I can understand the desire to have wondrous magic, but common too? Aint gonna happen. As Bob Heinlein once said, "The most ordinary thing is a 90 day wonder on the 91st day." Real pixies show up on May 1st, by August first stores will be selling anti- pixie spray and anti-pixie traps. Pixie poop will be credited with causing millions of dollars in damage to structures and infrastructure.
You can have wondrous magic or you can have common magic, make your choice because you can't have both. Just how we are.
As for magic songs, I can see the following possibilities....
Everybody will get music lessons.
Tone deafness will be selected against in breeding.
Cooperative magic will have complex harmonics.
Some songs will be banned for their destructive qualities.
Perfect pitch will be bred for.
Untuned instruments will be illegal.
There will be songs for tuning instruments.
Restricted musical reproductions (mp3 players for instance) will be outlawed.
All musical instruction will be done using live music.
Using songs to cheat on your utiltiy bill will be illegal.
Same with any other sort of cheating or crime.
Music that overtly affects emotion will be restricted.
Music that hides, instead of repairing, flaws, will be outlawed.
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Date: 2012-10-18 03:14 am (UTC)You can have wondrous magic or you can have common magic, make your choice because you can't have both. Just how we are.
As for magic songs, I can see the following possibilities....
Everybody will get music lessons.
Tone deafness will be selected against in breeding.
Cooperative magic will have complex harmonics.
Some songs will be banned for their destructive qualities.
Perfect pitch will be bred for.
Untuned instruments will be illegal.
There will be songs for tuning instruments.
Restricted musical reproductions (mp3 players for instance) will be outlawed.
All musical instruction will be done using live music.
Using songs to cheat on your utiltiy bill will be illegal.
Same with any other sort of cheating or crime.
Music that overtly affects emotion will be restricted.
Music that hides, instead of repairing, flaws, will be outlawed.
You will learn the lyrics to a song.
Treatment for verbal dyslexia will be free.
All children will be tested for verbal dyslexia.
There's more but I can't think of any.