### auditory communication:

Music
* All music based upon melody and rhythm is the earthly representative of heavenly music.
* Most music has a regular pulse called beat
  - is made up of many instuments played in rhythm and harmony with one another
* Play an instrument.
* Some music do encourage violence, but it is in the person, people do know right from wrong.
* a consuming passion for many people throughout the world.
* accompanies a person from birth to the end of their days.
* activates all the senses.
* affects body temperature
  - human beings
  - the heartbeat, pulse rate and blood pressure
* allows people to socialize.
* also affects circulating levels of stress hormones in the body
  - the physical well-being of individuals
  - aids the development of other skills, such as mathematics and even coordination
  - appears to alter study habits and damage eardrums
  - can be a form of the breath
* also has an effect on the ability of a person to express themselves
  - measurable physical effects on the body
* also has the potential for becoming a conditioned stimulus for relaxation
  - power to transform our lives
  - value in educational settings for individuals with profound disabilities
  - helps with language development
  - holds attention because it causes arousal of the autonomic nervous system
* also is important in both cultures
  - often a major part of a teenager's separate world
* also plays a part in ordinary daily life
  - the hum-drum existence of daily life
  - an important part in Cuban culture
  - provides a means for the aesthetic enrichment and growth of every child
  - reduces nausea, fatigue and emotional distress
  - stimulates the brain s prefrontal lobes that coordinate thinking patterns
* appears to have developed out of the base components of rhythm and voice.
* automatically touches three of the four modalities by which the brain processes information.
* basic tool of corporations in bringing their products to the market place.
* becomes central to the life of children as they enter early adolescence.
* begins in silence, manifests in sound, and finally returns to silence.
* benefits the entire nervous system.
* big part of most people's lives.
* blessing when it comes to stress because it has rhythm and repetition.
* can accompany the activities, voices, and rhythms of every day
  - act as a theme song to any situation or event in the life that each person lives
* can affect our mood, sometimes without our knowledge
  - the brain and body in many different ways
  - aid in criminal justice by determining any connection between violent acts
* can also be a culture
  - sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex
  - way of communicating with family when words alone become too difficult
  - cause increases in the levels of serotonin and melatonin in the human brain
  - communicate emotions in a direct and abstract manner
  - help kids learn to read and write
  - increase relaxation, relieve stress, and provide more clarity and vigor
  - inspire movement and drawings
  - lift a person's spirits
  - make children aware of other times and other places
  - strengthen or weaken individuals
  - alter moods and improve the cognition of information
  - and does play an important role in the lives of people
* can be a force for making better human beings, a force for peace and life
  - form of communication, artistic expression, entertainment, therapy and worship
  - means of speaking
  - reflection of the society in which it is created
  - an important component of learning as it helps focus children's attention
  - politics, fashion, socialization, lifestyle, or religion in a sense
  - therapy for the heart and soul
  - boost productivity in the workplace
  - break through social barriers and can give people a voice
  - bring out spiritual meaning from the depths of the soul
  - capture the essence of any person's emotions
  - cure people
  - determine the style or dramatic quality of a dance
  - develop cognitive skills like memory and attention
  - encourage socialization, self-expression, communication and motor development
  - enhance reasoning abilities at any age
  - entrain the body to calm or to accelerate depending on what type of music is used
  - feed the soul and feed some mouths
  - fulfill extra-musical objectives in influencing human behavior
  - give voice to the deepest emotions and attitudes of the heart
* can have a powerful effect on people
  - influence on a child's development from the very youngest age
  - heal the body and the soul
* can help a child perform better in school as well as providing happiness
  - an elderly individual grow with greater self-esteem and less loneliness
  - change experiences of pain as well as also provide cues for deep relaxation
  - children learn math, social studies and scientific facts, even at an early age
  - create an environment where people are more relaxed and happy
  - kids learn to communicate with each other
  - migraine sufferers reduce the intensity, frequency, and duration of the headaches
  - patients express emotions and share significant past memories
  - prepare young people for life in other ways, as well
  - to bridge the gap between the past and present
* can induce epileptic seizures in the brain
  - or express emotions, and sometimes it does both simultaneously
  - influence our behaviour in ways which are beyond our conscious awareness
  - inspire, motivate, reduce stress, awaken memories and talents, and span generations
  - intensify and change emotional states
  - introduce life skills to young people
* can lower blood pressure, respiration rate and stress hormones in the blood
  - our blood pressure, calm our nerves, and make quiet our souls
* can make a person feel good and make a person feel bad
  - crowds go crazy and grown men cry
  - people feel different emotions, as can a drawing or painting
  - mask or change unpleasant sounds or feelings
  - move the soul
  - often open our hearts when they feel closed and shackled by grief
  - organize or reorganize a cerebral function that has been damaged
  - overlap in function
* can play an important part in enhancing human development in the early years
  - role in the emotional development of children
  - integral part of a child's academic and emotional life
  - portray how evil is felt, how it works on the mind and soul of a man
* can provide a form of healing unlike any other remedy to illness
  - activity for young people
  - nourishment for a lifetime and can foster a sense of community among music lovers
  - pump up our blood pressure, stimulate our adrenals, and stir up our sensual natures
  - reach the human soul when sermons and messages fall on deaf ears
  - sing gently to our soul, or scream violently to our rage
  - slow down or equalize brain waves
  - still be one of the purest forms of expression on earth
  - stimulate awareness and the sense of rhythm
* can stimulate the brain to feel certain emotions or visualize certain images
  - mind to range widely and freely, through directed imaginative experience
  - unify hearts and minds unlike any other art form
  - usually express emotions much better than actors and actress
* causes a desire to dances
  - fiddles
  - skates
  - person's skin temperature to drop
* central part of basic education.
* changes as the sun moves westward to start the winds.
* collection of various sounds that are produced through voices and instruments.
* combination of complex vocal tones, a fusion of silence, sound, and signals.
* combination of sound and silence
  - waves pleasing to the ear
  - tones and sounds that can also be numbers and shapes
* combines behaviors to promote a higher order of thinking skills.
* come from the native land in forms of folk songs, legends, and dances.
* comes from the inner spirit, the heart from where one's feelings and deepest emotions emerge.
* communicates much more directly to our feelings than written language.
* communicative and social language.
* comprehensive system of organized sound which is to say vibration.
* consists of numerous sounds put together to form a universal language
  - sounds spaced apart in time
* contributes to the beauty, majesty, dignity, tenderness, and intimacy of worship.
* coordinates mind, body, and spirit.
* corresponds to and affects our physiological conditions.
* covers diverse subject in which creativity can be applied to at every level.
* creates a strong bond between people, a sense that goes beyond our other senses
  - the dimension, the depth and the colors of our environment
* creative process.
* cultural bridge that also links different generations.
* cultural, educational, and social necessity for all.
* deals with abstractions and, like film, it involves time.
* defines their lives, their feelings, and their relations with others.
* determines clothes, maybe the way people speak.
* develops skills in listening and in understanding complex concepts.
* does have an effect on the behavior when driving.
* dynamic vehicle of self-expression.
* easily anchors new information by widespread stimulation of neuronal pathways.
* effects people in different ways, or the same person differently at different times
  - positive changes in our psychological, physical, cognitive and social functions
* embraces all aspects of what constitutes our existence as human beings.
* empowers children to begin a lifelong appreciation of music as active participants.
* encourages creativity, rhythm and cognitive development
  - our bodies to release endorphins, which relieve pain and induce euphoria
* engages children's emotions and inspires movement, which accelerates their learning.
* enhances our biological survival and is hard-wired into our genes.
* enriches the human intellect and spirit.
* essentially has no gender and it has no religion.
* evokes an emotional response in people, and at the very core of all healing is emotion.
* exalts the human spirit and enhances the quality of life.
* exists in a limited system, encircled by the strictures of tonality
  - living continuum or it dies
* exists in all cultures and basic activity of human life
  - music allows for entertainment
  - societies and basic activity of human life
  - both temporal and eternal spheres
  - time and only in time
* expresses the central social values of nearly all societies.
* facilitator for bringing physical responses.
* fine source of infant stimulation and relaxation.
* force in each aspect in our lives.
* foreign language in that terms are in Italian, German or French
  - to many people
  - language, history and physical education
* form of celebration - and music can heal heavy hearts.
* form of communication of feelings and ideas
  - that allows for a freedom of expression within the social context
  - energy, like the sun
  - entertainment that people listen to every day
  - escape for people
  - expression, entertainment as well as communication
* fosters the development of intelligence in other areas.
* frequently has symbolic meaning
  - plays an important role in kinship, economic, political, and legal systems
* fulfils many functions in human life, nearly all of which are primarily social.
* fundamental part of the cultures and history of our countries.
* gets through to the inner ear and affects balance and coordination.
* gives people an opportunity to express themselves in a way that is unique.
* goes back to the dawn of time, and was probably one of the earliest art forms ever created
  - beyond words, beyond thoughts, beyond feelings, even beyond our individual selves
* great way to communicate because music is THE global language.
* greater cultural force today than at any time in history.
* harmonizing factor in today's world which is full of conflicts and tensions.
* has 'tonality' if it uses the notes of a major or minor scale.
* has a big influence on people
  - great effect on peoples' lives
  - high and a low pitch as well as frequency
  - magical effect on people and their social groupings
  - natural place in rituals
  - transformative effect on people's relationships to others
  - tremendous power to heal our hearts, soothe our souls, and clear our minds
  - unique way of characterizing a mood, a time or a place that reinforces our memories
  - way of integrating different cognitive areas of the brain
  - an important role in African society
  - different meanings to different persons depending on the scales
* has many different fundamentals or elements
  - healing properties
  - ways of being interpreted and there are many forms of music
  - movement and motion
  - power to affect the hearers and raise feelings and passions in human beings
  - profound effects
  - spiritual power, as well as the ability to affect our minds and our bodies
  - strong effects
  - such powers in triggering memory, collective memory and private memory
  - the ability and power to enrich human activity with deep meaning
* has the ability to give expression and beauty
  - stir the soul
  - uplift and transform
  - ablility to combine behaviors that promote a higher order of thinking skills
  - components of healing
  - mysterious capacity to resonate the entire spectrum of emotions
  - potential of uniting or dividing people and cultures
* has the power to change lives
  - combine feeling and thought without words
  - greatly affect people and thus is often censored
  - inspire, to heal and to nourish the soul
  - same right to progress as the other arts and sciences
  - unique powers as an agent of ideology
* healing to the soul.
* heavily affects the emotions and acts as a strong form of medicine for many people.
* helps awaken postoperative patients and reduces pain.
* helps children develop listening, discriminating, and expressive skills
  - understand, think, and develop creativity
  - define social and sub-cultural boundaries
  - form community because it brings people together
  - in the coordination of hands, eyes, ears and creative emotion combined in one exercise
  - our bodies fend off diseases by heightening relaxation and lessening pain responses
  - people become one in identity and purpose
* helps people to define a corporate identity and purpose
  - relate to one another
  - some people to relax and takes their mind of feeling unwell
  - to build the immune system
  - with sleeping disorders, depression, stress, and even cancer
* highly organized series of sounds that the ear has to analyse.
* incites passion, belligerence, serenity, or even fear.
* incorporates rhythm, pitch and words, which are all part of speech and language.
* influences the mind and heart.
* inspires emotions in people just as pictures inspire imagery.
* involves ratios, fractions, proportions, and thinking in space and time
  - singing, games, dancing, and playing instruments
  - the scientific concepts of acoustics, frequency and intensity
* is THE international language, it crosses ALL borders and boundaries.
* is able to move the mind, heart, and body
  - speed up seed germination and enhance plant growth
  - about motion and creation
  - adapted to, and can be reflective of, a person's ability
* is also a means for assimilation or rejecting the past
  - ministry that touches, heals and lifts the soul
  - part of the Czech heritage
  - relaxation therapy
  - social art that develops best when nurtured in a community of peers
* is also a way of communication
  - to relax and be entertained
* is also an ancient art form used as a healing therapy in today's healthcare settings
  - energizer and lessens fatigue
  - integral part of many forms of entertainment
  - another way for someone to express or feel emotions
* is also important in the healing arts
  - in the very bones of the people
  - always one field in a collection of fields
  - among people
  - an abstract medium
* is an activity in which every child can participate fully
  - the whole family can enjoy together
* is an addiction, a religion, and a disease
  - music religion, a disease
  - aesthetic experience that fosters creativity within the child
  - amplifier of one's own feelings
  - arrangement of sound through time that produces a reaction in the listener
* is an art form and a cultural thing nowadays
  - cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence , which exist in time
  - meant to be experienced communally
* is an art form that allows individuals to develop their aesthetic potential
  - any one can master weather using words or just sounds
  - requires both musicians and an audience in order to function
  - where communication is elemental
  - in Peruvian tradition
  - that depends on the passage of time
* is an art that exists only in time
  - within time
  - art, capable of incorporating other disciplines and yet able to touch the human spirit
  - articulator and transposer of waves emanating from the center of individual fields
  - artistic expression and composition of vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds
  - avenue for emotions
  - element that can keep races the world over, together
  - emotion evoking component to how one behaves
  - emotion, a feeling
* is an emotional bond that bridges other differences
  - language that speaks and has meaning
  - emotive form of expression and communication which has no equivalent
  - energizer and gives a person a sense of accomplishment
  - especially human adaptation to human needs
* is an essential element in the education of girls
  - key to the human existence
  - part of African self-consciousness
* is an expression of emotion and moods
  - the words an expression of thought
  - joy, of anger, of pathos
  - our selves
* is an expressive language
  - way for a student to get through to others and themselves
  - extraordinarily powerful force in shaping cultural norms and influencing behavior
* is an important aspect of a young child's life
  - component of brain development
  - facet of modern life
* is an important form of communication
  - expression and enjoyment
  - part of Mexican culture
* is an important part of a child's education
  - teenager's life and big part of their identity
  - development and expression
  - our daily life
* is an important part of the Eliot tradition
  - Jewish culture because of our nomadic history
  - lives of young people
  - repository of traditional culture and aesthetic values
  - theme in Bears
  - information good, stored on media for playback
  - intangible entity, and can therefore exist in more than one place at one time
  - intangible, eternal form of artistic expression
* is an integral part of Aboriginal culture
  - life for many of the Native American tribes
* is an integral part of the Indian culture
  - life of every African individual from birth
  - what human beings are and can be
  - interactive art form it requires the participation of an active listener
  - invisible dance, as dancing is silent music
  - irreplaceable element in communicating the great ideas of all cultures and peoples
  - occupation with numerous specific skills
  - and can be the mood of life
* is another form of self-expression
  - medium for sharing and learning creatively
  - aphrodisiacs
  - applied in a therapeutic environment to bring about desirable changes in behavior
* is as much a part of culture as anything else, but plays into the way society works
  - necessary for humankind as it is for birds
* is at the base of life and governs moods
  - core of the Caribbean culture
* is at the heart of African culture
  - both self-expression and interpersonal communication
* is based on sound waves which are used in instruments and amplifiers
  - structure and order
  - basic to human nature
  - basically sound produced by vibrations
  - beautiful things
  - beyond culture and roots, music creative expression, expressing passion and emotions
* is biologically part of human life, as music is artistically a part of human life
  - just as music is aesthetically part of human life
  - just as music is anesthetically part of human life
  - just as music is artistically a part of human life
  - both art and science
  - by nature an elusive art form because it only exists in time
* is called the language of the gods
  - universal language because it speaks to people across time and culture
* is capable of heals
  - speaking to and from the human soul with unique power, beauty, and genius
  - carried by birds in flight
* is central to Jewish history and culture
  - our culture and to the education of our young people
  - communication, and requires a composer, an interpreter, and a listener
  - composed of a combination of sounds and tones in various patterns
  - contemporaries
* is created by blending different notes and rhythms, dance of different movements
  - that comes from the person, and is therefore a unique expression of that person
  - dance and the dancer
  - different in other areas of the world, and it has great cultural ties
  - effective at creating motivation, which therefore makes behavior change more likely
  - entertainment, relaxation, stimulation, and release
  - essential for existance, It allows the heart and the mind to speak as one
* is everywhere in life
  - our world
  - evidence that beauty, mathematics, and time all live in the same neighborhood
  - evolution, the seed of change
  - expressed when the keys activate the strings
  - expression of harmony in sound
  - first and foremost an art form
  - food for the brain
* is for giving to other people
  - things that are related to music, e.g. pop stars, musical people etc
  - fundamental to a child's learning experience
  - gifts
  - governed by musical time, which functions within chronological time
  - hard to learn without sounds or vibrations
  - hobbies
* is important as an industry
  - part of a child's daily experiences
  - therapy because it reaches and effects emotions
  - because it uplifts people
* is important in life because it teaches a language of the world
  - our culture, in the church, and in the believer s life
  - therefore to help children grow emotionally
  - to humans, and has a particular importance to humans and their work
* is important to life because it adds an element of enjoyment to life
  - in and of itself
  - the identity of adolescents
* is in the environment, on television, on radio and on city streets
  - human heart
  - indispensable to most rituals and ceremonies
  - influenced by societal norms and values
  - influential from a very early age
  - inherent in the very nature of man
  - known to help fetuses and newborns in their brain development
  - language, as is math
  - like color, or weather or physics
* is located in cabinets
  - carnivals
  - cassettes
  - cds
  - elevators
  - movies
  - music festivals
  - night clubs
  - operas
  - radios
  - theatres
  - love in search of a word
  - loved regardless of age
* is made by forcing air past a reed inside the instrument, to make it vibrate
  - magick, a religious phenomena that short circuits control through human response
  - math, music is social studies and music is literacy
  - multimedia communication
  - music is music
  - musicians making the sound from the notes
  - now one of the fastest growing industries in The Gambia
  - of great importance throughout Black-American religion
* is often a vital support for physical exercise
  - important in religious celebrations
* is one area where intellectual and physical development really go together
  - of several modes of worship
* is one of the areas in which digital technology has had the greatest impact over the years
  - big three in sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
  - expressive art forms
  - few art forms that occurs over time
* is one of the great gifts humanity has given to itself
  - glories of mankind
* is one of the greatest forms of communication
  - gifts of life
* is one of the highest art forms on the planet and the deepest groaning of the soul
  - vibrations from the cosmic power
  - methods that is effectively used in the world today to spread the gospel
* is one of the most basic forms of human expression
  - complex vehicles for expression
  - effective ways to help babies sleep
  - important manifestations of our cultural heritage
* is one of the most powerful and profound symbol systems that exists
  - drugs in the world
  - sublime of human pursuits, and is subscribed to by all races and creeds
  - traditional expressions of Afghan culture
  - oldest forms of human expression
* is one of the primary mediums for understanding among peoples of the world
  - ways people pass values from generation to generation
* is one of the seven forms of human intelligence, all the equal in stature and in potential
  - liberal arts, which is also associated with harmony
  - strongest bondings of society
  - ways to make something good for the world
  - world's largest industries
* is part of almost every community and is often used to tell stories
  - any culture
  - everyday living for virtually every citizen in our society
  - recreation
* is part of the communion ritual with nature
  - deepest instinctive areas of human behaviour
  - fabric of our existence
  - liturgy of every religion, whether it be for good or evil
  - patterns, and familiarity with patterns helps with math
  - perhaps the most commercialized of arts today
* is perhaps the most popular and socially accepted form of mood manipulation
  - socially-accepted form of mood manipulation
  - single most unifying vehicle for bringing people together
* is physical education
  - played on traditional instruments to aid patients with modern disorders
  - poetry from the soul
  - probably the oldest religious rite
  - produced in the form of cardboard books, paper rolls, computer disks, and micro-chips
  - professions
  - punishment
  - recognized as following a scientific law of mathematical relationship in sound energies
  - revelation of a higher order than wisdom and philosophy
  - said to be the language of the soul
  - scientific, in that it is the application of numerical relationships to sound
  - seen as a kind of yoga, and the musician as a holy saint
  - simply a medium to express themselves
  - something everyone relates to
* is something that both men and women make
  - burns very deep in both of our souls
  - comes from the soul
  - everyone has the gifts and talents for
  - is produced to be heard and responded to
  - lasts a lifetime
  - stays with people throughout their lives
  - to be done as much as to be thought about and studied
  - with which almost all people are familiar
* is sound and silence organized in time
  - that has been organized by using rhythm , melody or harmony
* is sound that is pleasing to the listener
  - the person who hears it
  - waves, and they are powerful
  - sound, silence and oral traditions
  - spiritual food
  - stored in our long-term memory
* is studied as a historical, musical, sociological and an aesthetical phenomenon
  - in relation to literary periods, world history, cultures, art and philosophy
  - subdivided into band, orchestra, and general music
  - supposed to be the cure for anger
  - taught in schools, used in business, and therapy in hospitals and nursing homes
* is the art of listening in a highly specific way
  - measuring well
  - that consists by combining sounds, which has effectiveness on the listener
  - breath of life
  - color that makes the media a sensory experience
* is the common bond that forms the basis of our fraternity
  - denominator bringing people around the world together
  - conscience of the world and a prime source of inspiration and information
  - coordinating and synchronizing influence in all societies
  - cyberspace of emotions
  - discipline concerned with the production, analysis, and appreciation of musical sound
  - driving force underlying any instrument
  - emotion, lyrics are the intellect
  - essence of humanness
* is the expression of emotions, it is the langauge of our hearts
  - the divine and simultaneously the artillery of the demonic
  - fabric which most tightly holds together our memories of war
* is the food of love
  - the spirit
  - formal system which is derived from the structural component of natural language
  - glue by which humanity is bound
  - grand extension of the inner vibrations of the soul
* is the greatest communication in the world
  - healer of the soul and love is the greatest healer of the heart
  - of the fine arts
* is the heart of life and a language of the universe
  - ideal form of expressionism
  - incubation of joy
* is the key to the female heart
  - secrets of the universe
  - kinetic motion of culture
  - language by means of which lovers express their joy
* is the language of all peoples
  - emotion and is an integral part of the Indian culture
  - feelings expressed in sound, rhythm and movement
* is the language of the heart
  - soul, a product of the heart
  - spoken by angels
  - mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life
  - medium of expression of deep spirituality
* is the medium that holds everything together
  - tremedously affects the human spirit
  - melody whose text is the world
  - moonlight in the gloomy night of life
* is the most complex and fickle subject of media in the world today
  - expressive form of communication
  - highly developed of the performing arts
  - popular art form
  - spiritual artform
  - natural resource
  - one common thread that unites almost all of humanity
* is the only art form, where the form and the medium are the same
  - that actually lives
  - language when everybody can talk at once and understand each other
  - non-visual art and is the most abstract of any art form in our culture
  - organization of sound in time
  - part of the national bibliography that registers printed music
  - perfect common denominator when it comes to children
  - pulse of the energy that courses in and through everything through vibrations
* is the rhythm of butterflies
  - shorthand of emotion
  - sine qua non of human existence
  - sole domain in which man realizes the present
* is the soul of any wedding ceremony, regardless of faith or origin
  - humanity, it ties all people together
  - soul's heartbeat
* is the sound and voice of love
  - spirit that can touch all of our souls
  - strength of music
  - strongest communication tool in Hip Hop and urban youth culture
  - system of memory in which cultural history and religious belief is recorded
  - thread that binds all humankind together with shared feelings and emotions
* is the universal language of mankind
  - the soul, it transcends time, place and person
* is the universal language that goes beyond race, gender, religion and cultural background
  - transcends time and space
  - which establishes a common bond among all subjects and people
  - with no race, color, or cultural boundaries
  - symbol of peace and love
  - vernacular of the human soul
  - vibration of the soul
  - words that are being sung by the singer
  - therapeutic because it has the power to influence physical and emotional responses
  - tied to society
* is to make people happy
  - the soul as food is to the body
  - traditionally a part of worship
  - transcendent and has the power to take hold of one's soul
  - translated into written music notation, English is written using letters and punctuation
  - unique to our species, but found in every human culture
  - universal, and it makes people happy
  - universals
* is used as a therapy with individuals with special needs
  - communication, health and a multitude of reasons
  - both in times of joy and sadness, to celebrate as well as memorialize
* is used by all cultures in traditional healing
  - almost every profession, in different ways, to achieve various goals
  - businesses as a vital part of their total service offered to their customers
* is used for enlightenment
  - frequently to accompany exercise activities and interventions
* is used in a variety of ways
  - film to create tension or comment on the action like a Greek chorus
  - many films and plays today to heighten emotion
  - like a hammer in Cobra
* is used to communicate ideas and beliefs
  - convey joy and pain, hope and fear
  - develop skills in producing a smooth keying rhythm
  - make shopping and waiting pleasurable
  - reflect and influence our emotions
  - used, in some form, in all cultures
* is very important in teenagers' lives because when they listen to it their emotions change
  - the life of the church
  - their celebrations and everyday life
  - to a young child's mind
  - much a part of the Fijian devotion to religion
  - useful as an amplifier of emotion
  - viewed as both an organization of sound an d as a product of culture and people
  - vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm
  - what conditions the soul
  - whatever people think is music
  - when the musician disappears
  - words that are put together from a person's heart and mind
  - worldwide and in many languages
  - written with rows or sets of tones, and the variations of each
* is, or was, a language of the emotions.
* key to the inner world of children.
* kind of therapy and as a kind of control over minds.
* language beyond words
  - just like English, French and Swahili
* language that all people understand
  - gives voice to otherwise inexpressible feelings
  - has rules, mathmatical rules
* language that transcends concept or combines with it to lend ideas new force
  - cultural differences and political boundaries
  - unties cultures
  - without barriers, and it creates a community that's a model for humanity
* language, and as such has an interpretative role
  - intervals are the building blocks of that language
  - with many different dialects
* large part of society and peoples cultures.
* leading Internet retailer of consumer electronics.
* learning discipline that can apply toward good study habits.
* lies at the base of the world.
* lifelong learning experience whether as a performer or a consumer listener.
* living art, meaning it is susceptible to constant changes
  - force vital to the education of every child
* major constituent in South African culture
  - part of pop culture
* makes a difference in people's lives
  - people aware of other people
  - the line drawn between organism-environment vibrate according to the laws of physics
* manipulates our feelings and moods and our internal rhythms.
* manipulation at the contact boundary.
* means music in the broad sense - of all kinds.
* medium that attempts to transcend the everyday
  - has mass appeal and influence
* merges with consciousness, the imagination materializes light and symbols.
* molds the brain to create musical ability.
* moral law.
* moves beyond the physical body and accesses the soul.
* natural expression of the human body, mind and soul.
* natural part of a child's experience
  - way to express human emotions and feelings
* non-threatening way to encourage the sharing of emotions.
* nourishes the body, the emotional layer, and can bring greater health to the mind.
* offers multisensory stimulation that aids in cognitive, physical, and psychological growth.
* often brings people together
  - depicts the feelings that come to humans when experiencing physical events
  - has 'dynamics'
  - soothes the souls of wild beasts
  - symbolizes humanity in Western cultures
* part of everybody's daily life
  - everyone's life
  - everything that happens
  - our being human
  - the arena of art
* pervasive medium in our culture and in others around the world.
* plays a central part in Norwegian life.
* plays a central role in all cultures and in the growth process form child to adult
  - cultures and in the growth process from child to adult
  - large role in the Iranian culture and society
* plays a very important part in Sufi religious exercise
  - role in African social life
* plays an enormous role for people in general
  - essential social role in West African village life
  - extraordinarily important historical role in utopian and pietistic communities
* plays an important part in Neapolitan life
  - Tibetan life
  - throughout scripture in the Bible
* plays an important role in creating an atmosphere of worship
  - mostly all cultures
  - tapping into the structure and patterning of the brain
* plays an important role in the Coast of Bays
  - lives of seniors
  - lives of young women on their journey towards adulthood
  - increasingly important role in today's society
  - on our emotions and creates pictures in our minds
* powerful force in molding the minds of people
  - medium to assist the healing of the physical, mental and emotional bodies
* predictor of success in life.
* primary means of communication within our society.
* process-oriented discipline.
* produces brain synchrony, which dramatically enhances learning.
* propagates naturally by sharing and repeated exposure.
* provides a way for people to get together and express their feelings and ideas
  - an outlet for creativity, self-expression, and individual uniqueness
  - children with a means of self-expression
  - the energy and the emotion, visuals stimulate the thoughts and the mind
* pure art that expresses feelings exactly the way they are.
* rare commodity in learning about history because it universal form of language.
* recognizes no definition between people, no polarity of man and woman.
* reduces body tension and improves body movement
  - pain intensity and competes with the pain impulses in the central nervous system
* reflection of the heart
  - topography and people reflect the landscape they are living in
* reflects the way a society is organized and shaped.
* relaxes people , reduces stress, and improves tolerance to pain.
* represents how the people who are playing the music feel.
* right-brain function.
* river of love that can lead to an ocean of change.
* science and the study of it trains the mind just as the study of any other science does.
* seasonal profession.
* seems to be the common language among all people.
* sequence of patterns.
* serves as a kind of social glue that binds people together
  - public means of production for the manufacture of intimacy
* set of relationships.
* significant part of Polish culture.
* social phenomenon.
* society Dealing with life and death.
* sometimes manifests itself as sound.
* sonic art form that conveys emotions, beliefs and ideas.
* soothes the nerves and can release stress-boosting hormones within the body.
* sort of subset of sound design.
* sound energy which is expressed when activated by the key.
* source of healing
  - joy, inspiration and motivation
* speaks in a language that children instinctively understand.
* special sort of human artifact, an information processing artifact.
* stimulates the brain, the emotions, and the body simultaneously
* strong part of their culture.
* subject that has long been mistakenly attributed only to the right hemisphere
  - requires use of the intellect and emotions
* supporting component of many kinds of entertainment and most kinds of performance.
* symbolizes a people's way of life.
* teaches the basics of piano including learning how to read music.
* temporal art which is made up of organized sound for an expressive purpose.
* therapeutic outlet for human beings.
* timeless bridge that preserves each moment and extends every horizon.
* tool that reaches right to the core of our soul.
* translates to our senses, opening our emotions so that truth can be received and understood.
* triggers memory and music allows for emotional expression.
* truly is the universal language, felt by every person on the planet.
* type of math.
* unique language for expression
  - phenomena which exists only in terms of social interaction
* universal human phenomenon
  - language for people of all ages
* universal language that breaks even the barriers of silence in handicapped children
  - either creates or corrupts
  - reaches most patients
* universal language, crossing both continents and centuries
  - one of the few things everyone can say touches their lives
* usually has a constant, repeating pulse called a beat.
* utilizes the dimensions of time and sound.
* valued part of daily life.
* varies from culture to culture.
* variety of styles mainly channeled towards singing and dancing.
* very important tool in the education of children
  - popular art form in Bali
* vital part of any society's heritage.
* voice reaching out from the composer to the listener.
* voice that both expresses and engages the human soul in profound and powerful ways
  - speaks directly through the walls that separate people
* way of escapism from everyday life
  - expression to all people
  - playing with physics, the physics of sound and vibrations
  - people express themselves and respond to higher powers
* way to help learn the values of a society and enhance ones learning skills
  - relax for some patients
  - tap into the innate knowledge that resides deep in our cells
  - understand our cultural heritage as well as other past and present cultures
+ Human, Culture, null, Art, music and literature: Hominins
  * Music has also been around for thousands of years. Music can be made with only your voice but most of the time people use instruments. Music can be made using simple instruments only such as simple drums all the way up to electric guitars, keyboards and violins. Music can be loud, fast, quiet, slow or many different styles. Music represents how the people who are playing the music feel.
+ Key (music)
  * Most music is in a particular 'key'. The piece will be built on the notes of the scale that starts on that note.
+ Melody
  * Some music has more than one melody happening at the same time. When this happens throughout the whole piece, it is called polyphonic music. Rounds and fugues are types of polyphonic music. If the other melody only happens sometimes, then the second melody is called a 'countermelody'.
+ Music, Musical notation
  * Music needs to be written down in order to be saved and remembered for future performances.
+ Music, What is music?, Definitions
  * There is no simple definition of music which covers all cases. It is an art form, and opinions comes into play. Music is whatever people think is music. A different approach is to list the qualities music must have, such as, sound which has rhythm, melody, pitch, timbre, etc
  - music?: Performing arts :: Non-verbal communication
  * Music is sound that has been organized by using rhythm, melody or harmony. If someone bangs saucepans while cooking, it makes noise. If a person bangs saucepans or pots in a rhythmic way, they are making a simple type of music.
  * Music often has 'pitch'. This means high and low notes. Tunes are made of notes that go up or down or stay on the same pitch.
  * Music often has 'rhythm'. Rhythm is the way the musical sounds and silences are put together in a sequence. Every tune has a rhythm that can be tapped. Music usually has a regular beat.
  * Music often has 'dynamics'. This means whether it is quiet or loud or somewhere in between.
  * Music often has 'timbre'. The sort of sound might be harsh, gentle, dry, warm, or something else. Timbre is what makes a clarinet sound different from an oboe, and what makes one person's voice sound different from another person
+ Religion, Traditions, Art and music
  * Music is often important in religious celebrations. Singing, chanting and playing musical instruments are often part of regular religious gatherings of people. Special music is often used on special occasions. Many famous composers have written religious music. The words of songs that are 3,000 years old are used every day in Christian churches and Jewish synagogues.
+ Tonality: Music theory
  * Music has 'tonality' if it uses the notes of a major or minor scale. Such music is 'tonal'. Nearly all Western music is tonal.
+ Video game music: Video game design
  * Interactive soundtracks in a video game is music changing into different sounds, depending on what the player does. It is also common for a video game soundtrack to be sold in stores or performed in concerts. Music is very important to gameplay.