The History of Music
...all animals but when early humans realized that it made music it became the harp. Instruments have come a long way since the prehistoric times. Nowadays, instruments are flashier such as the drums. Drums come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. More of the more common instruments today are drums, trumpets, trombones, flutes, clarinets, and violins. When all of these instruments are tuned appropriately and in sync with one another they can make some beautiful music. Today everyone can pick from a wide variety of music to listen to. They can choose from classical, symphony, orchestra, country, religious, rock, and rap to name a few. People listen to music for basically the same reasons. Someone may listen to rap because it puts them in a good mood but someone else will get the same affect by listening to a symphony. My preferred music to listen to is country music. Country music has a wide variety of affects. There are songs that are mellow or soft and then there are other songs that are very energetic. Some of the more mellow artists in country music are Kenny Rogers, Trisha Yearwood, and Johnny Cash. The more energetic artists are Garth Brook, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, and Dolly Parton. The other music that I like to listen to is 70’s and 80’s rock, bluegrass, instrumental (no words at all), jazz, and broadway music. These different varieties are like country because I can listen to them depending on the mood that I am in or want to feel. I guess in time my view will change because as I get older I will look everywhere for a new kind of sound that will catch my ear. Most people go through their stages of music as they get older. Music can touch everybody’s soul, and release the pain that they may have about a loved one or just life in general. If you go to a concert, you will see people dancing to the music, and getting in tune with the rhythm – like a flower waving in the breeze, or a tree swaying in the wind. It is our human nature to dance to music, and respond to what we hear by acting out our feelings through music. You can go anywhere and see this; no matter if you are at a concert or a fraternity party, you will see people expressing themselves. Music can cause a lot of problems, too. Peop...