Ok guys.. not to tute my own horn
but I'm a pretty good singer (I've actually been told I'm very good
) and I've always felt like it was a blessing and a gift God gave me to hopefully honor him with one day. Also, I make music as a hobby (and sing karaoke lol) but I'm conflicted because I don't want to do something that causes me to transgress against God so do you guys think music is ok as long as it has a positive message or honors God?
Sound is air molecules bouncing against the thin eardrum in our ears. Music is based on natural harmonics that occur everywhere, which our brains listen for. Harmonics tell us what is happening and what things are made of; and they tell us who is speaking. The air itself has a particular density that forms the basis of harmonics. If we were in a different gas like Helium everything would sound differently. When you tap on something metal it makes harmonics. When you tap on something glass it makes harmonics. When you blink it makes harmonics. Even rubbing your skin.
Suppose you drop a spoon on the floor. The spoon will have one or two major frequencies it will emit, mainly governed by the density of the air, the shape and density of the spoon and its other characteristics like how brittle it is. Objects in air will ring out a note such as a C note, and that note will be followed by particular harmonics in a sequence, but some overtones may be missing or be louder or quieter. The harmonic creates a pattern which activates neurons in our brains with a reward which simulates learning and memory. That is how we remember sounds, and it feels good. Sounds feel good, or we could not remember them. Its how we remember words, too.
As we listen to more complex music, our musical hearing ability gets stronger. We are able to appreciate new things. If we never listen to music then fewer kinds of music will sound nice. Some of them may sound like noise. It has to do with activation energy in neurons, but ears act as a filter. Ears listen for music. Its what they seem to be made for.
Singers and musical instruments take advantage of natural harmonics by singing in a scale and manipulating scales. We don't sing randomly or with endless repetition. We imitate the harmonics of physical objects.
