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May 17, 2024 · The human voice is perhaps the oldest and most diverse musical instrument we know, capable of both speech and song. But the question of why people make music has intrigued and puzzled scientists ...
May 16, 2024 · And a third idea is that music and singing evolved because they fulfilled some sort of social function. These results “suggest that [music] is not just a by-product of speech,” Savage says ...
5 days ago · Nevertheless, according to Williams, the 'problem of identity' highlighted in the book's title is indeed Sharp's fault. This 'identity' refers to the widespread idea that the folklore of a group (usually a nation), and particularly its folk music, is an essential feature of that group's identity—political, social, cultural, and so on.
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May 16, 2024 · Folk Defined. The term folk music and its equivalents in other languages denote many different kinds of music; the meaning of the term varies according to the part of the world, social class, and period of history. In determining whether a song or piece of music is folk music, most performers, participants, and enthusiasts would probably agree ...
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3 days ago · v. t. e. Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and ...
4 days ago · music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Both the simple folk song and the complex electronic composition belong to the same activity, music. Both are humanly engineered; both are ...
1 day ago · African music, the musical sounds and practices of all indigenous peoples of Africa, including the Berber in the Sahara and the San and Khoikhoin in Southern Africa. The music of European settler communities and that of Arab North Africa are not included in the present discussion. For the music of Islamic Africa, see Islamic arts: Music.
