Music Impacting Human Motion

Music Inspiring Human Movement Paul Belk Arts 100 October 3, 2011 Danny Mullen Music Has the Ability to Do Most people have a favorite song or melody that they enjoy hearing. Whether it is a song they learn to sing at an early age or even a tune from a popular band. Certain sounds just stay with people as time goes on. This powerful affect shows how important people believe music is to their lives. Music is not just sounds instruments make or people create in a rhythmic collaboration. Music can have a larger influence on each person’s life. Certain melodies and rhythms can portray a feeling. Musical artist, composers, and other musical creators use such rhythms and patterns of sound to express emotion. In Cinema, musical selection is critical to conveying the thought or feeling behind the movie. Theatre musical directors choose specific selections pertaining to a characters feeling or characteristics. Many cultures characterize music as a way of life. Songs within some societies mark a significant time. One can immediately flash back to that time and reflect on important events (Sporre, 2011). Some cultures express their love of music through a cultural or folk dance signifying the significance of particular songs as well as impacting other genres in society. Music is considered the purest form of art. In most cases music derived from another form of musical sound or style of music. As time and society evolved so did the music around people. Other forms of art are not as free to because of the inability to change, as time changes (Sporre, 2011). Through the years music has seen many historical developments and music’s effect on art forms like dance, cinema/film, and theater . As people continue to grow and excel with time so will music and the arts.

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