Have
you considered why music has been considered to be a universal language by so
many musicians and philosophers? Perhaps
one reason would be the fact that if one were to visit most places in the
world, music would be found to be a significant and therefore vital part on
that cultures social and religious life.
For centuries people have used music to communicate various messages to
the community who performs and listens to music. Music has the power to convey certain
messages, create moods, cause tension or relaxation, and a host of other
communicative values or at least suggestions of values to those who hear and
experience it.
This series of blog posts will not directly
address the issue of whether or not music is actually a language, but it will
consider the responsibility that is place on the musicer when he or she
performs it for others. The musicer,
through musical actions, has the power to create moods that will have an effect
upon all who experience the music. So, musicians who are leaders also have a
great responsibility since they lead others in the experience of musicing and
control what the audience hears. This is vitally important since, once a
“Music” has been set in motion, it does its own communicating, which, because
of the auditor’s memory, can never be taken back or erased.
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