The Music of Life
How do we understand the language of music? Music is not a language to be learned. Rather it is an emotion that must be felt with the soul. Music in all its forms is heard differently by each and every person based on experience, emotion and fantasy. No matter what culture you belong to, every human hears music differently and interprets it that way. Although it is impossible to translate music as we would words, that does not give the emotion any less meaning or relevance. Sometimes it is the music of life that can shape where we will go, how we will express ourselves, what we will feel and how we will relate to the rest of the world. I venture to say, ˇ§music in the rhythm and emotion of life, without it thereˇ¦d just be words.ˇ¨ Every human, whether Caucasian, Native, African, Norwegian or Korean, blind, illiterate, or short, is capable of understanding music. Not only are they capable of creating music in the form of their choice, they are also able to interpret it according to their own emotion. Music is a necessity in our lives and without it, thereˇ¦d be no meaning. Even infants respond to music. From a fetus within the mothers womb, they recognize the beauty in a tune. It would be
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Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 1561
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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