nadopasna

Why music?
Mantrashakti is a very ancient profound art. It harness the word power ( power of sound)
Like meghamalhar can produce ran.
The pied piper could drive away the rats, and mesmerize the kids.
In a way mantraskhati can be likened to music. For both focus on the nada Brahma. The spoken words create vibrations which are perceivable and cause impact.
Various people have cited various uses for music.
“tattwajnat ni shreyasadhigam” – this translates to knowledge is the key to self realization. But receive this knowledge a calm mind is required. This calmness is brought about by music.
Madhusudhan Sarasvati in his text advaidsiddhi says the gandharvaveda shastra created by bharta is a mode of worship and spiritual quest. When attained becomes a siddi
Shrngadeva the kannada poet calls music as naadabrahmopasana
Chaitanyam sarbhutanam vivrttam jagadatmanaam
Naadabrahma tadaananandam adwitya upasmahe║
In the bhagwat gita Krishna tells Arjuna
Sattatam kirtyanata maa yatanshesha dradvrtah
Namasyantscha ma bhaktya nitya yukta upasati║9-14║
That is to say devotional hymns and its rendering is a path to the divine
When narada asks Vishnu where do you reside he says
Na ham vasami vaikunte, yoginam hrdye nacha│
Madhbhaktaa yatraa gayanti tatra tishtami naradah║
I live not in vaikunta, nor in the heart of the yogi, the place where my devotees, sing and rejoice is the place where I reside.
Music is one medium that transcends all barrier, it traverses all living creatures touching and changing them, everyone emphatizes with sound may be that’s what inspired a poet to say
Ya that naayati kailasam nagan gaanasarasvati│
Tattha nayati kailasam na ganga na sarasvati║
Its Ganga or Sarasvati who lead you to the divine but the musical ganasaravati who does so.—please note the breaking of Ganga na Sarasvati phonetics in the two lines.

sangeetam natyam

Samyakha geetayate iti sangetam.
That which can give audio pleasures soothes the soul is sangeeta—music.
Samayak translates to good or soothing.
Music is joyful and joy is the manifestation of the divine.
Gitena priyate devaha sarvjnah parvati patihi
Gopatirantopi vamshadwanivamsham gatah
Samgitirato brahma veena sakta sarasvati
Kimnye yaksha gandarva-deva-danavah-manavah║
The gist of which is that god- man-demon all respond and enjoy music. Sangeeta or music is the upaveda and is called gandharvaveda.
Lord Shiva tells parvati about creation and its link with music.
The first creation prithvi—came the percussion sounds.
Then came water with conch
Then came Agni who gave metal instruments like cymbals
From the wind arose the wind instruments like the flute
From the akash came the string instruments like the veena.
Evam sadhashiva proktam shastram sansajnakam
Bharatdaistu munibhi sarvarthart pracharitam
From the Shiva came the knowledge music and initiated by him Bharata and his disciples propagated it round the world.
When one says sangeetam it is
Geetam vadhyam thatha nrtyam sangeetamuchyate
I.e. sangeeta includes music dance and song.
Moreover
Vinavadhana tatwajnha—jativishardaha
Talajnaprayasena mokshamargam niyacati║
The knowledge of instruments awareness of rhythm are all pathways to salvation.