HEY! What may very well be mind-numbing to you might be intensely interesting to other people.
I think that music also evolved as a method of communication, of passing down information from generation to generation. Think of how much easier it is to remember the lyrics to a song than it is to repeat a speech verbatim. I would imagine that much of the information being passed down was essential to the survival of the tribe, and without a writing system, music was an excellent way to preserve it.
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I think that music also evolved as a method of communication, of passing down information from generation to generation. Think of how much easier it is to remember the lyrics to a song than it is to repeat a speech verbatim. I would imagine that much of the information being passed down was essential to the survival of the tribe, and without a writing system, music was an excellent way to preserve it.
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