音乐之美:音乐的魅力

　　喜欢流行音乐是一时的事，喜欢古典音乐是一世的事 　　当世界越来越纷繁复杂，人心越来越喧嚣杂乱之时 　　还好，在音乐世界里尚有最后一方净土 　　也许
　　是时候了
　　我们重回古典
　　让心回家……
　　――小狐
　　
　　Music is an amazing thing. Uniquely human, at least here on Earth, music has the ability to lift the hearts of everyone who listens to it―making them feel on top of the world and taking their spirit high into the sky.
　　
　　Music has evolved through humanity’s own evolution. Beginning as nothing but 1)grunts, 2)eons ago, it slowly evolved into a music form, complete with born 3)flutes and drums made out of hollowed out tree trunks. As time went on, musical instruments, and our own musical composition, began to change and evolve. String instruments and sheet music came along, and with it came new musical forms like the violin, piano and saxophone.
　　
　　Into our past century, music evolved even faster, beginning
　　4)with the advent of jazz in the 1920s, which 5)spawned rock and roll in the 1950s, which then created nearly every modern form of popular music, from pop and hip hop to 6)grunge and heavy metal.
　　
　　Music is an impressive aspect of our culture and despite all our misgivings, some of the musical pieces we create are truly revolutionary. That is the beauty of music and it is true what they say, music can tame the savage beast. It is an amazing invention of our civilization and it truly ranks as one of the greatest things our species has ever created.
　　
　　Where will music go from here? Will it continue to evolve and will new types of musical instruments begin to appear to take the place of outdated ones? Well, if you look back 100 years, the concept of an electric guitar, 7)turntables or 8)synthesizers was completely foreign and inconceivable. However, for us, they are a part of our current musical 9)regime and there is nothing to surprise that new, interesting forms of musical instruments will evolve in the future to continue spreading the beauty of music to us.
　　
　　Every kind of music has its own beauty to it. From the soft and wonderful melodies of classical, to the angst-ridden and powerful punk genre, music is a diverse beast that occupies every 10)realm of our civilization. Simply put, our civilization would not exist in its present form without it.
　　
　　It is what allows us to make up for some of the 11)atrocities we have committed, because perhaps there is a bit of hope left for a species that seems to kill without conviction, but can produce unbelie-vable beauty through the music of such individuals as Mozart.
　　
　　It is a testament to our species in the diverse forms of music we have created, because it may truly be our greatest gift to the 12)cosmos as our
　　music blasts over the airwaves and out into the
　　galaxy to inspire other, possible intelligent beings, with our song. Who knows what the future holds for humanity’s musical talent?
　　
　　
　　
　　音乐是一种很奇妙的东西，它只属于人类――至少在地球上如此――它能够让所有听音乐的人心动神摇，让人如临世界之颠，神游太虚之境。
　　
　　音乐随着人类的进化而演变发展。从远古时代人类的喉咙发出的嘟哝声开始，音乐渐渐形成了旋律，还有了以挖空的树干打造的天然乐器――长笛和鼓。随着时间的推移，乐器和人类自身的音乐创作开始发生变化，慢慢发展。弦乐器和活页乐谱出现了，接着又有了新的音乐表现形式，如小提琴、钢琴和萨克斯管。
　　
　　进入上个世纪后，音乐发展得更快了。以二十年代爵士乐的出现为起点，催生了五十年代的摇滚乐，而几乎所有的现代音乐又都是以此为基础而诞生的，其中包括流行音乐、嘻哈、油渍摇滚和重金属音乐。
　　
　　音乐是人类文化中非常感人的一面。尽管我们满腹疑惑，但我们创作的一些音乐作品却具有真正的革命性，而这正是音乐的美妙之处。人们说的有一点是正确的，那就是音乐能驯服最凶猛的野兽。音乐是人类文明史上一项神奇的发明，它确实是人类所有创造发明中最了不起的一项。
　　
　　那么，音乐以后会朝哪个方向发展呢？它会继续发展吗？将会有新的乐器出现以取代过时的旧乐器吗？这个嘛，如果你回溯到一百年前，你就会发现，电吉它、唱机和音响合成器对于当时的人们来说不仅是完全陌生的，而且是不可想象的。而如今对于我们来说，它们已经成为了我们音乐王国里的一部分，因此即使将来会发展出更新的、更有趣的乐器形式，继续向我们展示音乐的美妙，也没什么好奇怪的。
　　
　　每一种音乐都有其美妙之处。从柔和、优美的古典旋律，到让人焦虑不安、震憾的朋克曲风，音乐是一头性格多变的猛兽，存在于我们这个文明世界的每个角落。简单地说吧，如果没有音乐，我们的文明就不会呈现出当今的面貌。
　　
　　音乐让我们弥补自己犯下的暴行――对于这样一个似乎不需要理由动辄就杀戮的种群，也许尚可存有一丝希望，因为它竟然会产生诸如莫扎特这样的个体，能通过音乐创造出令人难以置信的美。
　　
　　我们创造的各种音乐是人类存在的见证，因为随着我们通过电波向外传播音乐，歌声也许会在银河系中触动其他物种，甚至是智能物种，音乐正是我们奉献给宇宙的一份最厚重的礼物。谁又能知道未来人类的音乐天赋又能创造出怎样的辉煌呢？
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