They always say that music is a universal language. At first, one may think that the cliche is too romantic or metaphysical. The truth of the matter is that there is some actual basis in that.
Music is universal because it transcends the boundary of culture and societal formation. The logical progression of sound is different from the logic of language. Language is a social formation that is meant for communication messages. Music is made of sound, sounds that are produced through friction of two objects that may or may not appear in all cultures of the world. Nonetheless, the sound that is produced is concrete and does not need to be subjected to interpretations that will then be affected by the point of view or the culture of the interpreter.
Which is why if you will notice, the music produced by indigenous African tribes can have similarities with that of Asian’s or South Americans. The reason being is that if one uses a wind instrument in Asia and another uses a different kind of wind instrument in Scandinavia, he is still using the same air to produce sound waves.
Music is universal because it resides on the person’s ear for melody and harmony you cannot deny. You don’t need to be part of a certain culture to know the difference between noise and music whatever genre you are listening to.
If you have a music lover friend but you are not quite sure which genre he prefers, the safest is to give him the musical note cufflinks instead of the more particular designs of music cufflinks in the selection. Any sterling silver cufflinks that are related to music will do but this one will remind him that there shouldn’t be any form of discrimination when it comes to musical tastes.
