The very beginning of music started not with musical notes or pitches, but rather with noise. Noises then are put together in a rhythmic patter to form percussion. Pitch was acquired shortly after and used on special occasions. For example, signals of war, and in ritual dances.

The seven-tone scale was developed in China. The seven-tone scale evolved from the non-semi tonal scale: the foundation of music. Through this scale, simple music was formed. Gregorian chants, a form of church music established by Gregory the Great, were created from the use of scales put together with other elements to form a musical setting of the liturgy. This style of

Through Gregorian chants, polyphony was born. Polyphony is the use of two notes or more to form harmony, or dissonance. Polyphony formed a new type of music. Two-part singing and folk music are just two examples. Two part harmony soon after expanded to three, four parts, and so on. This expansion of polyphony was spread world wide, and had many different influences due to the birth of music printing in about the year 1500.

In the eighteenth century, popular music was born with influences from European music, such as Italian opera, and German lieder. Popular music was first made from simplifying opera songs, substituted by English texts. Fold music also influenced the growth of popular music. Folk music provided the verse-chorus style that popular music has today.

Ragtime and jazz were among the type of music that erupted in the eighteenth century era. These types of music were formed und

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