Music’s Ambiguity as Access to the Otherwise Ineffable

     Because music’s qualities and effects cannot be directly translated not words, music maintains an ambiguity that Schopenhauer values particularly for its lack of strict  literal representation. While the ambiguity and lack of representation are not strictly exclusive to art in our modern era, Schopenhauer’s value on music due to its ambiguity has validity since music can be and is consumed as humans’ closest materialization to otherwise ineffable feelings/ideas. Engaging in this access to those feelings/ideas (which are irreplaceable because they are so unique) gives the listener access beyond other arts and simple human interaction, thus bringing the listener closer to what Schopenhauer describes as Will.