Music (Base Register)

Music is sound produced by humans, for entertainment, for communication, or without reason or motive. Music can be produced via instruments of any kind, or through voices and singing. Music most likely predates language and could be considered an early form of communication. Every human culture contains some kind of musical activity.

Origins
Music was likely first developed against a backdrop of natural noise, such as birdsong, wind and other combinations of sound. The first vocally produced music would be sounds such as singing, humming, whistling, clicking and moaning, developed to imitate a natural rhythm. It is plausible that music was initially created as an entertainment method, games involving singing or beating on rocks or, more practically, it may have been developed for things such as driving animals in organised hunts, or as a by-product of activities like grinding roots and seeds into meal.

Styles
Music can be produced via many different methods, and the variety of available sources affects the makeup of a culture's music, and cultures which developed music in a certain style will likely have more variants of that style - different beats for those who use rock-beating or percussion and different noises for those who whistle or sing. Added to this, music can also be topical, reflecting the mood around an event, or telling the tale of something past - in cultures where a language has been established, ballads form an integral part of a culture's history by being entertaining as well as informative.