Transcript Purposes of Music

Why do people create music?
 Music
created or
performed for
rituals or
celebrations.
 Patriotic
Music
 Religious
Music
 Bridal
Chorus
 Hail to the Chief (entrance of the President)
 Funerals
 Commemorative ceremonies
 Graduations
 Political events
 Holidays
 Religious rituals
 Music
for
entertainment or
fun.
 Game
Songs
 Dance or Social
Events
 For Physical
Activities
 As a Hobby
 Recreation
comes from Latin root
“recreatio”, or to restore health
 Music therapy used with all age groups
 Music therapy is used to help those with
mental health needs, learning abilities,
Alzheimer’s disease, substance abuse, brian
injuries, chronic pain, etc.
 Recreational music unites people of all age
groups, ethnicities, ability, or prior
experience
 During
WWI and WWII, musicians visited
veteran hospitals to perform for those with
physical and emotional trauma
 Doctors and nurses praised the effects of the
music on the patients’ healing process
 Do you listen to certain types of music when
you feel different emotions, or when you are
sick?
 Focuses
on the enjoyment and well being of
the musician and those who listen
 Does not rely on any artistic outcome
 Purely focused on entertainment, being
social, enjoying music as a hobby, or
incorporating music into a game
 Participants are not required to have any
training – an outstanding performance is not
the purpose, but rather fun and relaxation
are key drivers
 Most
of what we listen to daily
 System of a Down
 Lil’ Wayne
 Weezer
 Journey
 CCR
 NIRVANA
 ….country music….maybe
 Music
created with
the intent to
express or
communicate
one’s emotions,
feelings, ideas, or
experiences.
 Music
performed in
a concert setting
in front of an
audience.
 Unlike
recreational, artists of this type are
typically classically trained musicians or
groups of musicians
 Use their study of music as a vehicle to
demonstrate perfection of presentation of
music
 Specifically express or communicate
emotions, feelings, ideas, or experiences
 Typically
composed music
 The performers breathe life into the notes
the composer has put onto paper
 The artistry is determined by the degree of
musical perfection that is achieved by the
performer
 The performer uses all of the elements of
music to recreate the composition while
maintaining a minimum of mistakes in notes,
pitch, etc.
 Perfection is always the goal in music
performed for artistic expression
 Bach
 Beethoven
 Tchaikovsky
 Handel
 Haydn
 Mozart
 Wagner
 Though
most of you frown on Classical, can
you think of any time that it works well in
something you may enjoy?
 Though
there are three main purposes for
creating music, no music is restricted to only
be part of ONE of those groups
 Music can be both artistic and recreational,
ceremonial and artistic, etc.