secular music

Circular Music includes practices such as drum circle, body percussion (or body music), circular singing, musical games and dances, which are altogether to reinforce self esteem through team work: the expression of the self in a collective creative effort.

In contemporary English, secular is primarily used to distinguish something (such as an attitude, belief, or position) that is not specifically religious or sectarian in nature (for example, music with no religious connection or affiliation might be described as "secular").

Secular music in the Middle Ages included love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatical works, but also moral subjects, even religious but just not for church use. Non-liturgical pieces such as love songs to the Virgin Mary would be considered secular. Most secular music was syllabic and had a narrow range.

Secular music pertains to people, in that it is primarily written to be a form of entertainment. Sacred music is written about things that are eternal, such as Heaven and spirituality. Secular music is written about temporal things, such as physical and Earthly sensibilities.

Secular music is composed for the enjoyment of general audiences, not for any specific religious group. An example of secular music is ''Blackbird'' by The Beatles.

Secular music arose in courts, performed by aristocratic troubadours and trouvères in France and by Minnesingers in Germany, and in cities, performed by wandering minstrels (Goliards, jongleurs).

Secularism generally refers to the separation of religion from a State. It is very essential to separate religion from the state for the country to practice its democracy. Most of the countries have people of more than one religion who reside within the state.

adjective. of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.

Non-religious secular music and sacred music were the two main genres of Western music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance era. The oldest written examples of secular music are songs with Latin lyrics.

A suite is a prime example of secular music. Secular music is music that is not associated with religious or sacred themes, contrasting with sacred music like oratorios, cantatas, and masses.

liturgical music, also called church music, music written for performance in a religious rite of worship. The term is most commonly associated with the Christian tradition.

Secular music arose in courts, performed by aristocratic troubadours and trouvères in France and by Minnesingers in Germany, and in cities, performed by wandering minstrels (Goliards, jongleurs).