Brief_Music_History

Brief Music History The music industry today is growing bigger every minute here in America. However, how did we arrive to the music status that we have today' In this paper, I will provide a brief history of music, and how they link together to form what we have today. The very beginning of music started not with musical notes or pitches, but rather with noise. Noises then are put together in a rhythmic patter to form percussion. Pitch was acquired shortly after and used on special occasions. For example, signals of war, and in ritual dances. The seven-tone scale was developed in China. The seven-tone scale evolved from the non-semi tonal scale: the foundation of music. Through this scale, simple music was formed. Gregorian chants, a form of church music established by Gregory the Great, were created from the use of scales put together with other elements to form a musical setting of the liturgy. This style of music was used in the western churches. Through Gregorian chants, polyphony was born. Polyphony is the use of two notes or more to form harmony, or dissonance. Polyphony formed a new type of music. Two-part singing and folk music, form, polyphony, opera, today, formed, two, style, scale, popular, different, century, together, rock, parts, part, musical, instrumental, influences, example, each, years, world, very, types, type, seven-tone, roll, put, provide, period, notes, monody, made