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Why sing? Here are five good reasons why singing is so natural a part of the human condition.
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• Because you are made for it. Singing is our first language. Anthropologists and neurologists alike now concur that singing (i.e., using pitch to communicate) is the manner in which our human ancestors relayed basic information and feelings. At the turn of the century, there were still three identified groups of peoples who used pitch and pulse as their primary form of communication.
French author Victor Hugo once wrote, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent.” We are now beginning to understand just why this form of communication is so potent - and so vital in becoming fully human.
