Music has always been and continue to be a universal language of mankind. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

With globalization, different cultures including all kinds of

music

have spread across the world. When we stay at home to appreciate a piece of exotic song, we cannot rate

music

as a universal

language

of

mankind

.

This

essay will illustrate

this

viewpoint clearly.

To begin

with,

music

may not become a global

language

of the human being as it is a symbol of

culture

. There are significantly diverse cultures in the world, which include colourful forms of

music

. Every form of

music

definitely distinguishes itself from others.

This

means that it is hard to fully comprehend each kind of

music

from different cultural backgrounds with different styles, even if expressing a similar emotion of human beings.

For instance

, in order to express the feeling of sorrow, the performance of GuQing, an ancient Chinese traditional instrument, may not be understood by western audiences without the oriental knowledge base, vice versa.

Additionally

, it is a misconception that

music

is a universal

language

of

mankind

. The crucial factor is that western

culture

has been and continued to be the global mainstream

culture

.

This

results in all kinds of musical styles that represent western civilization are popular, which have been making many people misunderstand that

music

is a common

language

of

mankind

. Meanwhile, other kinds of

music

from non-mainstream cultures have been neglected for a long time,

such

as the Kung opera

that is

a kind of antique and survived Chinese musical.

This

is a piece of obvious evidence to prove that not all

music

can be a common

language

. In conclusion,

music

represents the diversity of

culture

, but not a global

language

of

mankind

. I strongly disagree with the viewpoint that

music

can be regarded as a common

language

, but believe that

music

from western

culture

may be acceptable across the world.