World of Music

Music can be heard everywhere: in the streets, in a restaurant, in a vehicle, and at some events. Music is not just something that is heard by the common person. In fact, music is something much greater than that. Music is defined as something that has life, something that has feeling, and something that has the ability to affect everyday life for all human beings.

Certain things are said to have life. The first example of life that comes to most people’s minds is a human being. A human being moves, breathes, and has a set pattern of living. Like a human being, music has these things which most people classify as “life”. Music moves by the change of tempo, or beat. Music breathes by the use of rests, or pauses. Music has a life pattern with the use of sometimes steady, though sometimes varying, tempos. Like humans, music has the ability to become alive just with the use of nature. A human naturally knows how to use muscles and joints to move. Of course, music does not know anything, but there is a sense of true nature when a song is played. All this adds to making music become seemingly “alive”. Something that goes hand in hand with life is feeling; another thing that defines what music truly is.

Feelings are an important part of all aspects of life. Humans have a wide variety of feelings that are spectacular. Psychiatrists go to school for several years and are paid to interpret human feelings. Like humans, music has feeling. With the use of varying tempos, beats, and volume, music can have true feeling. A human has different moods and feelings, depending on the current situation. A human can go from being sad to being happy in a matter of seconds. A human can go from being mad to glad in matter of minutes. Just as feeling of a human can change quickly, the feeling of music can change as well. A slow, depressing bar can change to an up-beat, beautiful melody with the use of cresendos and acceleration in a matter of seconds. Feeling plays a huge role in the overall definition of music. Like feeling, the ability to affect people is something that defines music.

Specific things in life affect human beings positively and negatively. Graduation from high school or college or a promotion at work affects a person positively. The firing of a job or the loss of a loved one affects a person negatively. Like these specific things that affect a human being, music can affect a human being. A song heard while on a first date or a song heard at a birthday party can affect a person positively. A song heard at a funeral or a song heard as a traumatic experience occurs can affect a person negatively. Music can also bring out the life or death of a human being. A bright song can inspire a person to help out a friend. A dull song can cause a person to fall into depression. Music does affect human beings in certain ways.

Music can be heard nearly anywhere. There is a wide variety of music in the world. At the same time, music can take a wide variety of effects on a human being. Without life, feeling, or the ability to affect a human being, music would be completely meaningless to every human on Earth. Music shows true nature through life, true change through feeling, and true meaning through the ability to affect a human being.