Music is an all-encompassing art that cuts across wide demography and geography. There are, indeed, many styles or classifications of music broadly defined in terms of genres that people compose or listen to across the globe.
While there are many types of musical forms in existence, there are even many reasons why people stick to or enjoy certain styles of music. Firstly, a majority of musical enthusiasts gets an emotional release listening to a distinctive style of musical notes or beats from a certain instrument(s). From traditional percussion to modern electronic musical instruments, there are billions of variations in the sounds produced and used from them in the form of symphonies, compositions or songs to name a few. Listening to such music has been often a cathartic experience to swallow down or vent out emotions. Secondly, music is an instrument that amplifies any form of celebration or festivity. It is considered to fill the lives of people with optimism and elation. There are maestros or popular artists, like Beethoven and Bob Dylan, who dedicated their entire lives to producing masterpieces to be enjoyed and admired by music buffs. Lastly, the commercial aspect of music creation. Musicians earn billions of dollars by selling their works in the form of records, CDs, live performances or music for movies, to begin with.
Music transcends not only mental boundaries, but also physical borders. In this digital age, people of a small village in an Asian country could listen to Western Jazz music over international radio channels. However, it does not mean traditional music is less significant. Traditional music usually holds a cultural identity along with it and its such defining marker that usually brings forth a tribe or a race to prominence in the global world. Many individuals or groups attempt to preserve such communities to keep such music alive.
Music
is an all-encompassing art that
cuts
across wide demography and geography. There are,
indeed
,
many
styles or classifications of
music
broadly
defined in terms of genres that
people
compose or listen to across the globe.
While there are
many
types of
musical
forms
in existence, there are even
many
reasons why
people
stick to or enjoy certain styles of
music
.
Firstly
, a majority of
musical
enthusiasts
gets
an emotional release listening to a distinctive style of
musical
notes or beats from a certain instrument(s). From traditional percussion to modern electronic
musical
instruments, there are billions of variations in the sounds produced and
used
from them in the
form
of symphonies, compositions or songs to name a few. Listening to such
music
has been
often
a cathartic experience to swallow down or vent out emotions.
Secondly
,
music
is an instrument that amplifies any
form
of celebration or festivity. It
is considered
to fill the
lives
of
people
with optimism and elation. There are maestros or popular artists, like Beethoven and Bob Dylan, who dedicated their entire
lives
to producing masterpieces to
be enjoyed
and admired by
music
buffs.
Lastly
, the commercial aspect of
music
creation. Musicians earn billions of dollars by selling their works in the
form
of records, CDs,
live
performances or
music
for movies, to
begin
with.
Music transcends not
only
mental boundaries,
but
also
physical borders. In this digital age,
people
of a
small
village in an Asian country could listen to Western Jazz
music
over international radio channels.
However
, it does not mean traditional
music
is less significant. Traditional
music
usually
holds a cultural identity along with it and its such defining marker that
usually
brings forth a tribe or a race to prominence in the global world.
Many
individuals or groups attempt to preserve such communities to
keep
such
music
alive.