It is language which symbolizes reality. They are words which are used to represent real things. Music IS reality. It doesn t symbolize anything. It communicates directly with the emotions and it expresses itself through sound.
Music is also intellectual.
The complexity of thought which goes into the composition of sounds to produce is extraordinary. Music, like all other artistic pursuits, exercises our need to imagine and create. Music is an emotive form of expression and communication which has no equivalent. Music makes a fundamental contribution to our physical, intellectual and emotional well-being because music is fun. Music plays a major role in identification, establishment, consolidation and evolution of social and cultural groups.