When did music first originate?

Where did the word music first appear?

The origin of music

China

Music, like other arts, also originated from labor. From ancient legends, we can see that music and dance in primitive society are related to the working life of our ancestors. They use music to coordinate their movements and reduce the degree of labor.

The original songs and music disappeared with the passage of time, and its specific situation can not be verified. Myths, legends and ancient books have been added and lost by later generations. Now I will briefly describe it behind me, and I can only get one or two. From about 50,000 years ago to the Neolithic Age five or six thousand years ago, our ancestors created simple musical instruments and dances, such as percussion instruments, wind instruments and dances, to attract rain and drive away drought.

There have been various theories about how music came into being, such as instinct theory, courtship theory, imitation of nature theory and so on. However, these statements only see the surface of the problem, but they do not talk about the essence of the problem. "Yue Ji" says: "Every sound begins in the heart. People move, things are created, and they move because of things, so the sound is shaped. He also said: "Musicians are born of their own feelings, and feelings are in things, so they are sad for feelings. "If you kill someone, you will feel happy and your voice will slow down ..."

the west

In the history of ancient music, myth is naturally a preface. Darwin, Spencer, Buhe and others have the most profound influence on the explanation of the origin of western music.

In his theory of evolution, Darwin believed that music is a means of elimination and a decoration for male courtship.

Spencer argued that the origin of music originated from human emotions and language repression during sacrifice.

Buhe believes that it is the correct and regular rhythm obtained when the body cooperates with it, and it is also a means of taking pains.

However, all the facts they put forward have not been proved or denied.

Because the most primitive music will never be based on love songs.

Language, on the other hand, is completely opposite to music, so it can't be established in the stage of distinguishing music space.

* * * The same labor theory, that is, the so-called labor with regular rhythm, generally does not appear in low-level culture.

abstract

The origin of Chinese and western music can't be answered correctly because of the loss of most documents. There are also many scholars in China and the West who express their views and opinions on the origin of music. But there is no way to know the truth. So the origin of Chinese and western music is still a mystery.