Some people say that music is a good way of bringing people of different cultures and ages together. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Opinions vary on the role of music in social cohesion. I am of the opinion that music is an effective means of cementing bonds between different cultures but does not have the same success when it comes to different generations.
The main reason why I believe that music has a significant role in bringing people of different cultures together is that a lot of music is either instrumental only or the lyrics are of minor importance. The main example that comes to mind is western classical music, which is made up predominantly of pieces composed for the piano, violin and a range of other instruments, whether individually, in small groups or even orchestras. Even where the lyrics are a notable feature, such as in opera or operettas, many people still enjoy the music more. As such, this kind of music is accessible to wide range of cultures. This is evidenced by the fact that two of the most popular contemporary classical musicians in the UK are Italian - pianist Einaudi, and singer, Andrea Bocelli. Furthermore, many up-and-coming classical pianists in Europe hail from China, such as Ji Liu and Lang Lang.
Nevertheless, I do not consider that music so easily brings together people of different age groups, even within the same culture. Admittedly, there are some national occasions where all age groups unite and music is a part of the ceremonies. For example, orchestral pieces by Samuel Barber and Edward Elgar are traditionally performed at national commemorations of the war dead in the USA and the UK respectively. However, in the absence of unifying cultural events, I believe that musical tastes are very much divided along generational lines. In North America and Europe, the music of young people, such as rap and hip hop, is almost universally unpopular with older generations. Conversely, older people tend to prefer genres like classical music or what is now styled “classic rock”, meaning pop and rock music from the 1950s to say the 1990s. While most younger people in these regions are familiar with some of this music, they more often identify closely with the subcultures in which modern urban music flourishes.
In conclusion, I take the view that music can and does bring people of different cultures together but is less successful at unifying older and younger people.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, so, still, while, for example, in conclusion, kind of, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 7.85571142285 13% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 10.4138276553 173% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 7.30460921844 178% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 54.0 41.998997996 129% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 8.3376753507 24% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1936.0 1615.20841683 120% => OK
No of words: 384.0 315.596192385 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04166666667 5.12529762239 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.4267276788 4.20363070211 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84536415061 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 218.0 176.041082164 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.567708333333 0.561755894193 101% => OK
syllable_count: 630.0 506.74238477 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 3.0 2.52805611222 119% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 20.2975951904 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.655233106 49.4020404114 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.0 106.682146367 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0 20.7667163134 116% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.4375 7.06120827912 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 3.4128256513 205% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.316405402619 0.244688304435 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0997751048962 0.084324248473 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0698397544782 0.0667982634062 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.190676031739 0.151304729494 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0576476128114 0.056905535591 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.0946893788 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 50.2224549098 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.4159519038 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.27 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 108.0 78.4519038076 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 9.78957915832 138% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.1190380762 115% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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