The continuum ranges between extreme cultural opposites. Noise and sounds mean being here on earth, life, enjoyment of life, hearing the fiesta of life, forgetting oneself and exuberance. On the other hand, involuntary subjection to musical events in the private and public spheres also creates inner tensions and conflicts of large proportions, as witnessed in correspondence to a Barcelona newspaper. In the mystic traditions, hearing is not directed towards this life but is rather an inwards hearing in order as in Sufism to seek God, to remember the words by hearing. Between the hearing of this world and the hearing as revelation, between hearing for entertainment and uplift and hearing as aesthetic or spiritual perception between these poles is a many-sided spectrum of differently perceived listening experiences.
Movement is the key to understanding the music.
Hearing implies receptive perception which, when understood, is expressed physically through active participation, movement and dance. He has determined a general change in listening behavior. These changes are historically rooted on the one hand in Western notated music and on the other in the more recent globalized recording industry and the visualization of music that has resulted from the electronic media. Still, in intercultural comparison made by interviews of Malaysian and Californian students, different attitudes of hearing and listening can be determined. Bird songs are understood as a kind of language in which the birds praise Allah.