What Is Music? What Role Does It Play In Human Life?

Music comes from the Greek word 'mousike' which means 'art of the muses'.

What Is Music? What Role Does It Play In Human Life?

Music what a magical word it is! Music can heal a person from anything. It works like a magnetic tool that immediately attracts us whether we feel joy or stressed out what we all do, we listen to our playlist. Now playlist also differs some people love to rhyme on mesmerizing Arjiti Singh's songs and some love to listen to melodious or bashing songs. Music plays a significant role in human life, it is a word that consists of many emotions or feelings. 

The people who love to listen to music know its importance. Listening to music gives peace of mind, relaxes our thoughts, and inspires a person to do something new in their lives. We can say it is one of the greatest creations of mankind. We can not define music in one sentence or word but music is the arrangement of sounds in patterns that present or be sung or played with instruments that give people's ear pleasure and calmness. 

What Is Music?

Music is the word we rhyme or dance in our day-to-day lives but where does it come from and what is the meaning of the term music? 

It does not have a defining nature and is versatile and popular with everyone whether it is a newborn child or an old person everyone is well aware of the music or at least has heard of this word for once in their lives. Music is a form of art that uses sound organized at that time. Music can evoke emotions, tell stories, express feelings, and even convey messages. It has the calming power to uplift moods or create new connections between people and promote cultural identity. Music is also used in therapy to help people relax, reduce anxiety or stress, and improve overall well-being. The various diversity of music genres gives people to find something that resembles their personality thus, making it a universal language that surpasses barriers. 

Where Does The Music Derive From?

Music comes from the Greek word 'mousike' which means 'art of the muses'.  In Ancient Greek mythology, the muses were nine goddesses who were the source of knowledge of literature, arts, and science. The nine muses include Clio (history), Calliope (epic poetry), Erato (love and lyric poetry), Euterpe (duo pipes and music), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry and hymns), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (pastoral and comedy poetry), Terpsichore (dance) and Urania (astronomy).

The practice and study of music mainly for ancient Greeks were significant and blended around life sciences and lives. For instance, Pythagoras gathered music in his mathematical department. He was the first musical numerologist and acoustician who linked sounds with lengths in string. 

What Are The Key Elements Of Music?

There are three key elements of music:- 

1 Melody - A melody is the main part of the song or a tune that picks our ears immediately. For instance- imagine your on-to-go loop song and then start humming when you are humming this is what is melody, it is the single lines of pitches with which one can define or identify that particular song. 

2 Harmony - Harmony is the vertical way the music is constructed. It can be considered by what chords the music is built from and it can be easily understood as a combination of notes played at the time when you are listening to music.  

3 Rhythm - Rhythm is the repeated pattern of sound that remains constant over a particular period and often has a single pitch. 

What Role Does Music Play In Our Life?

Music may help to improve our thought process primarily the mind to make us more imaginative and constructive. It can stimulate our imagination and listening to songs we love can boost our moods, create images, and impact the limbic brain while opening up to new ideas. Many researchers have also shown that listening to music may contribute to reducing anxiety, stress, and blood pressure and improve sleeping quality. Music allows humans to feel the emotions that we experience in our lives. Music may also contribute to improving focus, making humans happier, and raising morale. 

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