01.What is trip-hop?
Trip-hop is a type of British/European dance music. Its name comes from "trip + hip hop" = trip-hop",
because it originated in the UK. Bristol, so it was originally called "bristol hip-hop". Because hip-hop (in fact, a lot of music is based on hip-hop)... I don't know what hip-hop is. Go and see people who dance hip-hop. Most of them use hip-hop music to dance.)
The rhythm slows down (sometimes very slow) and adds some psychedelic flavor, such as very gloomy , thick bass, slight but psychedelic synthetic sound effects,
or some records samples, sometimes even the noise of the records may be "deliberately" sampled. The so-called "trip" refers to psychedelic, The dense drug "journey",
Therefore, trip-hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, jazz-like, confused, break beat music with a bit of hip hop rhythm.
Although it belongs to the dance music category, its psychedelic and confusing characteristics have made it far away from the clear rhythm characteristics of ordinary dance music.
Representative figures of foreign trip-hop: The recognized iron triangle in trip-hop: portishead, tricky, massive attack. mandalay moloko coldcut
02. What is world music?
World music is a term from a Western perspective, meaning non-British, American and Western folk/pop music.
Usually refers to traditional music in developing or backward areas. For example, music from Africa and South Asia, and music from some regions such as Latin America, has become so popular that it forms its own genre.
What everyone talks about today as world music usually refers to improved traditional regional music that is mixed with Western music. Africa's King Sunny Ade, Eastern Europe's Don Byron, China's Zhu Zheqin, Pakistan's Nusrat Fathali Kahn, etc. are world music musicians that are more familiar to Western music fans.
03.What is new age?
New age is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisure music. Pure music works account for a larger proportion, and singing works account for less.
New age can be purely acoustic( It can be played with traditional self-sounding instruments) or it can be very electronic. The focus is to create a calm atmosphere of nature or a feeling of the vastness of the universe, so as to cleanse the listener's mind and make people feel calm. New age is often related to music therapy. A lot of new age music is said to be able to cure diseases, and a lot of it is related to meditation.
This has a lot to do with the new age philosophy. New age music is usually regarded as quite middle-class music, and Windham Hill is the most representative new age record company.
Representative musicians of new age include enya, george winston, william ackerman, yanni, kitaro and so on.
04.What is dream-pop?
Dream-pop is a kind of "dream" pop music. It has a blurred atmosphere, which is mostly caused by synthesizers (electronic synthesizers).
Electronic music with added echo effect The guitar is also an important component, the singing parts are often very 'breathy', that is, the sound of breathing is heavy, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic.
Representative bands include cocteau twins, lisa germano, st. etienne, this mortal coil, my bloody valentine,
mazzy star and dead can dance, etc.
05. What is classic pop?
Classical pop refers to pop music with a classical symphony flavor. Songs that mostly use string accompaniment can be included in this category.
For example, "eleanorrigby" by the Beatles. Some works by the Australian band crowded house can also be included in this category. If we say classical pop,
refers to classic pop music.
06.What is acappella?
Acappella refers to songs without instrumental accompaniment. Any song sung purely with human voice is acappella. However, when we say acappella today, it usually refers to the kind of singing with multiple harmonies.
< p> Even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of acappella is umental, which is pure music. Any type of song can be sung in acappella form.The most familiar acappella song to Hong Kong people is "so much in love". Hong Kong acappella bands include Ji Shengmas and others.
07.What is bossa nova?
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bossa nova is a kind of Brazilian music with a jazz flavor. In the 1950s, composer antonio carlos jobim mixed the rhythm of Brazilian music with the cool jazz of the American West Coast.
Soft, comfortable and relaxing , laziness and romance are the characteristics. Beats 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 of every two bars are repeated beats.
Singer Joao Gilberto’s pure singing voice is an excellent partner of jobim music. It became very popular after being introduced to the United States in the mid-1950s.
Other famous bossa nova musicians include Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, etc., the most famous song is "the girl from ipanema".
Bossa nova was most popular in the 1960s, and has continued to have fans in the rest of the decade.
08. What is post rock?
Post-rock is a kind of experimental and avant-garde rock music that emerged in the mid-1990s. It has a hypnotic feel and its style is taken from ambient, free-form rde and electronic music.
Representative bands include tortoise. They regard their music not as songs, but as constantly changing and fresh works. Most post-rock bands are anti-mainstream music.
Also It's anti-indie-rock, but there are also some that are more pop, such as stereolab, etc.
Examples of post-rock bands include cul de sac, ui, flying saucer attack, the high llamas, mogwai, trans am, etc.
09.What is britpop?
Although britpop has the word "pop", it is actually a type of rock. It originated from England in the 1990s and can be translated as "British rock" in Chinese.
This is The British music scene responded to the American grunge wave, mainly in the form of bands. However, the britpop style is actually very broad.
For example, oasis is a guitar rock band, blur has a lot of pop, and pulp is close to glam rook and dance styles, but they are all classified as britpop.
Representative figures of British britpop: oasis blur suede pulp radiohead
10. What is dub?
Dub can be said to separate the singing and leave only the music. Reggae (reggae, also known as reggae, a kind of South American black music with a very rhythmic and special singing style).
When dub is used in electronic music, part of the singing voice is extracted, the bass and drum sounds are emphasized, and a large number of echo (echo) and other effects are added.
This technology is often used to remix songs during live performances. For example, Massive Attack's album Protection was mixed by Mad Professor from trip-hop music into a dub version.
11. What is electro?
As early as the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were no such things as house and techno, and electronic music was less popular. Popular, only electronic music such as electro is popular.
Electro can be said to be music purely produced by an electronic synthesizer (synthesizer, which looks a bit like a keyboard). It is usually quite soft.
< p> And often use roland company's drum machine (drum machine) tr-808 to produce drum sounds. Germany's kraftwerk band can be considered a representative.Today’s electro sound is brighter and more transparent than before. Later, some DJs used electro to transform into a kind of hip-hop music, which was called old school.
The current Fatboy Slim also incorporates some electro and old school in his music.
12. What is jungle?
Jungle is the predecessor of drum'n'bass. The speed of jungle is much faster than drum'n'bass, and the beat is more complex and powerful. It is sometimes paired with some rap.
Unlike drum'n'bass, which incorporates elements such as jazz and soul, It sounds softer, even the "rock chameleon" David Bowie is now doing jungle.
13. What is drum'n'bass?
For some people, drum'n'bass music may be annoying, because drum'n'bass pays great attention to Playing tricks on the rhythm, as well as bass performance, such as fast and complex breakbeats,
and the use of various electronic drums or sampled drum sounds. Therefore drum'n'bass is also a type of breakbeat, and 4hero is a well-known band of drum'n'bass
14. What is big-beat?
"Big beat", Brit-hop has become faster, heavier, and more rock-like. It can be said to be an improved version of brit-hop, a more mature style. You can imagine that it is heavy and broken.
< p> What does a slightly faster beat look like. For example, the prodigy, the chemical brothers, and fat boy slim are the "big horns" of big beat.15. What is brit-hop?
Speed ??up the rhythm of black hip-hop The sound is emphasized, combined with some electric guitar and bass, and it has a rock and roll feel, such as the style of the chemical brothers.
16. What is a break beat?
It is not like house. The beat is boom-boom-boom-boom so regular, but it is presented in broken beats, such as adding small broken drums in two beats, etc.
Breakbeat is just a general term. , there are many kinds of music that belong to breakbeat, such as brit-hop, big-beat, and black hip-hop.
17. What is psychedelic trance?
< p> Also known as goa trance, it originated from a small island in India. Goa is the name of the island. The melody often has an Indian flavor. The characteristic of this type of trance is that it attaches great importance to melody.There are subtle changes between notes, often overlapping melodies, and the high-pitched tb-303 sound, which is a bit ambient.
18. What is trance?
Psychedelic. Dance music evolved from techno. Listening to it will make you feel "trance-like", but it still retains the rhythm of dance music. It pays great attention to the performance of bass. Some of it will have a "hypnotic" effect when listening to it.
< p> The beat is also mainly 4/4.19. What is ambient?
It doesn’t sound like it changes much, but it actually changes over time. Sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc., often create a layered sense of space.
Therefore, it is called "situational music", and it often samples the sounds around life, such as people's music. sounds, car sounds, even the melody of other music...etc.
Created by Brian Eno in the 1970s,
is a very "profound" electronic music. Later, ambient also had branches, such as ambient house, ambient techno... etc. I believe everyone literally I understand,
In fact, there are shadows of ambient in many kinds of music, and even some classical music also has the flavor of ambient.
20. What is techno?
Technology means "high-tech dance music"! Computers and synthesizers are used to synthesize and produce some special sound effects. This kind of music is often a combination of many sound effects.
techno The beat of techno is also 4/4, but the speed is faster than house, and it sounds repetitive, tough, and mechanical, so some people call techno "industrial noise",
But some people still Techno focuses on melody. Techno originated in Detroit, USA. There are three DJs: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins. They tried to combine electronic music with
black music, resulting in detroit techno. Detroit techno is usually gentle and not As powerful as ordinary techno, it can be said to be the origin of modern techno
21. What is electrophonic music?
What is electrophonic music? As the times evolve, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music is based on electronic synthesizers and music software.
< p> Use electronic sounds generated by computers to make music. Electronic music has a wide range and can often be heard around us. It is used in movie soundtracks, advertising soundtracks, and even some Mandarin pop songs.But electronic dance music is the most popular. Many people think that electronic music is a cold, emotionless music. In fact, electronic music can also be filled with emotions by incorporating various elements such as rock, jazz and even blues.
There are also many types of electronic music, including house, techno, ambient, trance, psychedelic trance, breakbeat, brit-hop,
big-beat, trip-hop, drum'n'bass, jungle, electro, dub, chill out, minimalism.
22.What is folk song (folk)?
Folk songs (folk) originally refer to the traditional songs of each nation. The ancestors of each nation have their own songs that have existed since ancient times. Most of these songs do not know the author. ,
And it is spread orally, from one person to ten people, and from one generation to the next, and it has been passed down to this day. However, what we call folk songs today mostly refers to folk songs from the pop music era.
It refers to singing in a natural and frank manner, mainly using wooden guitar as an accompaniment. The kind of song that expresses everyone's simple feelings about life.
American folk singer Woody Guthrie's records in the 1950s can be said to be the earliest folk song recordings, so they are generally regarded as the ancestors of modern folk songs (folk).
Later, Pete Seeger and the Weavers continued to promote this type of music. During the Vietnam War in the 1960s, anti-war folk singers such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, etc.
became the era the call. Later, folk music developed towards pop, rock and urbanization. Bob Dylan invented folkrock, and Simon & Garfunkel developed urban folk pop with middle-class taste, which became very popular for a while. In the 1980s, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, etc. + followed the urban folk/contemporary folk route that has a more urban feel.
Folk has also developed different aspects in music circles such as the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The latest development of folk songs in recent years is the combination with new age (such as enya) and trip hop (such as beth orton).
23. What is chamber pop?
Chamber pop refers to a kind of elegant, noble and refined pop music, which has a certain feeling of classical music.
The term chamber music comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese.
It is a small group string performance with an elegant atmosphere. Chamber pop emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to lo-fi and grunge at the time. It emphasized beautiful melodies, exquisite soundtracks, and clean recordings, often using string and wind instruments. Create the musical feel of the Baroque era.
Representative foreign bands include the divine comedy, Rialto, Eric Matthews and Balle & Sebastian, etc.
24. What is synth pop?
The "synth" in synth pop is synthesizer. As the name suggests, synth pop is "pop music produced by sythesizrs".
Of course, in addition to synthesizers, other electronics are also used. Musical instruments such as computers and drum machines, etc. Synth pop became popular in the early 1980s, but began to fade away in the mid-1980s.
There was also a wave of craze in Hong Kong at that time. The characteristic of synth pop is that it has a strong sense of technology and can sometimes be quite cold. Most of its songs are "3-minute pop".
Often synth pop musicians will dress up in fashionable styles.
Representative combinations of synth pop: depeche mode, human league, duran duran, omd, gary numan
25. What is orchestra?
Orchestra is an orchestra, which is divided into four parts: 1. Strings, including violins, cellos, etc., 2. Brass, 3. Woodwinds and 4. Percussion.
Each instrument in the string group has multiple players (except harp). The four groups of players are coordinated and led by one person, who is the conductor of the orchestra. Orchestra emerged in the 17th century, and was clearly patterned in the 18th century with the works of Haydn and Mozart. In the 19th century, some new instruments were added and the number of orchestras increased. Orchestra is the authentic version of Western classical/orthodox music.
Western pop/rock music often uses some or all members of the orchestra to assist in performances.
26.What is gangsta rap?
Gangsta rap is a type of rap. The content of rap is mostly related to urban crime, full of violence and lustful feelings. This is a music trend that reflects reality.
Gangsta rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. The tough and sharp style of rap music was very popular in the United States, and record sales were very high.
Many gangsta rap musicians themselves actually "participated" in various real-life crimes, and some were imprisoned or even died as a result. It can be said that it is a genre of music that truly reflects reality and is shocking.
Gangsta rap table combinations: ice-t, ice cube, dr. dre, snoop doggy dogg, 2 pac, geto boys.
27. What is house?
House is dance music developed from disco in the 1980s. This is music played by DJs in Chicago. They mixed a record by the German electronic band kraftwerk with the regular rhythm of electronic drum (drum machine) and black blues singing, and house was born. ~Generally translated as "house" dance music, it is the most basic form of electronic dance music,
The rhythm of 4/4 time, one drum beat per beat, coupled with a simple melody, often with high-pitched female voices singing After disco became popular, some DJs changed it and deliberately made disco less commercial.
The bass and drums became deeper, and many times it became a pure musical work, even if there was a singing part. Most are short sentences sung by dancing female singers, often without explicit lyrics. Gradually, some people added elements such as latin (Latin), reggae (Reggae in the West Indies), rap (rap) or jazz (jazz). By the late 1980s, house broke out Underground,
became the darling of the pop charts in Chicago, New York and London.
28. What is r&b?
The full name of r&b is rhythm & blues, which is generally translated as "rhythm and blues".
In a broad sense, r&b can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock music. Billboard magazine once defined r&b as all black music, except jazz. In addition to blues and blues, everything can be classified as r&b.
This shows how broad the scope of r&b is. Hip hop and rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, are both derived from r&b, and at the same time retain many r&b elements.
29. Disco (disco)
The abbreviation of discotheque, originally meaning record dance, originally refers to the music that black people dance to records in nightclubs. In the 1970s, it actually became a symbol of any era. A general term for new dance music.
Compared with rock music, it is characterized by a strong, indifferent, 4/4 beat that sounds like a metronome, with simple lyrics and melody. In 1977, the disco craze started in the United States due to the film recording "Weekend Fever" by the Australian pop music group "Bee Gees". Disco often synthesized sound in the recording studio and made it into records. However, due to the monotonous rhythm and the same style, it was gradually replaced by other pop dance music with less obvious rhythm and slower speed in the early 1980s.
30. Punk
A type of rock music, or "punk rock", developed in the mid-1970s and expanded to the United States in the early 1980s. Punk responded to the weakening resistance of rock music and appeared as a deliberate opposition to more civilized rock music. It inherits the rebellious spirit from the beginning of rock music and despises all traditions, contempt, religion, educational institutions, etc.
But it is expressed in a more decadent way, with extremely anist words and deeds. Their lyrics are obscene and rude; they scream, stamp their feet, and fight on the stage;
The music is closer to hard rock, with loudspeakers and strong and deep sounds. Representative bands include the Sex Pistols, the Clash, etc.
In the late 1970s, a new breed that was more acceptable and more artistic emerged from punk, called the "new wave".
31. Soul (soul)
Also known as "spiritual song". In 1969, "Billboard" replaced the original title of "R&B" with "Sol".
It is a kind of black pop music that is a mixture of blues, rock music and black gospel songs. It uses fewer instruments when singing.
Sol's famous singers include James Brown, Ray Charles, Ons Redding, Stevie Wonder,
< p>Prince et al.32. Reggae (reggae)
Originated in Jamaica and introduced to the United States in the mid-1970s. It combines African and Latin American rhythms and call-and-response singing methods similar to African pop with a powerful and propulsive rock sound.
33. Rap ??(rap)
Black slang, equivalent to "talking", is produced in the poor black areas of New York. It is characterized by a rapid utterance of a series of rhymed verses against a background of mechanical rhythmic sounds. One source of this form is the rapid, rhyming jargon used by radio presenters in the past when introducing records.
Lapper's lyrics are humorous, witty and often ironic, and were especially popular among black people in the 1980s. The most representative band is "Public Enemy".
Hip-hop is sometimes also called "hip-hop". In fact, Hipp-Hope has a broader meaning and refers to various elements of New York street culture at that time. In addition to Lapp, there are also: (Lap often used) hand-operated The record on the turntable moves back and forth, making a rhythmic scratching sound;
The record player (DJ) uses the technique of changing the record and splicing the music fragments of the record so that no trace of interruption can be heard; break dancing, etc. wait.
34. Pop
A modern pop music with a strong beat.
It is generally believed that pop music can be divided into a broad sense and a narrow sense. “Pop” here refers to pop music in a narrow sense, such as the famous singers Diana Ross and Lionel Richie in the 1970s and 1980s. ), Whitney Houston, Madonna,
Sung by Michael Jackson, Prince, Janet Jackson and others of many songs.
35. Art rock
It became popular after the 1970s, mainly in Europe, led by the British, such as the "Moody Blues" band, but in The United States also has an influence.
Art rock combines rock and classical music, using electronic equipment to perform works by composers such as Liszt and Debussy. It is also called "progressive rock".