What is music . Well, from a scientific point of view, its the organization of sound. [Classical Music] woman its a language without words, and the reason for language is to communicate and the reason for music is to communicate. woman depending on what you want to express, it can be hundreds of different things. man music is the essence of the creator, the entire universe. In my case, its the sounds that i make with my violin. There are people who go, thats not music. Music is music if someone thinks its music. You cant put it in a box and say, this is music. Its all these wonderful abstract things brought together. You can think about it and rationalize it and express it and explain it. Thats all afterwards. It gets you on an emotional level first. narrator while music seems to exist in every human society, its meaning and role differ from culture to culture. But the physical laws of sound are universal. At the root of all sound is vibration. [bell tolling] not only the root of all m
Describes, and accompanies us on our journey through life. man music is like food. Every human being needs food, but everybody eats different food. [rock music] food that americans eat is really strange to people in other parts of the world. Some of the food that other people eat would make an american sick to his stomach. But Everybody Needs food. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] what is music . Well, from a scientific point of view, its the organization of sound. [Classical Music] woman its a language without words, and the reason for language is to communicate and the reason for music is to communicate. woman depending on what you want to express, it can be hundreds of different things. man music is the essence of the creator, the entire universe. In my case, its the sounds that i make with my violin. There are people who go, thats not music. Music is music if someone thinks its music. You cant put it in a box and say, this is music. Its all these wonderful abstract things
Funding for this program was provided by the Annenberg Cpb project. male narrator one of the most universal of all human pursuits is the creation of music. [lilting flute music] from birth to death, music defines, describes, and accompanies us on our journey through life. man music is like food. Every human being needs food, but everybody eats different food. [rock music] food that americans eat is really strange to people in other parts of the world. Some of the food that other people eat would make an american sick to his stomach. But Everybody Needs food. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] what is music . Well, from a scientific point of view, its the organization of sound. [Classical Music] woman its a language without words, and the reason for language is to communicate and the reason for music is to communicate. woman depending on what you want to express, it can be hundreds of different things. man music is the essence of the creator, the entire universe. In my case, its
Some of the food that other people eat would make an american sick to his stomach. But Everybody Needs food. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] what is music . Well, from a scientific point of view its the organization of sound. [Classical Music] woman its a language without words, and the reason for language is to communicate and the reason for music is to communicate. woman depending on what you want to express, it can be hundreds of different things. man music is the essence of the creator, the entire universe. In my case, its the sounds that i make with my violin. There are people who go, thats not music. Music is music if someone thinks its music. You cant put it in a box and say, this is music. Its all these wonderful abstract things brought together. You can think about it and rationalize it and express it and explain it. Thats all afterwards. It gets you on an emotional level first. narrator while music seems to exist in every Human Society its meaning and role differ f
[lilting flute music] from birth to death, music defines, describes, and accompanies us on our journey through life. man music is like food. Every human being needs food, but everybody eats different food. [rock music] food that americans eat is really strange to people in other parts of the world. Some of the food that other people eat would make an american sick to his stomach. But Everybody Needs food. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] what is music . Well, from a scientific point of view, its the organization of sound. [Classical Music] woman its a language without words, and the reason for language is to communicate and the reason for music is to communicate. woman depending on what you want to express, it can be hundreds of different things. man music is the essence of the creator, the entire universe. In my case, its the sounds that i make with my violin. There are people who go, thats not music. Music is music if someone thinks its music. You cant put it in a box and s