05-08-2009, 19:15
Hmmmm. Interesting...
Music obviously has huge importance for humans, but do any other of the earthly lifeforms demonstrate any form of musical activity ?? Would we know if they did ?? Could bird-song be music of some sort, or whale calls ??
Sound - and therefore to some extent music - can be expressed using physics & or mathematics, and maths certainly plays a part in musical notation as we know it, so if these sciences are universal, there's a possibility that alien music could exist.
As long as their music hasn't developed along a parallel with Cliff Richard, I'd give it a go !!
Music obviously has huge importance for humans, but do any other of the earthly lifeforms demonstrate any form of musical activity ?? Would we know if they did ?? Could bird-song be music of some sort, or whale calls ??
Sound - and therefore to some extent music - can be expressed using physics & or mathematics, and maths certainly plays a part in musical notation as we know it, so if these sciences are universal, there's a possibility that alien music could exist.
As long as their music hasn't developed along a parallel with Cliff Richard, I'd give it a go !!