Perspectives: Moved by the music

I AM not musical. At least, that is what I was told by my schoolteachers and have believed for most of my life. But since I started thinking about what music is for and how our capacity for music evolved, I am not so sure. True, I struggle to clap in rhythm, and I certainly cannot sing in tune, read music or play an instrument. And yet I find it immensely pleasurable to listen to music. I do so when I wake in the morning and before I sleep at night, and frequently while I am working and eating. I…