Music genre category

A CAPPELLA

A pure vocal performance that does not require musical instruments. The most common place is the church; the hymns sung are The best representative of this style. In addition, there are many such works in the pop music industry, such as Don't Worry Be Happy sung by Bobby Mc Ferrin!

ACID JAZZ

It is based on jazz and then combines various styles without being overwhelming. It is more modern than old jazz, but not as heavy on technology as some dance music.

ACOUSTIC

A type of music played by instruments that do not require plugging in, which has the same meaning as the so-called Unplug.

AMBIENT

Some people say it is a branch of Techno. In foreign written materials, it is said that it is a type of ambient music that can harmonize with the audience's living environment. Simply put, it is the dance music industry. New Age is good at creating atmosphere; it can give tired and crazy dancers a break.

Aamp; R

A professional title for a staff member in the music industry. The main job is to control the progress of the entire work, supervise the progress of related record discussions, and stimulate the potential of artists. The full spelling is: Artist & Repertoire.

BALLAD

A modern love song composed of slow tempo and touching story. In fact, the original meaning is a British folk song, but it has evolved into this meaning. In Taiwan, it is jokingly translated as guava, which generally refers to sensational love songs or some pop-on-demand songs that you don't want to sing.

BIG BAND

A kind of music that became popular around the 1930s. It is an expression technique of jazz and a rhythm suitable for dancing. Eventually, it became synonymous with Swin'.

BILLBOARD

The entertainment and music industry-related rankings are published every week. The sources include sales and radio play rates. They are published in music magazines of the same name and computer websites. Most media in Taiwan will Translated as "Billboard" ranking list, artists are also proud to be on this magazine. In addition, it also holds music-related award ceremonies to crown musicians from around the world.

BLUES

Usually contains melancholic tones, and the content mostly describes difficult or sad life and love. It was originated by African Americans, and the harmonica with a desolate tone is indispensable. One of the elements.

BOSSA NOVA

The subject matter mostly describes the emotions of longing and sadness, but its brisk rhythm is its characteristic.

BPM

The unit of music speed is Beat Per Minute; the number of beats per minute.

BRIT HOP

and Big Beat are the most popular break beat forces in recent years. The Bpm is maintained between 110 and 130 (occasionally there are works between 130 and 140 Bpm). Funk Break Beat, TB 303 sound effects and independent guitar sounds are regarded as the most representative force that bridges rock and electronic dance music today.

BRIT POP

The alternative new age rock sound from the UK.

BREAK BEAT

Originated from Rave in the 1980s, which combines the rhythm and mixing techniques of Hip Hop (Back, Spin's...etc.), and the keyboard style of Techno , Rave sampling techniques, Break Beat features funky rhythms, a large number of samples, and a speed maintained at 135 to 170 Bpm.

Damp; B

As the name suggests, it is music with only drums and bass as the main axis, and the rest is just adding some effects or vocal rhythm. It may be House, or it may be Break Beat; as long as it is music composed of only two instruments, drums and bass, it is called Drum & Bass.

DEMO

Also known as Demonstration Record, the creator records the expected pattern of a song for the producer and singer to listen to, or provides this pure music to the lyricist for lyrics, so to speak. It’s the prototype of a song. Generally speaking, the recordings are quite rough, but some creators will record them with better equipment, so some people will publish them. For example, PJ Harvet's 4 Track Demos album, or The Cardigans, who included one or two demos in their single CD.

DOO WOP

Origined in American cities such as New York and Philadelphia, singer groups sang spontaneously in the streets and subway stations, with Doo Wop or Sh Boom, or mixed together as the background rhythm Interpreted with melody, it is similar in flavor to A Cappella, both winning with vocal performance.

EP

Extended Play is an extended work with a few more songs than the single. The reason is mostly to survive the period when the singer cannot release the film in time. This is to maintain the exposure of his works and of course to build momentum for his new film (after all, foreign artists usually have to wait for more than a year to release an album).

EURO BEAT

The music has an easy-to-remember melody, which makes it easy to become popular. Together with the fast beat commonly used in this music style, it is combined into a popular dance music. Eruo originally means Europe.

EXTENDED

A song version that extends the intro or interlude and other arrangements. It was popular in the 1980s. Some dance music will often produce such different versions and include them in singles. In the record.

FOLK

Music can be said to be an oral culture, and Folk is a simple and direct kind of folk music. In the context of Acoustic music, people's life experiences and public concerns are conveyed.

FUSION

In the 1970s, when jazz and rock absorbed each other, the music derived from their works also incorporated Blues and Soul.

FUNK

Literally explained as music with emotion and rhythm, it originated in the 1960s. The biggest feature is that Bass accounts for a heavy proportion and is almost the leader of the entire music. In addition, most of the lyrics are mainly exaggerated and rude, which is easy to impress people. Although Funk originated in the 1960s, it really became popular in the 1970s; after the 1980s, due to the integration of Disco and Techno, Funk There have been some changes in speed and music content, and even some rock flavor has been added.

GOSPEL

The church religious music style of African Americans developed from religious music. Because black people did not have much status and freedom in early society; they had to work and sometimes They have to be beaten and scolded by their masters, so they always feel unbalanced in their hearts. They work so hard and don't get good treatment, so they have to put their hope in their faith. No matter what religion they believe in, as long as they can get comfort in their hearts. ; is enough. They composed and sang their own songs based on the contents of the Bible. This is called Gospel.

GRAMMY

In 1957, a group of professional musicians and music brand executives formed a music group in Los Angeles. This group of people hopes to select the most creative people in the music industry every year. Characters and behind-the-scenes staff are commended, and members of the Academy of Recording Arts must confirm that the musicians being honored are not only extremely talented singer-songwriters, but also producers and engineers who have worked hard behind the scenes. After this idea was approved by the original members, the American Association of Recording Arts and the Grammy Awards were officially born. The purpose of the Grammys is actually quite simple, which is to recognize those who have made considerable contributions to music and regardless of their sales volume or chart performance, as long as their music is creative and talented, they can have a place in the Grammys. So far, the Grammys has 12 chapters across the United States and more than 17,000 members. By the dawn of the 21st century, Grammy is ready to allow 15?#124; global audiences to share the Grammy glory with 175 countries. In addition to all-encompassing various music types, the Grammy Music Awards also created the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1965. The purpose of this project is mainly to praise some artists and behind-the-scenes workers who have made many contributions to music throughout their lives. Special Awards were established in 1967, and the Recording Academy's Walk of Fame was established in 1973 to celebrate the recording project's 25th anniversary. The National Recording Association is also the founder of the National United Music Education Promotion Center, which aims to establish music courses in various colleges so that more students who are interested in music creation can have the best opportunity to perform.

GRUNGE

The music form developed in Seattle, USA in the early 1990s, conveys the passion, anger, pessimism and anxiety of young people.

GOA TRANCE

It originally refers to a kind of trance music that often appears on the small island of Goa in India. The speed is maintained at about 135 to 150 Bpm. The synthesized music timbre with strong melody is quite complicated in the way of arrangement; the effect of overlapping melody is used to create an auditory illusion, and the change of the synthesizer timbre is used to make the melody form a three-dimensional sense of fantasy space. In order to gain more imagination and inspiration, many creators gradually combined some psychedelic drugs in Goa Trance culture.

HOUSE

It is still a popular and well-known dance music, and is also the originator of the entire rave culture. The speed is usually twice the normal heartbeat; The basic structure is the repetitive electronic drum sound of four beats, which is also the registered trademark of House; occasionally high-pitched singing is added, but the lyrics are not paid much attention to, and the rhythm of the rhythm and beat is the focus.

INDIE MUSIC

Independent Music is synonymous with the idea that in the business system, we strive to attach great importance to the integrity of music and art and the central idea. It is the type that some small companies strive to operate, and it is also A publishing logic that is independent and does not rely on others. Of course, once the artist's work becomes popular in the mass market, it will be separated from Indie and classified into other categories.

JUNGLE

Already lurking in the Underground Hardcore Rave Scene as it entered the 1990s, with break beat as its backbone, maintaining a tempo of 150 to 170 Bpm. Raggafied Jungle was popular in the early days. After Goldie pushed Jungle to the mainstream stage with Inner City in 1994, Jungle's branches also diversified; including Jazz Jungle, Arecore, Ambient Jungle Darkcore, Techstep, etc.

LP

That is Long Play, which is synonymous with album Album.

MTV

The abbreviation of Music Television is the name of the television station that first presented a 24/7 music screen. The Music Video broadcast among them uses visual art to package artists and music; it is worth noting that most Chinese people regard the abbreviation of MTV as synonymous with music videos. In fact, Music Television has clearly stated that it is Television - a television business. Music Video is what music video means.

NEW AGE

Most of them use electronic music as the sound, and rarely sing; and most of them are pure music to present the calmness and etherealness of the soul, and Windham Hill is a company that publishes many such Music label.

POP

It has two meanings that can be briefly described. It is aimed at young people and the songs have easy-to-remember segments. It is a popular genre that people can catch.

PROGRESSIVE ROCK

Progressive rock; originated from the United Kingdom, it can be described as an art in the rock music industry. The music and even the album covers are full of artistic flavor, and the length of the songs is not unlimited. It is not uncommon for masterpieces to exceed the normal length of about ten minutes.

PUNK

A musical attitude to fight back and deal with the affluent society and the skin?#092; world. This type of music and performances usually combine powerful performance and cynical stage. Expressions, torn clothes, dirty language and a propagandistic musical flavor. Power and persuasion are much more important than the performance of the music itself, which is quite exciting.

PROGRESSIVE HOUSE

A new type of music that has attracted much attention from world dance music in recent years. Due to the many changes in the music and its continuous improvement, fans of electronic dance music cannot put it down. The changes in Progressive music in the past two years have extended to different music types; such as Progressive Deep House, Funky Progressive, Tech House, etc.

PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE

Basically, the music structure is not much different from Goa Trance. The biggest difference should be the combination of more Acid sound effects of TB 303, which is what everyone calls it. Psy Trance; in addition, there are two types of music under Goa Trance and Psychedelic Trance, namely Sun Trance and Dark Trance.

RAVE

A musical activity from British society, consisting of Hip Hop music and drugs. It also aroused opposition from moralists because of the large-scale use of drugs to have fun; and then spread In the United States, it is most popular in places such as Los Angeles and New York, but the involvement of drugs has significantly decreased.

REGGAE

Ballads of Jamaica; like our Aboriginal or Hakka folk songs, Reggae is broadly divided into; two slower tempo ones called Dance Hall Reggae and faster tempo ones is called Ska.

Ramp; B

Rhythm amp; Blues, originally named Race Music; it retains the scales and patterns of pure blues, plus rich arrangements and chords That's it, and it also incorporates music elements such as Soul, Disco, and Rap. Many singers have improvisational singing skills, so a song not only has the melody itself, but also has rich transposition and singing skills.

RAP

Mainly from the United States, it is a music model developed from Hip-Hop music. Hip-Hop started in the United States sixteen years ago and later spread to A kind of music from all over the world, combined with the American black music, language, dance, clothing and other styles, it has become today's constantly innovative Rao music style. The first Rap album in history was completed in 1979 in a small recording studio in New Jersey, USA. The name of the album was Rapper's Delight; this was how Rap music was introduced. At the same time, around 1980, Disco in the black area of ??New York had already Many DJs who sing Rap are performing. They have begun to study their recording techniques and lead customers into the interesting and changeable world of Hip-Hop. Rap music is composed of a fixed melody and rhythm, coupled with keyboard, scratch records and a fast rap that is hard to understand. Nowadays, rap has been accepted by many fans because of its popularity. It is even included in many rankings and awards. Because of music, Rap groups have gradually branched out; there are basketball groups, bands that resist society, bands that are racist, bands that are politicized, and some that are composed of local gangs. The topics revolve around guns, drugs, violence and survival bands; but no matter what, these different Rap types fully express the voices and dissatisfaction of black Americans, and people who have something to say and are talented can also express themselves in different ways. In the form of Rap, find your own sky.

SAMPLIN'

To put it simply, it is to mix the excerpts of a song that has been released in the past into the new song. It may include a singing section, a drum rhythm, and a melody. It could also be a sound effect from a movie or TV show, but even though it's a short edited clip, it still has to be paid for. For example, L.A. Boyz's That's The Way references the old Western song That's The Way (I Like It) by KC & The Sunshine Band.

SILDE

It refers to a guitar playing tool. Early blues guitarists broke the glass bottle and used a section of the bottle about the length of a finger to put it on the finger. Slide across the guitar fretboard to create a special tone.

SOUL

A relative of Ramp; B, it was circulated in New York, Chicago and other places in the early days. It is a mix of traditional blues and gospel songs in pop music, with themes including race, dignity, and human rights. , love and sex.

SPEED GARAGE

A music style that has become very popular in the UK in recent years. Today’s Speed ??Garage and Garage arrangements are different from those in the past. This is a music that particularly highlights Bass production. , Bass Tone is very unique.

SURF MUSIC

A kind of rock music from Southern California that praises sun-beach beauties and surfers. It is very enthusiastic and happy.

TECHNO

Originated in Chicago in the 1980s. From 1984 to 1989, it could only be regarded as an underground niche music. By 1989 to 1992, it had become the dominant force in the American Rave trend. After becoming a commercially successful selling point, it gradually faded out of the category of underground music and was replaced by Trance, Progressive House and the strong Real House revival phenomenon. Techno is characterized by electronic synthesized keyboards, Belgian-style bass percussion, a combination of male rap and female vocals, compact and frantic energy output, and a dynamic and sustained rhythm of 130 to 150 Bpm.

TRANCE

Techno, which originated in Germany, uses the bass and keyboard sounds of Techno music style to create a hypnotic effect; while retaining the rhythm and energy of Techno. Trance uses a lot of electronic synthesis and sampling techniques, with a heavy bass component, synthesized mechanical keyboard sounds, and a rhythm that maintains 128 to 150 Bpm.

TRIP HOP

It can be simply regarded as lazy and psychedelic Hip Hop. The Bpm is maintained between 80 and 95. It is an important music trend in Bristol. In their heyday in 1994, Portishead, Tricky and Massive Attick were hailed as the Trip Hop Iron Triangle; in 1996, Morcheeba, Sneaker and Olive, who followed the Trip Hop route, were hailed as Post Portishead by the British media.

WORK SONG

In the early days of the founding of the United States, many black slaves came from the African continent. Some of these black slaves from the African continent were deceived, and some were deceived. They were forcibly taken to the American continent to work as slaves for the local white people, but what about these black people? Every day, some menial work such as logging, reclamation, and railway tunnel construction were required. Moreover, when the United States was first established, the cotton fields, the economic source of the southern industry, required a lot of manpower to develop, so most men were put into the cotton fields. Here, they hold hoes, sweat, and work hard in the sun every day, and they are also whipped and insulted by their masters. What is even more regrettable is that these black people who work hard every day have no status in society, and even more Needless to say, freedom and human rights, plus lack of education and unfair treatment in society, made life very difficult, but they could still get by, so they had no choice but to transfer these dissatisfaction and unhappy moods into singing. , humming while working in the fields. This kind of song that is hummed and sung while working is called Work Song. Since it is hummed while working, it is of course not too complicated or fancy. It is relatively simple, usually in the form of Leader amp; Chorus or Call amp; Response. This form is composed of a One person sings a verse first, and everyone responds in chorus.