Based on what Bennet Reimer (1989) said, the experiences most people have with art testify to the existence of feeling but feeling as somehow different from the emotions outside art. And to teach either by externalizing emotion from the artistic context in which it arises or by ignoring the existence of feeling, seems to miss the point of art’s peculiar emotional appeal.
According to the Referentialist, musical sounds are conventional symbols in that they have meanings which can be agreed upon and which can be translated into other symbols such as words. The meaning of musical sounds, then, can be stated in words. Of course, musical sounds can also be translated into notation, but no one.
If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words,
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It is not nonverbal language such as numbers or musical notation or “body language” or Morse code or, any other examples of true nonverbal languages. It is also not an “indefinite language”. That idea implies that music tries to be language but is only able to succeed minimally while “real” languages succeed fully. So music becomes a kind of failed language, like words used poorly that their meanings are vague. The fact is, music and all arts are not vague or indefinite at all. They are exquisitely precise in what they do, which is to capture and display the dynamics if feeling in meticulous, specific, exacting detail.
Another common idea about the relation of music and emotion is that music is an “expression of emotion”. According to this idea, the composer uses sounds as a symptom of her emotional condition at the time she is composing. The sounds are “working off” of her emotions, serving a purpose similar to slamming doors or pounding her pillow or slapping her forehead. To the degree that the composed sounds embody the emotion the composer is feeling, they are successful as
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All these represent the side of how music affects people in their daily lives. There are positive and negative effects but also no significant or neutral. This may very well be the outcome only. This study seeks to find how a specific genre influences a person’s worth of art and that is rock. The Theories of both good and bad is a huge help in balancing results. Various studies have been done and had become basis and support. These studies show different results hence still confusing. In conclusion, there is a relative connection to music and people but the question now is if it would reflect on their
Frank Ocean once said, “When you 're happy, you enjoy the music. But when you 're sad, you understand the lyrics.” Why does one have to be sad to “understand the lyrics”? Evaluating a song and being given the ability to relate enhances one’s respect for the composer. For example, when one first listens to “Danny’s Song” by Kenny Loggins, they probably believe the song is about love, however, once a person analyzes the lyrics the realize that the song is actually a story of a couple who are having a baby boy.
If one thinks that music can arouse such emotions as well, the following problem is a problem about music, too”(Naar).Hichem Naar is telling a person can get emotions which turn into passions for music and that
In her essays, Elena Passarello explores how the voice can be able to define human beings, refine them, as well as its ability to connect people to each other. Also, it is a masterpiece that easily explains and breaks down the relationship between a song and a birdsong. Elena is inspired by her acting background to writing the book and collection of essays which result in a nice blend of personal narration and reportage. Elena carefully sets to find out what is the true feeling of making an utterance and what it really means to study the concept of human vocalization.
One of the most noticeable displays of emotion in the novel is the role of the cellist who embodies art itself. Art is something that communicates a deep message in this story. The cellist and his melodies represent peace throughout all the war and chaos. His music evokes emotions and becomes an eye-opener for the citizens of Sarajevo while they survive through war. This is evident in the moment when Arrow hears the cellist playing in the street for the last time.
(Beah 199) in celebration of their successes and healing. By sharing such intimate stories, memories, feelings, and songs, barriers were broken allowing the children to realize that they were not alone and can help each other heal. Music is one of the few things that can trigger both a emotional and a mental response, being able to cause the listener to feel happy, yet also remind the listener of a specific time in their lives. Music can bring people together, and ultimately reveal the child in all of us.
Many listeners in this plane hold an individual attitude because the music always seems to play a role in the listener’s life, where as it might reminds them of something or someone. The author talks about how the question of “how close should the intelligent music lover wish to come to pinning a definite meaning” (Copeland, 1939). It becomes personal, going in their mind the true meaning of what they are listening to, yet they are unable to explain it. This helps the listeners to experience different types of feeling.
“You can cage the singer, but not the song”. -Henry Belafonte. For Sonny that was his life story. In the narrative Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin.
Music can bring the brightest of joys that keeps us moving through our dull and boring lives. An example of this joy is Ishmael Beah’s life as a boy soldier in his book A Long Way Gone. As he tells you his story, he tells of his dance group with his friends, the times he heard music in the middle of war, and how music saved him from the madness that brewed within him. Music has the unique ability to create peace in a person’s life despite the difficulties surrounding them, and to bring a constant reminder of who they are as a person.
Tim Burton uses camera movements, camera angles, and sound in Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to create the right mood for the audience to feel. Creating the right mood allows the audience to connect to the movie and to be intrigued by the movie. In Edward Scissorhands, Burton uses camera movements to create a sad mood. In a flashback, the camera moves with the inventor, who made Edward, as he takes Edward's hands out of a box and walks over to Edward before he dies, without getting to put Edward's real hands on.
Music is a large part of our daily lives. You hear it in the car, at a restaurant, in the mall and on television. Fortunately, it is truly inescapable. Music is art that is meant to tell stories, trigger emotions and describe experiences. It is commonly scaled by rhythm, timbre, pitch, harmony and tempo.
I went home and began to view how music affects me and my peers. Does music really influence people 's emotions and their mood? Some say that it doesn 't, others believe that it does. As I researched some opinions online, I discovered that the popular belief is that music does have an impact. Music affects what people think, how
This is because music has a powerful impact to human’s emotions
Reason to listen: I think it’s safe to say that all of you have listened to or heard music at one point of your life, but did you know music influences and manipulates us more than we know? III. Thesis Statement: Today I am going to tell you about an aspect of human culture that appears just about everywhere you go: music. IV. Credibility Statement: Being a big music lover, I was curious about how much music really affected me, and hence my research began.
Do people ever stop and think that a certain song has changed their mood completely? One minute they were mad and the next they are sad. Or that music can help people with illnesses and disabilities. How music can affect the brain, emotions, memory and so much more. Music plays a key part in today’s society.
Language is an abstract concept which needed by people to communicate. Language has an intrinsic meaning which represents an image and it is also symbolic however not only symbolic. Language is also a complex system and it is creative and productive meaning that you can product many words. Language does not only include objects but also includes all the images and concepts of the world. There is an abstraction of a real world.