有朋友问我,音乐是什么?我说,音乐是通过器乐演奏或口唱所传达出的乐音旋律。他继续问,人类何以需要音乐?我说,人类的天性是追求美,因为音乐所传达的旋律能提供听觉上美的享受,故而人们需要音乐。这一点,古今中外,是概莫能外的。如果不是为了美的享受,就不可能有音乐这门艺术。须知,音乐就是人类在长期生产、生活中为了追求这种美而应运产生的。 A friend asked me what is music? I say that music is melody delivered through instrumental music or singing. He went on to ask why humans need music. I say that the nature of mankind is the pursuit of beauty, because the melody conveyed by the music can provide aural and aesthetic enjoyment, and people need music. This is no exception at all times and in all countries. If not for the sake of beauty, there can be no art of music. Notice, music is the long-term production of mankind, life in order to pursue this beauty and should have occurred.