Ambiguity In Music

The songs on the radio today has a wide variety of genres: from the seemingly infamous country to the exceedingly popular vulgar rap and pop picks of adolescents. Each genre has its own unique idiosyncrasies associated with its songs; the popular rap on the radio tends to focus on raunchy subjects, country is synonymous with the specific twang of their songs, and pop often has a strong attitude about them accompanied by a vocalist with a voice that cuts through the several layers of instruments. Without hesitation, people declare any song they hear on the radio “music” because that it what it is in the general sense; there is no other term to associate with these combinations of voice and instruments. However, taking in consideration the official

It is so important that open interpretation be available to the audience otherwise it would be almost impossible or at least notably more difficult for listeners to find any emotional appeal in the music. The emotional appeal in music is almost as fundamental as the notes written on the music staff; without emotion, music is practically a cadaver of sound that no one can perceive. Consequently, emotionless music would have no appeal to any audiences as there would be little to find likeable except for a possibly catchy tune. Even so, it would be arduous to truly bring oneself to favor a monotone song. Music without emotion is equivalent to a book without a defined plot, a one-sided relationship, a dry crumbly cake decorated with buttercream; something would not feel right, but one cannot quite put their finger on it. Plausibly, as many do fancy the mainstream radio music, it can be asserted there is an emotional factor in in these compositions. It is correct to claim so, but the matter is of emotional connection and not appeal on its own. The type of emotional connection that mainstream music has to offer is equivalent to how doses of caffeine through energy drinks and coffee offer a pick-me-up to the consumer: temporary and ultimately artificial. Argyris V. Karapetsa, a Greek scientific contributer to the University of Thessaly, advocates the importance of emotional connection between song and listener as a promoter of mental stability, declaring after extensive research, “Thus, they listen to melancholic mood-congruent music while seeking solace and comfort, aggressive music in order to express their anger, happy music for maintaining a current positive mood, or for ‘escaping’ from worries” (Karapetsa). This confirmed tendency of audiences listening specific types of music for emotional