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What is music?
What factors contribute to your understanding of music? Use the book to support your response.
What kind of music do you listen to and how does it function in your life?
Briefly discuss the various ways of classifying music.
Please help me answering these questions in a few sentences.
1) What is music?
Answer: Music is an art of sound in time that organized combination of ideas and emotions in several ways through the elements of rhythm, harmony, melody,and color.
2) What factors contribute to your understanding of music?
Answer: The social, cultural and historical factors have shaped the acquisition of my musical skill. These have significant impact in motivating musical development during my childhood and adolescents lives
3) What kind of music do you listen to and how does it function in your life?
Answer: When I am sad, I listen to mellow tunes to feel comfortable in the bubble. When I am trying to get into the mood for a great workout, I prefer listen to music that boosts the energy. When I want to increase the productivity, I listen to the classics to get myself past the block of the writer.
4) Briefly discuss the various ways of classifying music?
Answer: Various ways of classifying music are:
--Tagg's classification: Tagg's classification of music can be art, folk and popular
-- Time period: Music can be classified according the time period in which it was created and was popular
--Type of instruments: Classifying music styles according to the techniques and instruments used
-- Geography: This is popular and recent way of classifying music is by its social function