| Name |
Views and Comments | Date |
| Matthew Lane |
Also, in addition to that - not all seven notes are the same in the cultures that do use heptatonic scales as the root of their music. Often they are spaced differently in frequency. |
7/2/2008 |
| Matthew Lane |
Ummm, sorry. Music is not made up of seven notes in most cultures - many cultures have 5 or 6 note systems, as well as octatonic systems (8 notes). Western music today is actually composed traditionally of 12 notes, or occasionally 24 (quarter tones). This seems like an unresearched, and naive view of the realities of global music making. |
7/2/2008 |
| jenny |
i think it is great! |
5/2/2008 |
| Andrea = ) |
Very fascinating perspective. I am writing a paragraph on whether or not music is a universal lagnuage. This was very helpful. Thank you! |
2/11/2008 |
| Shakespeare |
It's "food of love" not "food of life" |
11/6/2007 |
| Elizabeth |
By ethnomusicologists and anthropologists, the idea of music as a universal language is debunked as a myth. In fact, not all cultures use 7 notes. There is extensive variety in the types of scale, rhythms, and other musical features used and in the functions of music. It is highly unlikely that westerners "hear" and "understand" African music in the way that members of the culture do. |
11/14/2006 |
| Jansen |
thanks for the article. I found it very helpful for my speech. |
10/15/2006 |
| RS |
Seven notes?
Unbelievable. |
10/4/2006 |
| Lindsay |
To correct the Shakespeare quote, it's "If music be the food of love, play on." |
10/1/2006 |
| Rebecca Tan |
my name is rebecca tan i go to the loretto convent in letterkenny county donegal ireland. i have to write an essay on. the universal language of music. i think you need to put yourself in our shoes. i love music itmakes me feel things i have never felt before. i cry at songs all the time sucha as there were roses by cara dillion. You need to write things that will make people believe in music like weeping a pool of teers because they have heard a song so sad. I just think that people need to believe in themselves so much and thats what music does. I have expressed my feelings so much just listenin to a piece of music.
Please write back to me at Miss Rebecca Tan, Kilmacloo, Creeslough, Letterkenny, co.donegal, Eire |
9/21/2006 |
| Dan Ober |
Music is NOT a universal language. By saying that, you are saying music is understood by everyone. Are you telling me that you fully understand the construction of an African rhythm, nevermind a full song? Are you saying, if I go to any place on Earth...everyone and every culture will be familiar with America's "common" major scale? Music is not made up of 7 main notes. Have you not forgotten the black keys of a piano? Just because you hear all different types of music from all over the World, does NOT mean that you understand the music. Understanding music is similar to understanding someone who speaks of another language. A philosopher of the name Mantle Hood, once said, "Communication is only accurate to the extent that it is founded on a sure knowledge of the man whom he would hold intercourse." |
5/9/2006 |
| Anthony |
SEVEN notes??? I am flummoxed, absolutely, 'cos that's absolutely ridiculous.
How about this: music is not a unifying, culture-crossing language. That is one of it's effects. Perhaps the Universal Language of music is the Language of the Universe. A different perspective, but a better one, I think. |
8/24/2005 |
