He finished in mid-table in the school championship, sought advice from another of his brother's friends, and concluded that for him it was better to think out " concrete concepts " and then derive general principles from these and went on to beat his brother's friend quite easily.
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In the context of music of course, the " meaning " is much more diffuse than it is in language-- more likely to instill a general emotional response than a concrete concept, but nevertheless, the order in which the sounds are combined and how they are stressed in relation to one another have a profound impact on how the effect those listening, as in language.