Some people say that music can bring people of different cultures and ages together. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

 

Some people say that music can bring people of different cultures and ages together. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? 

Does music bring people of diverse cultures and ages together, or not? 

Planning what to write: 

If it helps bring people on the same platform, Why do you feel that? Justify

1.   The fundamental notes of the music, 7 in number are similar in all kinds of music genres all across the world. 

2.   Music regardless of its kind and type has a potential to make every one sway to the rhythms. 

3.   *Music is enjoyed in alone, as well as in community: it does not cause annoyance - people have a knack to listen to any kind of compositions regardless of whether those notes are native to the background of the listeners 

It does not  

1.   *A great friction results when the old people are exposed to modern music and young are exposed to classical: causing arguments and discord   

2.   Conservativee view, music is endemic to society and represents their culture, bringing in another kind means abandoning own beliefs 

3.   **Many also harbor prejudice against other music genres. 

There is a common belief that music has a potential to bring people from various ethnicities, nationalities, age groups and sociocultural backgrounds on one platform, but nonetheless, this view is countered by a lobby.   

 

The notion of music integrating individuals from disparate backgrounds and age groups finds its support in the fact that every genre of this form of art emanates from the same seven notes which form the foundation of all the rhythms. Therefore, listeners, regardless of their cultural backgrounds, are easily able to correlate and assimilate any kind of music. They are swayed by the compositions even if they can hardly appreciate or comprehend the accompanying lyrics: this art makes them dive deep into the world that is surrounded by sounds that emanate from their souls. 

 

This can be illustrated by presenting the examples of today where the young are seen listening, dancing, and playing the tunes that they seldom have heard in their cultures and social groups. Several parties, discotheques and events are known to play   songs and compositions of diverse countries and types: pop, folk, jazz to afford an enjoyable experience to the audience. 

 

Nevertheless, there are some, despite being small in numbers,  who doubt the ability of music in bringing people on a single platform. They often cite the discord that results when listeners, belonging to different age-groups strongly resisting songs and compositions that they find appalling, e.g. the elderly find modern genres annoying while the young generation has little liking for classical, often causing arguments and fights between them. 

 

Overall, controversies apart, I am in complete agreement with this notion and feel that music transcends political, cultural and  ethnic boundaries,  and it renders harmony rather than creating friction among those hailing from different parts of the globe.