Music And Music : The Importance Of Music

Billy Joel said, “I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music” (Music Quotes). Whether we realize it or not, music affects our lives greatly. The only thing for us to question is how. How does music impact your life and the lives of others? What does music do for us? People of all ages benefit emotionally, physically, and academically from music.

Ragtime, a musical technique that influenced early jazz, emerged from the St. Louis, Missouri, area in the late 1890's. It rapidly became the most popular music style in the United States. Ragtime was a vigorous and syncopated assortment of music, primarily for the piano, that give emphasis to a formal composition.

Music is always a work in progress. When the slave ships arrived in the new world in the early seventeenth century they brought with them a culture of people who used music as a

For a little while now I have been asking myself this question: why is this music so important to us? It seems to be a complicated question to answer, but maybe it's not quite as difficult as I thought.

Without music, let’s face it, our lives would be insanely boring… We listen to music more than we think. It’s all around us! It doesn’t matter what type of music you listen to; it was invented all in one place. Good day Ms. Hooper and fellow classmates. Today, I will tell you all about the evolution of music.

Ludwig van Beethoven was beaten every day by his father. This was so Ludwig could become a prodigy just like Mozart. His father would deprive him of sleep so that Ludwig could get some extra rehearsal time. This man caused Beethoven to become a genius in music performance and composition. Imagine if he wasn’t made to learn about music. Since he is one of the greatest influential composers in music, his knowledge wouldn’t have been passed down through the generations. Students shouldn’t be forced to learn about music like Beethoven was, but they can choose to love it on their own. They can only get this opportunity if music programs are added to part of their education. When music education classes are added to the curriculum, the children benefit immensely.

Ludwig van Beethoven was beaten everyday by his father. This was so Ludwig could become a prodigy just like Mozart. His father would deprive him from sleep so that Ludwig could get some extra rehearsal time. This man caused Beethoven to become a genius in music performance and composition. Imagine if he wasn’t made to learn about music. Since he is one of the greatest influential composers in music, his knowledge wouldn’t have been passed down through the generations. Students shouldn’t be forced to learn about music like Beethoven was, but they can choose to love it on their own. They can only get this opportunity if music programs are added to part of their education. When music education classes are added to the curriculum, the children benefit immensely.

When someone asks me what’s something that is really important to you or you couldn’t live without I always say my music. I think music is something everyone should have in their life because it does amazing things for people’s lives some even say it’s the window to our soul. Music can change people mentally and physically which is why I think it’s so powerful. Playing an instrument is something that can require you to be independent and responsible for your own practicing which helps and can resemble when developing life skills. When listening and or playing music it does something chemical to your brain whether you’re an infant, teenager or adult. A music teacher can only get you so far it soon becomes a you thing because you eventually have to understand the music in a different and deeper way. When I talk to people about music I always say you can be the person who listens to music and just thinks it’s cool or you can be the person who really analyzes the music and can see the story/emotion behind it.

The role of music in society can be best imagined when one thinks of a world without music. Music serves as a personal

In life, there are millions of different activities and occupations which give individuals an ability to enjoy life, escape reality, or have a support. For some, like Emily Dickinson, reading was a great escape and experience to all that the world or fictitious lands had to offer. Others, athletic activities or sports are a wonderful way to build up character, create bonds, and learn new skills and activity and blow off steam. All people have a specific or multiple activities, ideas, or goods which give them enjoyment and are important to them. For me, music and all its styles, properties, and makings help me in many ways. Listening to music, singing, or playing instruments have been a major point of my life and have helped me to grow and cope with the daily struggles of life. The Philosopher Plato said,”Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Music has provide me an ability to view new perspectives, learn new information, and connect with people.

Since the early days of human existence, sweet sounds of music have brought joy to the human race. However, throughout time, music seems to have taken a bit of a detour as progress is concerned. Music gradually became more complex and advanced as the centuries progressed. On the other hand, recently, music seems to have deviated from its steady ascension toward the next, more advanced stage. Has there been a recession in the complexity and overall “magic” of music? Personally, I believe that there is a lot of truth to this concept of “relapse”.

Studies have shown that music helps improve memory, increase focus, helps you become more creative, reduces stress, increases your IQ, and stimulates both left and right brain while studying. Music has been proven scientifically to have beneficial effects on mental development. The Dana Foundation studied the impact of listening to music while taking a test and the scores improved when students were listening to music. While music can help you focus it can also impact and regulate your mood and the best mood to take a test in is a relaxed mood. The four music types we are doing our project on are classical, rock, country, and pop. Studies have shown that Baroque music is the best for stimulating learning, research and work. Baroque music is a type of classical music and is known as the best music to listen to when learning and working as said before. The most important is the type of noise and music. We have found that music you enjoy listening to increases focus and music you don’t enjoy listening to impedes focus.

Music plays a vital role in human entertainment, history, and society. Dating back over a thousand years, humans have used sounds to create captivating music that intrigues an audience by providing entertainment and emotional release. Music is performed in many forms, including concerts. I will be discussing a Piano Trio Delizia, more specifically, the composition Trio Op.1 No 1 by Ludwig Van Beethoven in E flat major, that was performed on October 11, 2017, in Marlboro Art gallery at Prince George’s Community College by pianist Hyeeun Hahm, violinist Benedict Sin, and cellist Pecos Singer. A piano trio consists of a piano and two string instruments, a violin and cello. During this performance, the four compositions that were performed included Trio Op.1 No 1 by Ludwig Van Beethoven, La Calesita by Marino Mores, Milonga by Alberto Ginastera, and La Vi Llegar by Enrique Francini.

Music is a form of art and cultural activity whose medium is sound and must be organized in time. In many cultures, music is part of the people's way of life and is used in religious rituals, rites of passage, social and cultural activities. Most people make music as their hobby or work as a professional singers. The music industry include, people who create songs, individuals who perform music, those who record it, individuals who organize concerts and those who sell the recordings to customers. On the other hand, business administration is a discipline which is set to provide an individual or a group of people with knowledge in core business areas of finance and management. As a result music therefore as a means of livelihood for a number of people who take it up a professional career, like any venture that creates income, the management of the music industry therefore, will require business administration skills to ensure the industry’s stability and productivity.

Music is found all around us in our day and age; one can find it to be a difficult task to escape the presence of music today. Considering the vast presence of music, what is the impact of this form of modern art? Many are oblivious to the fact that music is one of the most defining objects in our world; one doesn’t simply think about what it really means deep down. Music has the power to define an individual, yet, as a whole, we still have not truly realized the power within music and the relation it has to one’s life and experiences. For me, music can be applied to my dearest memories. It clearly displays the most prominent things in my life which define who I am. Family and the faith that has been instilled into my life because of them has played such an important role in my life as far as who I have been in the past, who I am now, and who I hope to become in the future; thus, my playlist highlights the defining moments of my life and the correlation between the two.