Music is not something that is closed to a group of people. Everybody can hear music, sing or dance. But the music had different meanings in the past and here I will try to explain a little of the little that I know.
The word “music” came of the “muse”. This is because the Ancient Greeks were used to see the music as a thing to find the beauty and truth. On that time they believed that the music was a gift from the gods, and that it could cure diseases and do miracles.
The music was learnt by all the society, and mathematics and music had same importance. But wasn’t just with numbers that the music had relation. Also with astronomy, sports…
They were used to think that a person should practice all. A man that just practices music would be pretty “female” while one that just practice sports would be rude.
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