Music is played in every society and culture in the world today. Some people think that music brings only benefits to individuals and societies. Others, however, think that music can have a negative influence on both. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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Some individuals said that
music
should be played because it gives an advantage to
the
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society and the audience,
however
, there is an argument that says
music
actually gives a bad effect on both. In my point of view, it is undeniable that there are some negative
effects
from
music
, whereas, there are plenty more positive
effects
in many ways. Nowadays,
musics
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music
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are being played around the world in many languages,
also
, in some
cultures
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they have exactly the same rhythms and meaning, the only thing
that is
diffrent
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different
is the language, mostly there
are
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religion
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music
;
for instance
, god blessing
music
in Christian, they play the same
music
in every country or church, even though, they are played in a different language, but people will always feel in the same way when they heard
this
song.
Thus
, it can be seen that there are some connections in
music
between society, it shows us that it does not matter what language we are talking
, the
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only thing that matter is the meaning of it, and it can be represented in
music
.
Futhurmore
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Furthermore
, there are
many
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evidences
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and researches that support the importance of
music
,
espicially
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especially
classical
music
,
this
is due to the fact that classical
music
can help children develop their brain better when they are listening to classical
music
while they are sleeping.
Moreover
,
music
not only
make
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kids' brain grow better
,
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it
also
can cure the sadness and stress, by listening to
music
the brain will release
chemical
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that will make the person to feel happy, so it can reduce stress and help with mental illness.
In addition
, there are many hospitals around the world that use
music
to make the patients feel more
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, because they believe that mental health will affect
the
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physical health,
therefore
,
music
can
also
cure some physical health.
However
, it is true that there are some certain types of
music
that are not
benefitcial
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beneficial
for some
population
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or especially youth;
for example
, rap
music
, not all rap
musics
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music
kinds of music
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are bad, but it
also
cannot be denied that some rap
musics
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music
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contains very sensitive contents,
such
as, sarcasm, sex , politics, and racisms.
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is no doubt that these contents are not good for children or people with mental illness. To conclude, it is true that there are some terrible
effects
that are not good for some individuals;
on the other hand
, if they choose the right types of
music
for themselves, I am sure that it will provide more benefits to those people.
Therefore
, I believe that
music
gives us more positive
effects
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Harmony
  • Melody
  • Rhythm
  • Socio-cultural
  • Artistic expression
  • Cognitive development
  • Soundtrack
  • Moral implications
  • Acoustic ecology
  • Intellectual property
  • Authenticity
  • Commercialization
  • Media literacy
  • Sensory overload
  • Acculturation
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