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What are two things that make humans different from animals? One is
language, and the other is music. It is true that some animals can sing (and
many birds sing. better than a lot of people). However, the songs of animals,
such as birds and whales, are very limited. It is also true that humans, not
animals, have developed musical instruments.

Music is strange stuff. It is clearly different from language. However,
people can use music to communicate things—especially their emotions. When
music is combined with speech in a song, it is a very powerful form of
communication.

If music is truly different from speech, then we should process music
and language in different parts of the brain. The scientific evidence suggests
that this is true. Sometimes people who suffer brain damage lose their ability
to process language. However, they don't automatically lose their musical
abilities. For example, Vissarion Shebalin, a Russian composer, had a stroke in
1953. It injured the left side of his brain. He could no longer speak or understand
speech. He could, however, still compose music until his death ten years later.
On the other hand, sometimes strokes cause people to lose their musical
ability, but they can still speak and understand speech.