![]() ![]() If we assume that music is a form of intentional emotional manipulation, music as we know it was not possible until the onset of intentionality - the ability to reflect about the past and the future. Although this might serve some purpose of territorialism, it suggests a degree of creativity and seems to incorporate a call and response dialogue.Įxplanations of the origin of music depend on how music is defined. It may also serve entertainment (game) or practical (luring animals in hunt) functions.Įven aside from the bird song, monkeys have been witnessed to beat on hollow logs. ![]() In some instances, this feature is related to shamanistic beliefs or practice. Even today, some cultures have certain instances of their music intending to imitate natural sounds. Human music may echo these phenomena using patterns, repetition and tonality. Some suggest that the origin of music likely stems from naturally occurring sounds and rhythms. There are currently many hypotheses (not necessarily conflicting) about the origins of music. After the appearance of the collection of articles "The Origins of Music" (Wallin, Merker, Brown, 2000) the subject was a debated topic of human evolutionary history. Research on the evolutionary origins of music mostly started in the second half of the 19th century, and was much discussed within Music Archaeology in the 20th Century.
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