Music Was Born :Sound, Rhythm, and Harmony-Origins of Music (4)

Hiding in a bush

Waiting for prey

We hear only the wind passing through.

Nature is quiet.

We needed a sign.

You sent it in a faint whisper.

Stones strike against stone.

Tools are being made.

The fire burns.

You begin to make sound with your voice,

following the movement of your work.

Stone meets stonein a steady, repeated pattern.

Labor,

to survive.

Endless repetition.

Rhythm was born.

The voice accompanies it.

Singing appears.

Then your family joins.

Harmony was born.

That was when the first music came into being.

Our lives create music

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