Not all music is just for the sound and beat we like to
hear.
Socrates also extensively
studied effects of music, recognizing its potential as an instrument of
indoctrination and character development:
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than
any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of
the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul
of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful.”
A lot of people today don’t know the true meaning of the
music piece that they’re listening too other than it just sounding good and that’s
what they like. Music has a lot to do with religion practices, self-control,
and even race to some point. Socrates believed that music is in our soul and we
connect more into our soul with the music by practicing and educating our self
to what music we like to hear and live life with. Therefore saying that when we
listen to music we should dig into ourselves and find how the music connects
with us daily in our life and how we should react to it. I believe that if we
practice the religion Christianity, then we should listen to some music that
has some meaning that will influence us to get closer to God and we should
reflect from that music that we listened to, to show others how the music can reveal
our true colors and inspire our soul for the better, as an example. I believe
that Socrates felt that if we didn’t connect the music to our souls, then it’s
pointless for us to listen to music if we’re not getting any type of connection
or education from it to self express our inner feelings and thoughts to inform
and inspire others.
In all, we have to let
the music express ourselves whatever mood we’re feeling, we have to let the
music show who we are and hopefully it’s something positive. The more we listen
connect with our music and let it bring out our best emotions and show positive
ways, then we should and will go through life better and even have less
negativity in our way. Also, I believe the music represents our character in
all, so whatever person we are to people, it’s the music that’s influenced us
and thankfully we’re proud of it.
Don't you think music can also open a person to other ways, other cultures, other possibilities of thought and feeling and life? It can help us transcend the ways we know, and appreciate the cosmopolitan universe. We shouldn't just use it to reinforce what we already "know." No?
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