How Music Works

After all, music has existed for tens of thousands of years. Across countless cultures and generations, it’s been at the root of some of the deepest, most profound connections that humans can experience. Recorded music has existed for less than 200 years. And because recorded music is also beautiful, fascinating, and, in our culture, ubiquitous, I ... See more

Some African and Indigenous languages don’t have a specific word for “singer” or “musician”; it’s a given that anyone who breathes can dance, drum, or sing. Music not only sprang from the human brain—it has the capacity to alter the structure and functioning of the brain itself. Aniruddh Patel, a music-cognition expert at Tufts University in Medfor

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