Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is timely organized and regular sound waves.

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Its basic elements include strength, tonality, duration, timbre, etc. These basic elements are combined with each other to form the commonly used "formal elements" of music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony, intensity, speed, mode, musical form, texture, etc. The formal elements that constitute music are the means of expression of music.

Different types of music may emphasize or ignore certain elements. Music is performed with a variety of instruments and vocal techniques, and is divided into instrumental music, vocal music (such as songs without instrumental accompaniment), and works that combine singing and instruments.

Sound art

Music is an art form that uses sound as a means of expression, and the shaping of images is completed using organized sounds as materials. Therefore, just as literature is the art of language, music is the art of sound. This is one of the basic characteristics of musical art. Sound, as a means of expression of musical art, has some characteristics that are different from other sounds in nature.

Auditory art

Since music is the art of sound, it can only appeal to people's hearing. Therefore, music is also an auditory art. The principles of directional reflex and exploratory reflex in psychology tell us that among various external stimuli within a certain distance, although the sound is invisible and intangible, it can enable people's auditory organs to accept this intangible thing, which determines Intangible auditory art can inadvertently affect people's emotions more than tangible visual art.

Emotional Art

Like art, literature and other art forms, music also has aesthetic emotions. It uses the medium of sound to truly convey, express and feel aesthetic emotions. Music is different from other art forms in conveying and expressing emotions because of the perceptual materials and aesthetic forms it uses - sound is intangible, just like the nature of emotion, and is suitable for expressing emotions. Some are solemn and solemn, some are passionate and exciting, some are sad and angry, some are lingering and delicate, some are weeping and complaining.

Music can express people's emotions directly, truly and profoundly in an invisible way. So, why can music use organized sounds to express people's emotions? One theory is that the expressiveness of music comes from music's imitation of people's expressive factors.