University Medical Center, 2007). These areas memorize and organize information, from both music and reading. The ways sentences are structured are similar to that in music, there is a structure, or rules, to harmony and melody. Knowing that music and reading are processed in the brain in a similar fashion, educators could potentially create powerful lessons utilizing music to teach core content.
Music is such a big part of everyone’s life, all for different reasons, and all becoming a part of their lives in different cases. For me, music became a big part of my life through a simple instrument, the viola. I started playing in the fifth grade because that was when I finally made the leap to pick up a new hobby and to see how it would work within my life. After the first couple of years of learning how to play and learning general information about music, I began to fine tune my abilities when playing and I finally was able to see an improvement with me playing the viola. I couldn’t have been any more enthusiastic about music by this point, finally getting through the biggest obstacle when it comes to music, learning it. Now I
Throughout history, two of the most substantial influences on society have been education and music. Education is a key element to modern society as it is known. From an early age, children are sent to school on a mission to learn all they can. Students progress, year by year, with the difficultly and complexity of the content increasing as they move on. After twelve to thirteen years of this progress, an individual should earn their high school diploma, which is viewed by modern society as the most basic level of education. After finally completing the long and grueling thirteen years of education, society expects newly graduated high school alums to continue their education if they wish to attain a better paying job. This whole process of
Music benefits kids in multiple ways, and many people do not understand what music can do for a child. Through music study, students learn the value of sustained effort to achieve excellence and the concrete rewards of hard work (Phillips). When people make a mistake in music, it is a mistake! People will work harder to improve their mistakes and by the time they perform they know that they corrected that mistake and be happy with their performance, making them feel good about themselves. Music enhances teamwork skills and discipline (Phillips). In order for an orchestra to sound good, all the players must work together toward one goal, the performance, and must commit to learning music, attending rehearsals and practicing music. Children who study a musical instrument develop discipline and teamwork (Hatch). Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning (Phillips). Learning and listening to music at a young age helps kids be more reasonable and better understand things more. There is a link between music and spatial intelligence (Phillips). This means that kids have the “ability to perceive the world accurately and form mental pictures of things”(Phillips). Students in art classes learn to think creatively and to solve probl...
The influence music has throughout the world is measureless. It is measureless because it kindles feelings, memories, and emotions. Something all humans can relate to. Music helps identify a culture as well as educate other countries. An important aspect is it can create an educational setting while also acknowledging the differences between cultures. I feel there is a need for people to listen and learn about music outside of one’s cultural boundary. The information and opinions expressed by my peers helped me realize this.
Music is one of the only forms of art that has the ability to create a modern tribe like feeling among a group of otherwise individual. Because music has the ability to affect ones emotion, it can be used to bring people together, or vice versa. We have observed throughout history in ecstatic chants and dances for spiritual purposes; and now we see soldiers use cadence and work songs to make tedious tasks more bearable and to prepare for battle. A more general application would be the use of lullabies to soothe us to sleep, or love songs courtship. We use music to connect to one and other in ways we otherwise could not. Music has been used as a crucial interlinking device scenes preliterate society, and it 's still exceptionally valuable for that purpose
Music is something that a lot of people may listen to in their everyday life. The reasoning behind it is because it can make them feel happy and at equanimity. Dopamine is a part of the reason behind why this happens. Any time someone listens to music, the chemical from the brain, dopamine, is released. This chemical is a part of the brain that enhances motivation and addiction. Not only can music make people happy, but it also facilitates parts of the brain that help with functioning in everyday life and learning. Recent studies have shown that “Children who had 3 years or more musical instrument training performed better than those who didn’t learn...in auditory discrimination and fine motor skills. They also tested higher in vocabulary and nonverbal reasoning” (Belle Beth Cooper). With this study, it proves that music can have a significant impact on the brains abilities with learning and understanding.
In the beginning of senior grade, my IB Music teacher told us that he tries to compose orchestral music pieces which everyone can understand or at least interpret in a certain way even to those who has minimal musical knowledge. (Dr.Schmidt) Evidently, it is an intricate process my IB teacher has to struggle through to compose such pieces. He stated that the process of composing a piece involves the mixture of ways of knowing and also requires high musical intellect. People may gain knowledge by obtaining facts, information, and skills through experience or education. (Oxford) Does math only use reason to gain knowledge? Does history only use memory? Does religion only use faith? In some areas of knowledge, they may only use one or possibly
Successful music students tend to possess the qualities and skills that are generally considered essential to employers in business, education and service organizations. Learning music takes extreme self-discipline and creativity. It has been shown to raise self-esteem and make society more confident in their abilities. It is an easy outlet to release frustrations to get rid of the burden on your shoulders. It uplifts and motivates the spirit and gives people a more positive outlook on life and situations. It is important to cut down on stress in our daily lives and any way that we can do that is beneficial to our health in some way or another. Musical groups such as choir, orchestra or band help bring people together as well as improving communication skills, group work, and forming peer groups. Music creates a higher standard of performance of people. Normal people settle for the standard 90%, but in a musical setting, a performance of only 90% would be very disappointing to the performer and the audience.
The influence that music has throughout the world is immeasurable. Music evokes many feelings, surfaces old memories, and creates new ones all while satisfying a sense of human emotion. With the ability to help identify a culture, as well as educate countries about other cultures, music also provides for a sense of knowledge. Music can be a tool for many things: relaxation, stimulation and communication. But at the same time it can also be a tool for resistance: against parents, against police against power. Within the reign of imported culture, cross cultivation and the creation of the so-called global village lies the need to expand horizons to engulf more than just what you see everyday. It is important to note that the role of music in today’s world is a key tool in the process of globalization. However, this does not necessarily provide us with any reasons that would make us believe that music has a homogenizing affect on the world.
What is the meaning of music to most people? Few people can really feel the charm of music. Music plays a big role in life, just as people need to communicate in the same language. I can hardly imagine the world without music in the future. Music comes from people’s voice, it is everywhere; music let us listen to the rhythm of the world; music comes from people’s heart. Voice is not only “the main source of power in your writing” (Elbow 107), it is also the enlightenment teacher of music. Music is an indispensable partner for me.
Music has been a vast part of my life as mentioned earlier. While I was in middle school my band and I got to meet foreign students at a music convention and although not many of them spoke English we still bonded over music because the tones and notes of songs are the same in every language. We got to learn more about some of them and it really opened up my eyes because they were dealing with so many problems back home and they still seemed ...