音樂之美

喜歡流行音樂是一時的事，喜歡古典音樂是一世的事

當世界越來越紛繁復雜，人心越來越喧囂雜亂之時

還好，在音樂世界里尚有最后一方凈土

也許

是時候了

我們重回古典

讓心回家……

——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 Will it continue to evolve and will new types of musical instruments begin to appear to take the place of outdated ones?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?

音樂是一種很奇妙的東西，它只屬于人類——至少在地球上如此——它能夠讓所有聽音樂的人心動神搖，讓人如臨世界之顛，神游太虛之境。

音樂隨著人類的進化而演變發展。從遠古時代人類的喉嚨發出的嘟噥聲開始，音樂漸漸形成了旋律，還有了以挖空的樹干打造的天然樂器——長笛和鼓。隨著時間的推移，樂器和人類自身的音樂創作開始發生變化，慢慢發展。弦樂器和活頁樂譜出現了，接著又有了新的音樂表現形式，如小提琴、鋼琴和薩克斯管。

進入上個世紀后，音樂發展得更快了。以二十年代爵士樂的出現為起點，催生了五十年代的搖滾樂，而幾乎所有的現代音樂又都是以此為基礎而誕生的，其中包括流行音樂、嘻哈、油漬搖滾和重金屬音樂。

音樂是人類文化中非常感人的一面。盡管我們滿腹疑惑，但我們創作的一些音樂作品卻具有真正的革命性，而這正是音樂的美妙之處。人們說的有一點是正確的，那就是音樂能馴服最兇猛的野獸。音樂是人類文明史上一項神奇的發明，它確實是人類所有創造發明中最了不起的一項。

那么，音樂以后會朝哪個方向發展呢？它會繼續發展嗎？將會有新的樂器出現以取代過時的舊樂器嗎？這個嘛，如果你回溯到一百年前，你就會發現，電吉它、唱機和音響合成器對于當時的人們來說不僅是完全陌生的，而且是不可想象的。