My Version of Music History

Oct 22, 2008 15:45

My last post got me thinking... my sincere apologies for the repeat theme. I just needed to get this out of my head ( Read more... )

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milovianxor October 23 2008, 16:36:07 UTC
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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