What is music?
It’s like asking, “What is language?” We know it when we hear it, but definitions escape us.
Clearly, both are fundamental to humanity. Which came first? Experts disagree. Some say one, some say the other, some say neither. The oldest known musical artifacts date from the dawn of mankind around 50,000 BC. In Japan, the prehistoric Jomon period (c. What sounds, rhythms and melodies did they create?
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