Music and culture

Music, one of the most important expressions in the cultures around the world

Music was one of the most important expressions in the most developed cultures around the world, both past and present. People express many connected feelings and emotions with the moods through music, reflecting these feelings with musical rhythms and melodies.

Styles of music

Since ancient times, music has been created taking into account three important elements: rhythm, melody and harmony. From the beginning of a vast majority of cultures, people have used music as a means to express their happiness, sadness, praise to the gods, etc. They also created their own musical instruments which served as a model for the creation of the current instruments. Hence, the inspiration to create contemporary music is divided into many genres and styles, which encourage us to merge into many activities, like yoga sequences.

Thanks to the legacy of ancient cultures we have named music as a universal language because when someone hears a melody, a meaning can be interpreted.

History of music

It is known that music has existed since prehistoric times, the ancient paintings found in caves where a group of men make some ritual-primitive dance accompanied with music from rustic objects such as bones, reeds, logs etc. There are also archaeological remains in Sumeria of 50 centuries ago, where Percussion instruments such as a lyre and a harp were used. Nowadays, we can see some music pictures in ancient writings or in ancient murals, as well as videos and documentaries about the evolution of music evolution.

Ancient world’s great civilizations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia developed   their knowledge about how to create sounds with instruments invented by them, for example the harp that also spread out into Greek culture, where they used this instrument in important ceremonies.

Chinese music

In the orient, China considered music as part of their tradition; they also created harmonious melodies with Chinese instruments that were used mainly in traditional Chinese theater as well as major events that occurred each time.

The Andean and North American cultures

On the American side, the Andean and North American cultures emphasized music development; taking special effort in the wind instruments.

All these cultures and civilizations gave further impetus to the music development in the following centuries.

Currently, we find all types of music videos, even those that collect melodies from ancient cultures and it is therefore a good way to appreciate the origins of music.