Music Wants You to Sing: Origins of Music (3)

Sound came first.

Long, long ago, humans didn’t have language.

You wanted to say something to your loved ones.

Your throat could make sound.

You repeated it until your friend understood.

You repeated it, putting your feelings into it,

again and again, hoping your friend could understand.

It became language.

It carried flowing emotion.

And it carried intonation.

We began to connect them.

The sound grew longer,

shaped by intonation.

Singing was born.

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