The Muse to Life

    Here is a little introduction to the life of music                              

                                      What is music

Music is many things and effects us in different ways. It is a form of art, it connects us to other people and makes us feel more alive. It is a science, it demands the exact acoustics. It's maths as it has rhythms subdivided into fractions. It is a foreign language that uses symbols for ideas like Forte (F) stands for loud. It is history as it takes us back to its creation like classical music and the time of Mozart. It is physical education as it requires amazing co-ordination of fingers,hands,lips,cheek and facial muscles, back,stomach,chest muscles and breathing. They all respond to what the ear hears and how the musician feels the music.

                             Why Should we Listen to Music

Simply put it is a way of expressing your feelings in a more direct and powerful way than words alone. There are no cultural barriers and music touches all ages, It speaks to everyone. Like Hans Anderson says ''where words fail,music speaks''. In music composers communicate emotions using lots of different musical techniques for example Happiness can be shown by staccato notes, fast tempo and loudness. Sadness can be shown by slow and music in a minor key. Anger can be shown by fast,smooth and loud music. Fear can be shown by Slow,staccato and soft music. Excitement can be shown by fat and bouncy rhythms. Even babies respond to this.

           What are the Benefits of Learning an Instrument 

There are so many benefits of learning an instrument. Here are a few reasons why....

1.Memory and concentration which are good for the brain

2.Time management

3.Disipline 

4.Co-ordination

5.Perseverance

6.Responsability

7.Listening skill improves

8.Performance skill

9.Team skills

10.Creates a sense of achievment

11.Able to express yourself

12.It is relaxing

Put a Ring on it

                           Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter

We all have that one artist that we don't always like to admit that we listen to their music. In that case Beyoncé is my secret love. Many of her songs hold messages that are relatable and have lots of emotion. Here is a short video on the evolution of her music!

Post comments to tell me what you thought about this video.

Here's some background on Beyoncé

Beyonce was born on september 4th 1981 in Texas. During the late 1990s she was the lead singer of the group 'Destiny's Child'. She released her first album 'Dangerously in Love' in 2003 and this debuted her as an solo artist. She received five grammy awards and her singles 'Crazy in Love' and 'Baby Boy' hit the billboard hot 100. She released her second album in 2006 called ''B'Day''. Then she started her acting career appearing in movies like 'Dreamgirls' and 'Obsessed'.  In 200 she got married to the rapper Jay Z! Next she released her third album 'I am....Sasha Fierce'. This album got her six grammy awards.In 2011 she took over managing her career and her fourth album had the influence of funk,pop and soul. She released her fifth album called 'Beyoncé' in 2013, this album had a darker theme to it. Lastly she released a sixth album called 'Lemonade' in 2016. She is the first artist to have all her albums at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

In 2012 she gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy. Beyoncé's pregnancy was one of the top hits on the internet was the public found out she was pregnant.

From Black and White to Colour

                                     The Evolution of Music.

Here is a quick and very good video on 'The Evolution of Music' and don't worry it's not some boring old information video!! So check it out below!
Did you catch how the video changed from black and white to colour. Well that's just a little introduction to the evolution of music. Music is forever changing. From classical to baroque to romantic and then 20th century. That is just the evolution of music for the classical style of playing. If music was to stay the same forever we would be boring.


In the 1960s hip hop, rap and old school wasn't popular at all. Now that is basically the only music that is listened to by teenagers and young adults. The new generation has a completely different taste in music than that of the old one. If you try to play your new favourite song for your granny etc. They almost always say that you should turn of that and put on some Mozart. Our appreciation for the classical style of music is near non-existent.  Love songs and piano music has a surprising decrease in its listeners. For such detailed and emotional songs it is surprising that they have never really been popular in the music world.


Originally music was on Vinyl instead of streaming. What's Vinyl you ask?? See this is what happens things get forgotten in the past as time passes. First it was vinyl then tapes then compact disks. This is all in the 1900s. In 1999, the world of MP3 was introduced to us. we shared our music with everyone. Don't fret we have come very far since then were not stuck in that time of MP3 players. In 2014, The revenue made form CDs was 1.87 billion!!!


That's all for today, if you want more information go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aj-agrawal/the-evolution-of-the-musi_b_11109130.html

Where the Music Starts

    Hey guys so this is my first blog post and I thought I would start with a nice piece on where Music came from. Hope you enjoy.                      

                             Where The Music Began

The story of music is one of tragedy, love and passion. Through the ages music has been a way that we can communicate our deepest feelings in a way that speaking them never could. Our declarations of love and grief is heard in so many songs, its still a surprise how emotional listening to it can get. Just like the piece that Mozart wrote after his wife died. There is always a lone, solo instrument playing a sad melody line with some accompaniment. When did we get the idea to create such a way of describing emotions??


Although we don't know exactly when music began we like to think that it started with someone singing or clapping. The oldest instrument discovered is the Divje Babe flute. It is believed to be over 40,000 years old. Some say that it is only a chewed piece of bone and that we are trying to make something out of nothing, but if this is the case than tell me where do you think music came from and what the first musical instrument ever discovered is. Although I agree that it doesn't look like the most exciting instrument to exist it is where it began and we wouldn't have any of the things we have now if it wasn't for the Divje Babe Flute! The music of the time that this flute existed is called primitive music.


It is thought that the rhythm 2/4 was the fist time signature ever created as it resonates with the sound of our own heartbeat. We reproduced this natural rhythm and brought it to life by beating a drum or hitting a rock with a stick. As Victor Hugo says " Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent".


Was music accidently created or was it something that couldn't remain silent. Did it have its own mind and used others to let us figure out this new way of communicating. We might never know what truly made music exist but that doesn't stop anyone from appreciating it since the very first time we heard it. As Langston Hughes said " Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid" 

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