What is music?“Music begins where language leaves off”

...the organization of sound and silence, through the space of time, into forms that carry culturally derived meanings, for aesthetic or utilitarian purposes

SOUND & SILENCECULTURALLY DERIVED MEANINGS

TIMBRE

MELODY

VOLUME

RHYTHM

HARMONY

PLO

TSE

TTIN

GTO

NE

CHARACTERS

DICTION

MELODY

7

HARMONY

...the organization of sound and silence, through the space of time, info forms that carry culturally derived meanings, for aesthetic or utilitarian purposes

CULTURALLY DERIVED MEANINGS

PATTERNS

“Music is about where we came from and where we’re going.”

PATTERNS EXPECTATIONS EMOTION

“Tommy used to work on the docks. Union’s been on strike, he’s down on his luck...it’s tough, so tough.”

“Tommy used to work on the docks. Union’s been on strike, he’s down on his luck...it’s tough, so tough.”

“Wooah, we’re halfway there.Wooah, livin’ on a prayerTake my hand, we’ll make it I swear”

“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far awayNow it looks as though they’re here to stay

Oh I believe in yesterday”

“I keep a close watch on this heart of mine. I keep my eyes wide open all the time. I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line.”

“I keep a close watch on this heart of mine. I keep my eyes wide open all the time. I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you’re mine, I walk the line.”

PATTERNS EXPECTATIONS EMOTION

Sources• Bernstein, Leonard. The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard.

• Lehrer, Johan. Proust was a Neuroscientist

• Levitin, Daniel J. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

• Sacks, Oliver. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.

• Ted Talks: Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music

• Ted Talks: Benjamin Zander on Music and Passion

• WNYC Radiolab: Musical Language

• WNYC Radiolab: Pop Music