At the present time in the East, music has sunk very low. It has been regarded as an amusement, as a diversion. It was regarded as a national possession, as a source of pride to the ego of the nation, to the nafs. The heritage of their fathers, that which had been built up with so great an effort, with so much care, is now being lost by carelessness, by negligence. In the West also music is being brought down. The musician who advertises himself very much is a great artist; the one who cannot afford to advertise enough is nothing. So much is done for money: it is commercialized and degraded. That which should be valued most highly is brought down to the lowest circles.