In the end what I have found it all means is that music is a dynamic force. It is language, trade, and expansion. I don't even consider it a "state" of things, because it is constantly evolving and changing. We have seen instruments move across the world, changing appearance but holding the same fundamental shape and sound. We have seen how cultures have created music to speak within the community and how that has spread outward. And we now have seen how music is ever-evovling taking in sounds from all over and creating some new creations today. Music will never be a static thing, it will never stand still enough for us to describe. All we can do is hope to follow its many paths in as many directions as we can, in order to see just how much of a force it is. And that is what I've taken from this course. Music is running inside and outside of the veins of everything - never holding still.
Posted by hsings at March 31, 2005 12:06 PM