How Musical Is Man By John Blacking

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“How Musical is Man?” was published in 1974. This book was written by John Blacking, a musician turned social anthropologist. His goal in writing this ethnography, and several other papers during this same time period, was to compare the experience of music-making that takes place within different cultures and societies throughout the world. In this book, he discusses and describes the musicology of the Venda people in South Africa. Though he does go to Africa to research and learn about the Venda people and their music, he specifically states that his book is “not a scholarly study of human musicality” (ix), but rather it is a summary (written from his point of view), which is both expressive and entertaining, of several different issues and ideas that he has seemingly been contemplating for some time. The book is divided into four chapters: 1) Humanly Organized Sound, 2) Music in Society and Culture, 3) Culture and Society in Music, and 4) Soundly Organized Humanity. In chapter one, Blacking discusses the analysis of sound. He begins by describing music as humanly organized sound. His overarching theme is that “the function of tones in relation to each other cannot be explained adequately as part of a closed system” (30). In other words, music can’t be analyzed simply by one set of rules. This is because every single culture has a different system that they use to structure and compose their music. In order to adequately analyze a society’s music we have to study their “system.” We must learn what music means to them. Then, and only then, can we accurately and completely analyze what a particular type or piece of music means to a particular society and culture. In chapter two, Blacking discusses the social scope of music. He... ... middle of paper ... ... people. Either that, or he’s talking about music having the precise meaning to one people or culture as it does to another. If this is what he is trying to convey, his belief may be accurate. Otherwise, I feel that his writing is impartial and unbiased. I believe that my understanding of the Venda people has most definitely increased. This is primarily because I was not even aware of this particular group of people prior to reading Blacking’s work. I think it is of utmost interest that the Venda focus so much on music and understanding it. I was exposed to music throughout my childhood and teenage years, and well into my adult life. Even to this day, music is a huge part of who I am and my daily experiences. And to this day, I hold the same belief as the Venda, which is that understanding music is fundamental to the experience of a enjoyable and meaningful life.

In this essay, the author

Explains that john blacking's "how musical is man?" was written in 1974 to compare the experience of music-making within different cultures and societies throughout the world.
Explains that blacking's book is divided into four chapters: humanly organized sound, music in society and culture, culture and society in music, and soundly organised humanity.
Analyzes how blacking discusses the social scope of music in chapter two. he states that venda music is no less complex in structure than european music.

Explains that john blacking's "how musical is man?" was written in 1974 to compare the experience of music-making within different cultures and societies throughout the world.
Explains that blacking's book is divided into four chapters: humanly organized sound, music in society and culture, culture and society in music, and soundly organised humanity.
Analyzes how blacking discusses the social scope of music in chapter two. he states that venda music is no less complex in structure than european music.
Analyzes blacking's analysis of four different venda children’s songs in order to show how the contexts and meanings of the songs denote their organizing principles.
Opines that blacking is biased in his belief that music cannot be transmitted or have meaning without associations between people. if this is what he is trying to convey, his writing is impartial and unbiased.
Opines that their understanding of the venda people has increased since reading blacking's work. they believe that understanding music is fundamental to an enjoyable and meaningful life.

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- Explains that western music has evolved since the middle ages through its form, sound, and message.
- Explains that western civilization began to emerge from the period known as 'the dark ages', when invading forces ruled europe and brought an end to the roman empire.
- Explains that the renaissance began in 1420 and ended in 1600. sacred music broke free from the confines of the church and a number of composers trained in the netherlands mastered polyphonical music.
- Explains that secular music thrived during this period, and instrumental and dance music was performed at many social gatherings. the late renaissance saw the thriving of the english madrigal or ballad.
- Explains that the baroque period saw composers rebel against the styles prevalent during the renaissance. johann sebastian bach was an employed composer.
- Explains that the genre of opera was first created by a group of composers in florence, italy, and the instrumental concerto became customary part of the baroque era.
- Explains that the new aristocracies were replacing monarchs and the church as patrons of music, demanding an impersonal, but tuneful and elegant music.
- Explains that vienna became the musical center of europe, and the classical period reached its pinnacle with the masterful symphonies and sonatas by three great composers of the viennese school.
- Explains that the romantic era's composers were the first in history to give a name to their respective generation.
- Explains that opera composers such as carl maria von weber turned to german folk stories for the stories of their operas, later in the century; german opera was virtually monopolized by richard wagner.
- Explains that composers from non-germanic countries began looking for ways to express the musical sound of their respective homelands. the evolution of existing instruments led to the expansion of the symphony orchestra.
- Explains that composers such as arnold schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. béla bartók fused the music of hungarian peasants with twentieth century forms.
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analytical essay
Ethnomusicology: a short introduction is about describing the growing discipline of how ethnomusicology researchers are going about studying different music from around the world, looking for perceptions in both humanity and music. Ethnomusicologists believe that all people are musical, not just people that label themselves as “musicians” and that there is music in all beings. This thinking causes a lot of debate in which ethnomusicologists argue that we must first study all forms of music such as its Geographic’s and history in order to answer any questions. Not only are traditional forms of music acknowledged but also more contemporary musical forms.
In this essay, the author
- Introduces the growing discipline of ethnomusicology, which focuses on the perceptions of humanity and music. they argue that we must first study all forms of music such as its geographic's and history to answer any questions.
- Explains that timothy rice's book opens up and engages the reader by having a short section labelled "acknowledgements" which primarily focuses on thanking the people who helped him write and produce the book.
- Summarizes rice's personal opinion of what ethnomusicology is and how john blackings' definition of it in "how musical is man?" is partially indebted.
- Introduces the growing discipline of ethnomusicology, which focuses on the perceptions of humanity and music. they argue that we must first study all forms of music such as its geographic's and history to answer any questions.
- Explains that timothy rice's book opens up and engages the reader by having a short section labelled "acknowledgements" which primarily focuses on thanking the people who helped him write and produce the book.
- Summarizes rice's personal opinion of what ethnomusicology is and how john blackings' definition of it in "how musical is man?" is partially indebted.
- Analyzes how rice breaks down ethnomusicology into its three greek roots "ethnos, mousike an logos". each section contextualizes the standing disciplinary where rice sticks to local musical practises.
- Analyzes how rice discusses pioneers of ethnomusicology, comparative musicologist guido adler, and the splitting of systematic and historical musicology.
- Analyzes how rice's chapter three titled "conducting research" is devoted to looking at fieldwork and different challenges. rice mentions different ethnomusicologists and gives detailed examples from these researchers.
- Explains that rice talks about the social and psychological side of ethnomusicology in chapter four titled "the nature of music" and the end of this chapter is devoted towards music as an art form.
- Explains that rice explores and discovers more common and modern musical concepts, the way of teaching and learning music, and the debatable role that music has on gender and identity.
- Analyzes how rice explains that it is important to travel and learn from individual people about their culture and music.
- Analyzes how rice's chapter seven, "writing music history," and chapters seven and eight are closely linked together. rice looks at recent and modern issues/themes within the field.
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- Argues that music is not a language because it has neither outside referents nor easily detectable meaning.
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- Explains aristotle's claim that each emotion must be attended by a physiological sensation of pleasure or pain. the james-lange theory contends that emotions are fundamentally based in cognition and have no necessary link to physiology.
- Argues that it is a category mistake to say that we have an emotive response to abstract art because of its lack of belief producing capacity.
- Explains that absolute music has no object at which an emotive response can be directed, and there is no belief state about music in general.
- Argues that there are two options for emotive responses to music. the first is that the definition of emotion is not a good one.
- Argues that music has no easily detectable referents and thus is disqualified as a language. anthony storr even goes so far as to ask what the use is of music.
- Explains that aristotle says that music is mimetic or imitative of the emotions — directly. music represents and imitates what is closest to us and cannot be put into words.
- Explains that emotion can be directed toward an object, such as a painting, which triggers the emotion.
- Analyzes how wittgenstein explains that understanding music is more a pure process than coming to understand language because of its complications with outside referents.
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- Analyzes how greene's opening argument skillfully enumerates the reasons why music education warrants merit aside from the effects it has on other core areas of education.
- Analyzes how greene's strongest arguments are delivered through swift and unyielding pathos, such as marking the indescribable feeling of listening to music as "profound human" and going further to state that music "let us touch and understand some of our most complicated feelings."
- Analyzes how peter green's "stop defending music education" argues that schools are contesting the excision of music programs by promoting its effects on other areas of study.
- Analyzes how greene's opening argument skillfully enumerates the reasons why music education warrants merit aside from the effects it has on other core areas of education.
- Analyzes how greene's strongest arguments are delivered through swift and unyielding pathos, such as marking the indescribable feeling of listening to music as "profound human" and going further to state that music "let us touch and understand some of our most complicated feelings."
- Analyzes how greene prefaces making music with the undeniable emotion one feels when listening to music, giving his argument a pedestal and visually stepping up.
- Analyzes how greene contrasts sports and music in this article. he argues that the growth of music competitions has led many programs to forget that music is about oneness.
- Analyzes how greene compares music groups and school teams, and emphasizes the drawing of large crowds and followings at performances and competitions.
- Analyzes how greene uses substantial evidence by accentuating his own experience in his high school band. the syntax he uses is interesting throughout the article.
- Analyzes how greene proves that music has its own values aside from other areas it may influence through abundant examples, personal accounts, and incessant usage of pathos, logos and ethos.
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Music in Culture and Society
analytical essay
The Anthropology of Music [Book] / auth. Merriam Alan. P. - Northwestern : Northwestern University Press, 1980.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the value of society in music is a major fact which could help in understanding the view of music and the music itself in that particular society.
- Explains that every musical system around the world is a complex cultural phenomenon.
- Analyzes how bruno nettl's friends included the criterion of aesthetics in order to build their conception of music.
- Analyzes how the value of society in music is a major fact which could help in understanding the view of music and the music itself in that particular society.
- Explains that every musical system around the world is a complex cultural phenomenon.
- Analyzes how bruno nettl's friends included the criterion of aesthetics in order to build their conception of music.
- Introduces nettl bruno's excursions in world music and the harvard dictionary of music.
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The Music Addiction: The Influence Of Music
analytical essay
No human culture has ever been identified as not being associate to music, and for majority of the people, music is simply the source of the most powerful as well as the most significant experiences of their lives. In over 100 years or so since the first ever recorded music was widely available, our lives have become fully suffused by it; we are thus born and die to the music, we eat, sleep, shop, travel and simply make love to music, we also work, play and enjoy to music (Clarke, 2012). As most of our powerful memories are linked to music, or are usually accompanied by music – and maybe even as listeners, we almost become just like the music which we hear. As TS Eliot wrote; “Music heard so deeply that it is not heard at all, but you are the music while the music lasts.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains that music is the source of the most powerful and significant experiences of a person's life. since the first recorded music was widely available, our lives are fully suffused by it.
- Explains that they will be focusing on the song "addiction" by enrique iglesias and evaluating its value with the help of three theoretical approaches proposed by denora, sacks, and descartes.
- Analyzes how denora introduced the concept of "aesthetic reflexivity" which explains why a person values comfort as well as love.
- Explains that music is the source of the most powerful and significant experiences of a person's life. since the first recorded music was widely available, our lives are fully suffused by it.
- Explains that they will be focusing on the song "addiction" by enrique iglesias and evaluating its value with the help of three theoretical approaches proposed by denora, sacks, and descartes.
- Analyzes how denora introduced the concept of "aesthetic reflexivity" which explains why a person values comfort as well as love.
- Analyzes how "addiction" is a song that advocates one's self. music is an active ingredient in the organization of self, shifting mood, energy level, conduct style, mode of attention, and engagement with the world.
- Opines that a solid rhythm gets into people's soul and makes listening active and motoric, and synchronizes the brains and minds of all who participate.
- Explains descartes' idea of "cogito ergo sum," meaning that "i think therefore i am." the absolute value of the song is the truth of it as being myself in it and relating to it.
- Argues that the music industry has given this song quite a relative value as well. it became popular among enrique's female fans and continued to get plays on many "lite rock" radio stations.
- Opines that music provides an aesthetic value according to denora, but it still makes us feel in a specific way, i.e. in terms of emotions.
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The Impact of Recording Technology on Music
analytical essay
Basic terms are often confused when describing an individuals musical sense. Microsoft Encarta World English Dictionary defines an artist as somebody who does something with great skill and creativity, and a musician is a music maker who plays, performs, conducts, or composes music, either as a hobby or a profession. The focus of this essay is not the plausible crime of a solely techno creator, or in contrast, the soaring melodies of a humans voice. Technology has tarnished the value of pure talent of music's original creation for the sake of popularity, riches and unnatural perfection.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that midi is a blueprint that is read and interpreted to match the desired synthesized sound. hans zimmer uses it to its fullest, providing blockbuster films with complete digital orchestras.
- Explains the most popular studio technique in the world of recording known as multitracking. the process takes equipment and years of mastering before an engineer is eligible to produce music.
- Explains that the remote interface is used to bring all these features to life. protools also allows for external effects processing, such as reverb or distortion.
- Explains that midi is a blueprint that is read and interpreted to match the desired synthesized sound. hans zimmer uses it to its fullest, providing blockbuster films with complete digital orchestras.
- Explains the most popular studio technique in the world of recording known as multitracking. the process takes equipment and years of mastering before an engineer is eligible to produce music.
- Explains that the remote interface is used to bring all these features to life. protools also allows for external effects processing, such as reverb or distortion.
- Analyzes how the multitrack machine has given rise to speculation about musicality. some bands survive off the notion that errors due to the lack of talent can always be fixed in the studio.
- Argues that technology has tarnished the value of music's original creation for the sake of popularity, riches, and unnatural perfection.
- Argues that music sampling is a form of copyright infringement, as it's used to enhance rap music.
- Introduces ogilvy, david, and rumsey to time mccormick's sound and recording.
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Free Narrative Essays - Voices
opinion essay
The Scholar: You heard what I said. Everyone gets sick of a song after awhile. It's because there are no life issues in music. You hear it and it's over, and there's nothing to hold on to, nothing to cherish, not even an image, afterwards. It distracts me from reading. Yes, it's part of culture, but to really appreciate it you have to have an ear for it. It's not my thing. To really get it, it has to be your thing.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that music is just romanticized math and doesn't say anything deeper than its title.
- Opines that everyone gets sick of a song after awhile because there are no life issues in it. it distracts them from reading.
- Explains that music isn't one's thing, but a function of sound wave vibration. the key is breath, not the music.
- Opines that music is just romanticized math and doesn't say anything deeper than its title.
- Opines that everyone gets sick of a song after awhile because there are no life issues in it. it distracts them from reading.
- Explains that music isn't one's thing, but a function of sound wave vibration. the key is breath, not the music.
- Opines that music is in them, in us, but words are better. they allow them to organize their thoughts, make sense, and explore thought.
- Explains that music is beautiful because it is subject to time, and that it can never get each note back exactly the way it was after that moment.
- Opines that music is a function of time, and that writing and music are based on who we are and how we feel.
- Explains that everything they do is a shade of their forte; they stare at objects and try as hard as they can to see them move.
- Opines that music makes memories more real, drowning out flaws and making it all right for the world to change.
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REGGAE AND ZYDECO
explanatory essay
If one were to look back into the world’s history, one would find that an important and consistent element is the world of music. Music has presented itself in various forms throughout its spread and through our identification of its magical realm, people have been fortunate enough to come across a means of relation. Whether it is blues and reggae or rap and pop rock, there is music out there for everyone. Music can serve as a stabilizer for some, a relaxant to others, and to many a form of inspiration.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that while the white cajuns had their music, the black creoles were making their own kind of music.
- Explains that clifton chenier came into the zydeco music realm and took over with speed. he is best known for his song entitled, "les haricots est pas sales."
- Explains that music is an important and consistent element in the world's history. reggae and zydeco have similar ties.
- Explains that while the white cajuns had their music, the black creoles were making their own kind of music.
- Explains that clifton chenier came into the zydeco music realm and took over with speed. he is best known for his song entitled, "les haricots est pas sales."
- Explains that music is an important and consistent element in the world's history. reggae and zydeco have similar ties.
- Explains that la la music was invaded by both urban and country blues in the 1940s, and that amadie ardoin was the first zydeco musician.
- Explains that buckwheat zydeco is a landmark figure in the history of the music.
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