Whenever we think of people getting together, in family groups for birthdays and weddings or at larger gatherings like football matches and festivals, we imagine music as part of the scene.
We talk about being 'in step' with each other and 'in tune' with somebody. If things are going well, we are 'singing from the same hymn sheet' and 'in harmony'.
When we talk to each other it is the musical elements in our speech that communicate how we are feeling or whether we are asking a question.
Within ourselves, too, music makes a connection between our separate parts. It wakens and expresses our emotions, it makes us move and co-ordinates those movements. It stimulates our ability to use language expressively and uses our natural mathematical abilities to keep time and perceive patterns.
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