Humans began making music to mimic the sounds in their environments. We are habituated to respond physically to sound. For some, this produces dopamine when James Brown is on stage. Meh. Garbage in, garbage out, yadda yadda.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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Everybody's best guess. I've spent many years doing research to shape mine, but it's no more true than anyone else's. No observers wrote down anything about upper Paleolithic people.Best we know about music, I think, is the horn flute that is 43,000 years old and the supposition that other musical instruments deteriorated over time. My answer works for me and what I'm writing. But I'm writing fiction. |
if you want to learn something new about ancient history and sound this documentary is staggering : The Barabar caves : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJ3Epd_SXk&t=2957s
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