Evolution Of Music Research Paper

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Music. Music is the sound on what the average person's ears and brain will claim is music, even if the sound was not meant to be any type of tune. From who or where that sound was coming from could have been a certain physical object or some sort of tune-making species other than a human being. These tune-making objects are doing so unintentionally, whereas a person can be making a sound with a particular unique instrument, having the intentions to create a tune or a rythem. Examples or substitutes for the unaware tune-making species would be a beaver, a swarm or crowd of bees, and a hummingbird. The noise these species can create almost sound similar to the manmade instruments such as a set of drums from the beaver, babpipes from the swarm of bees, and a flute from the hummingbird. …show more content…
These great-size rodents are primarily nocturnal and semiaquatic. Not only do beavers build dams (which they are widely known for), but also canals and lodges. These big guys are like natures construction workers! The noise they make while trying to pat things down such as wood and debris, almost sound like someone beating a drum. A drum, also known as a percussion, is a manmade instrument that was intended to make soft and hard noise. It is used by various music groups as well as their songs. The hummingbird is one of the smallest bird species, ranging from seven to thirteen centimeters. These small bundles of feathers did not get their name for nothing [the "hummingbird"]. With their natural way of singing, they can be saying various of things. One could be to see if other hummingbirds are nearby, or as a way to help balance themselves as cat whisker's do. The hummingbird can sound to that of a flute, which is a wind aerophone or reedless instrument. It produces it's sound from airway openings that are aligned across the

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