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Originally Posted by starrynight
On language and music I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned the fact that some languages actually use different tones or pitch to convey meaning (Thai and Chinese for example). I definitely don't think music developed later than complex language communication. Music itself is quite a basic way of communicating through pure sound rather than a complex word-object relationship and would have been one of the earlier forms of communicating I think along with hand signals etc. Sound used to express basic feelings like joy, grief. If these were then expressed in a more individual way then it might have been seen as intrinsic to that early human and so more creative.
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Even the English language does this. That's a part of the context of what is said. One could be asked, "Do you want to go to the store?" and the response could be "Yeah, sure," but it could be meant sarcastically, literally, enthusiastically, etc.
And yes, I do agree with the music being used to express basic emotions. I feel like ultimately, it's still got a long way to go. One can listen to a song and be like, "Oh, this song is happy" based on the sound, but it's still ultimately simplistic in terms of its true potential. It's more supplementary expression in addition to speech than a stand alone sort of expression.