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Basic music terminology [2006-05-02]

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Simplified Score and Ruler Score [2006-05-02]

Introduction to Music Theory [2006-05-02]

Music Tone System [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory--Expressive Functions of Musical Language [2006-05-02]

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Basic Music Theory - Musical Tone System Tone Row Tone Level [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Grouping of Tones [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Tone Range and Tone Zones [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Tone Rhythm [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Twelve Mean Rhythms [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Pure Rhythms [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Notes and Rests [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - How to Write Notes and Rests [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Supplementary Notation for Growing Tone Values [2006-05-02]

Basic Music Theory - Pentatonic Notation [2006-05-02]

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Basic Music Theory - Notation for Performance Methods [2006-05-02]

What is R& B?

The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues" or "Rhythm & Blues". Broadly speaking, R&B can be regarded as "black pop music", which originated from the black Blues music, is the foundation of today's westbound pop and rock music, Billboard Magazine has intermediated R&B for, all black music in addition to Jazz and Blues, can be listed as R&B, it can be seen that R&B, the full name of Rhythm &Blues, generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues" or "Rhythm & Blues". B, which shows how wide the scope of R&B is. Hip hop and rap, which have become so prevalent in the black music scene in recent years, are both derived from R&B and have preserved a lot of R&B components at the same time.

What is house?

House is a dance music genre that grew out of disco in the 1980s. It is the music played by Chicago DJs, who remixed a record by the German electronic band Kraftwerk with the regular rhythms of electronic drums (Drum Machine) and black blues vocals, and house came into being~ Generally translated as "HOUSE" dance music, it is the most basic type of electronic dance music, with a 4/4 beat rhythm, one beat of drums and a simple melody, often with a high female voice. A high pitched female voice. After the popularity of disco, some DJs changed it, with the intention of making disco less commercialized, the bass and drums became more deep, and often became pure music, even if there is a singing part, most of them are short sentences sung by dancing female singers, often with no clear lyrics. Gradually, some people added elements of LATIN (Latin), REGGAE (Reggae in the West Indies), RAP (rap) or JAZZ (jazz), and so on, and by the late eighties, HOUSE had broken out of the underground and become a favorite of the pop charts in Chicago, New York and London.

Why is it called "house"? It means that as long as you have a simple recording device, you can make this kind of music at home~House is also the most acceptable electronic music.

Believe by Cher is a good example. M-People is the representative group of house, which replaced disco when it became popular in 1986.

House can be categorized as:

Acid House, which is house music that incorporates the acid sound of TB-303

Deep House has a strong soulful vocals, also known as Garage, which is quite popular. Groups like Real Mecoy, M-People, La Bouche are all Garage.

Hard House is simply house with a heavier, more aggressive beat.

Progressive House This type of house doesn't have a lot of soulful vocals, but rather focuses on melody and arrangement. It's a little bit like "performance" house. SASH!'s It''s My Life is a great Progressive House album.

Epic House is "Epic" House. Epic House has beautiful, smooth melodies and a lot of power, with very few (almost no!) vocals. . BT's music is great Epic House, and he has been called the "Emperor of Epic House". In fact, even Rock has an "Epic Rock"

Trible House Imagine house with raw African or Indian drumming. This is Trible House~ This kind of house not only has the stable rhythm of normal house, but also adds some primitive and fragmented drums in between each beat. It's quite interesting~ However, the scope of house is so wide that you don't have to categorize a track. This is just to show that there are many kinds of house".

By the nineties, house had become less edgy and trendy, but it was still very popular.

What is Britpop?

Britpop is a kind of Rock, although there is a word "Pop", it originated from England in the nineties, and can be translated as "British Rock", which is a response to the American Grunge wave in the British music scene. It is a response to the American grunge wave, mainly in the form of bands. However, the Britpop style is actually very broad, such as Oasis is a guitar rock band, Blur is a lot of Pop, and Pulp is close to the Glam Rook and dance styles, but they are all listed as Britpop.

British Britpop representatives: Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Radiohead

What is Trip-Hop?

Trip-Hop is a type of British/European dance music, and its name comes from the phrase "Trip + Hip-Hop = Trip-Hop", as it originated in Bristol, England. Since it originated in Bristol, England, it was first called "Bristol Hip-Hop". As a result of putting Hip-Hop (in fact, a lot of music is structured on Hip-Hop ...... If you don't know what Hip-Hop is, go to see the street dancers, most of them use Hip-Hop music to dance), the tempo becomes slower (sometimes very slow), and the beat is more or less the same as the beat of the other music, but it's not the same as the other music. The tempo slows down (sometimes very slowly) and adds some psychedelic flavors, such as a very dark, fat bass, slight but psychedelic synths, or some record samples, sometimes even record noises are sampled "on purpose". The so-called "Trip" refers to a psychedelic, dense drug journey, so Trip-Hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, Jazz feeling, psychedelic, with a bit of Hip-Hop beat break beat music. Although it belongs to the category of dance music, its psychedelic and psychedelic characteristics have made it a far cry from all the clear beat characteristics of normal dance music.

Foreign Trip-Hop Representatives: Trip-Hop's most recognized trio, ortishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Mandalay Moloko, Coldcut

What is Gangsta Rap?

Gangsta Rap is a type of Rap that is based on the concept of Rap. Gangsta Rap is a kind of Rap, the content of Rap is mostly related to urban crime, full of violence and lust, which is a kind of music direction reflecting the reality. Gangsta Rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s, and it is one of the tougher and more aggressive types of Rap, which is very popular in the United States and sells a lot of records. Many Gangsta Rap musicians have been involved in real life crimes, some of them have gone to jail or even died as a result, making it a truly realistic and shocking genre of music.

Gangsta Rap: Ice-T, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac, Geto Boys

What is Synth Pop?

The Synth Pop term "Synth" means "Synthesizer", which means "Synthesizer". "Synth Pop is the name of the band, Synthesizer, and as the name suggests, Synth Pop is "Pop made by Sythesizers", which of course uses other electronic instruments such as computers and drum machines in addition to Synthesizers. Synth Pop started to become popular in the early 1980s, and then became quiet in the mid-1980s, but there was a wave of popularity in Hong Kong back then. Synth Pop is characterized by a techno feel that can be quite cold at times.

Synth Pop representatives: Depeche Mode, Human League, Duran Duran, OMD, Gary Numan

What is ORCHESTRA?

ORCHESTRA is the orchestra, which is divided into four sections: 1 Strings, including violins, cellos, etc., 2 Brass 3 Woodwinds and 4 Percussion. The strings have multiple players for each instrument (except the harp), and the four groups are coordinated and led by one person, the conductor of the orchestra. orchestra appeared in the 17th century, and by the 18th century it was clearly established by the works of Haydn and Mozart, and in the 19th century the number of players was increased by the addition of some new instruments. ORCHESTRA is the authentic Western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music also often utilizes some or all of the members of ORCHESTRA.

What is CHAMBER POP?

CHAMBER POP refers to a type of pop music that is elegant, noble, and refined, and which has a certain classical feel to it. The term CHAMBER MUSIC comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese, and it is a kind of small-group stringed music style with an elegant atmosphere. CHAMBER POP emerged in the 90s, which is a response to the LO-FI and GRUNGE of that time, emphasizing on the beautiful melody, exquisite soundtrack and clean recording. The music of the Baroque era is often characterized by the use of strings and winds.

Foreign bands include THE DIVINE COMEDY, RIALTO, ERIC MATTHEWS and BALLE & SEBASTIAN, etc. In Hong Kong, there are WONG YIU-MING, part of PENG Gazelle, part of MULTIPLEX, etc. The band is also known as "The DIVINE COMEDY" and "The DIVINE COMEDY".

What is FOLK?

Folk songs (FOLK) originally refers to the traditional songs of each ethnic group, the ancestors of each ethnic group have their own songs from the primitive/ancient existing songs, the vast majority of these songs do not know who is the author, and the oral transmission, one by one, one by ten, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one. However, what we call folk songs (FOLK) today mostly refers to the folk songs of the pop era (FOLK), which refers to the kind of songs that are mainly accompanied by the wooden guitar as an accompaniment, and are sung in a natural and frank way, expressing the feelings of the simple life of everyone. American folk singer WOODY GUTHRIE's recordings in the 1950s are the earliest recordings of folk songs, so they are generally recognized as the grandmasters of modern folk songs (FOLK). After that, PETE SEEGER and THE WEAVERS continued to promote this kind of music. In the sixties, during the Vietnam War, anti-war folk singers such as BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ, PETER, PAUL AND MARY, etc. became the voice of the times. After the war, folk music developed into POP, rock and urbanization. BOB DYLAN invented FOLKROCK, SIMON & GARFUNKEL developed urban FOLK POP with middle-class taste, which was popular for a while. In the eighties, SUZANNE VEGA, TRACYCHAPMAN, etc. came out with a more urban URBAN FOLK/Contemporary FOLK line. Folk songs (FOLK) in the UK and Hong Kong music scene have also developed a different look. In recent years, the newest development of Folk Songs is to combine it with NEW AGE (such as ENYA) and TRIP HOP (such as BETH ORTON).

What is BOSSA NOVA?

BOSSA NOVA is a kind of Brazilian music with the flavor of JAZZ, in the 1950s composer ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM mixed Brazilian rhythms with the American West Coast COOL JAZZ, which is soft, comfortable, relaxing, lazy and romantic. The 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th and 14th beats of every two bars are the refrains. Singer JOAO GILBERTO's pure and thick voice is the outstanding partner of JOBIM music, which was introduced to the United States in the mid-50's and became very popular. Other famous BOSSA NOVA musicians are CHARLIE BYRD, STAN GETZ, and ASTRUD GILBERTO, etc., and their most famous song is "THE GIRLFROM IPANEMEM". The most famous song is "THE GIRLFROM IPANEMA". OSSA NOVA was the most popular band in the 60's, and has been a constant source of support for the rest of the decade.

What is CLASSICAL POP?

CLASSICAL POP refers to pop songs with a classical sound, mostly with strings, such as "ELEANORRIGBY" by THE BEATLES. Some of the work of the Australian band CROWDED HOUSE can also be included in this category. If you say CLASSIC POP, you mean classic pop.

What is ACAELLA? PP

ACAPPELLA is a song sung without instrumental accompaniment, but any song sung with purely human voices is an ACAPPELLA, although today we usually refer to ACAPPELLA as the kind of singing with multiple harmonies, where even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of ACAPPELLA is INSTRUMENTAL, i.e. pure music, any type of song can be sung in ACAPPELLA form. Hong Kong people are most familiar with the ACAPPELLA song is "SO MUCH IN LOVE", Hong Kong ACAPPELLA band has Ji Sheng Yashi and so on.

What is WORLD MUSIC?

WORLD MUSIC is a term used in the West to refer to music that is not British, American or Western folk music/pop music. It usually refers to the traditional music of developing or backward regions, such as those in Africa and South Asia, and in some cases, such as Latin America, it can be popularized to the point where it can be considered as a genre of its own. Some regions, such as Latin America, are so popular that they have their own genres. Today, when we talk about WORLD MUSIC, we are referring to traditional regional music that has been improved by mixing styles with Western music. Africa's KING SUNNY ADE, Eastern Europe's DON BYRON, China's ZHU Zheqin, and Pakistan's NUSRAT FATEHALI KAHN are some of the more familiar WORLD MUSIC artists to Western music fans.

What is DREAM-POP?

DREAM-POP is a kind of "dreamy" pop music, which has a kind of misty atmosphere, mostly caused by *SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers), and the ECHO effect of the electric junction is also an important ingredient, and the singing part is often very "BREATH". The singing part is often very "BREATHY", i.e. heavy breathing, and the lyrics are often dreamy and poetic.

Representative bands include COCTEAU WINS, LISA GERMANO, ST. ETIENNE, THIS MORTAL COIL, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, MAZZY STAR and DEAD CAN DANCE.

Chinese singers are led by Faye Wong, with masterpieces such as "LOST" and "DI-DA".

What is NEW AGE?

NEW AGE is a kind of peaceful, restful, idle rest music, pure music works account for more, with singing account for less. NEW AGE can be purely acoustic (i.e., played on traditional autoharp instruments), or very electronic, with the emphasis on creating an atmosphere of calm in nature or a sense of the vastness of the universe, which cleanses the listener's soul and calms the mind. NEW AGE music is often associated with music therapy, and many NEW AGE music is said to heal the sick, and many are associated with meditation, which is very much related to the philosophy of NEW AGE thinking. NEW AGE music is usually regarded as middle class music, WINDHAM HILL is the most representative NEW AGE record label, NEW AGE representative musicians are ENYA, GEORGE WINSTON, WILLIAM ACKERMAN, YANNI, KITARO and so on.

What is Electrophonic Music?

What is Electrophonic Music? As time evolves, musicians have more ways to produce music. Electrophonic music is the production of music using electronic sounds generated by synthesizers, music software, computers, and so on. Electronic music can be found in a wide range of genres, including movie soundtracks, commercials, and even some Mandarin pop songs, but electronic dance music is the most popular. Many people think that electronic music is a kind of cold and emotionless music. In fact, electronic music can also incorporate Rock, Jazz and even Blues elements and be full of emotion.

The types of electronic music are also diverse, including House, Techno, Ambient, Trance, Psychedelic Trance, Breakbeat, Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, Trip-Hop, Drum''n''Bass, Jungle, Electro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimalism.

What is Techno ?

Technology means "high-tech dance music"! Techno is the use of computers and synthesizers to synthesize and make special sound effects, and it's often a combination of many sound effects. Techno's beat is also 4/4 beat, but the speed of House faster, and sounds repetitive, more tough, more mechanized, so some people call Techno for "industrial noise", but some will still focus on the melody. Techno originated in Detroit, USA, where three DJs, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins, tried to combine electronic music with black music, resulting in Detroit Techno. Detroit Techno is usually more subdued and not as strong as normal Techno, and can be considered as the origin of modern Techno. Detroit Techno is the origin of modern techno.

What is Ambient?

Ambient sounds like it doesn't have a lot of ups and downs, but in fact it's always changing, with long soundscapes and progressive arrangements that often create a layered sense of space, which is why it's known as "mood music", and it often samples the sounds around you, such as vocals, cars, and even other musical melodies. ...... and so on. It was created by Brian Eno in the 70's, and is a very "advanced" type of electronic music. Later on, Ambient also has branches, such as Ambient House, Ambient Techno ...... and so on. I believe you can literally understand that Ambient is found in many kinds of music, and even some classical music has a flavor of Ambient.

What is Trance?

Trance is a psychedelic dance music, evolved from Techno, which will give you the feeling of being "out of your mind", but it still has the rhythm of dance music, and pays a lot of attention to Bass performance. "The beat is also in 4/4. The beat is also 4/4. But I've also heard it in Breakbeat (more on that below), as on Sven Vath's album Fusion.

What is Psychedelic Trance?

Goa Trance, also known as Goa Trance, originated on a small island in India, which is the name of the island. The melody often has an Indian flavor. This type of Trance is characterized by a strong emphasis on melody, subtle changes between notes, and often overlapping melodies, and a high pitched TB-303 sound. It's a bit of an Ambient flavor.

What is a break beat?

Unlike the house beat Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom which is so regular, it is presented as a broken beat, like a syncopated beat. Breakbeat is just an umbrella term for a wide variety of music, such as Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, and Black Hip-Hop.

What is Brit-Hop?

Breakbeat is a combination of black hip-hop's accelerated drumming, with a little electric guitar and bass, and a rock 'n' roll flavor, such as the style of The Chemical Brothers.

◆What is Big-Beat?

Big-Beat, which makes Brit-Hop faster, heavier, and rockier, is a more mature style of music that improves on Brit-Hop, so you can imagine what it's like to have a beat that's heavy, crushing, and a little fast. You can imagine the heavy, crunchy, fast beat. The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fat Boy Slim are the "big horns" of Big Beat.

What is Drum N'' Bass?

For some people, Drum N'' Bass can be annoying, because it's all about rhythmic flourishes, and bass, such as fast and furious, intricate breaks, and the use of different electronic drums, or drums that are sampled. As such, Drum N'' Bass is also a form of Breakbeat. 4Hero is one of the most famous Drum N'' Bass bands.

◆What is Jungle?

Jungle is the predecessor of Drum N'' Bass, and it's much faster than Drum N'' Bass, with a more complex beat, stronger, and sometimes with some Rap, unlike Drum N'' Bass, which has elements of Jazz and Soul, and sounds softer (of course, it's the same as Drum N'' Bass). It sounds softer (compared to Jungle, of course). Even David Bowie, the "Rock Chameleon", is now doing Jungle.

◆What is Electro?

Back in the late '70s and early '80s, there was no such thing as house, techno or ......, and electronic music wasn't as prevalent. Electro can be said to be purely electronic synthesizer (Synthesizer, looks a bit like Keyboard) to sound music, usually quite soft, and often use Roland's Drum Machine (Drum Machine) TR-808 to send drums. The German band Kraftwerk can be considered a representative. Nowadays, the Electro sound is much brighter and more transparent than before. Later, some DJs used Electro to create a kind of hip-hop, called Old School, and now Fatboy Slim is also a fusion of Electro and Old School in his music.

◆What is Dub?

Dub can be described as reggae, a South American black music with a distinctive beat and a distinctive vocal style, where the vocals are taken out of the music. In the case of electronic music, dub is a technique that removes some of the vocals, adds more bass and drums, and adds a lot of echo to the mix. This technique is often used in live performances to remix songs. For example, Massive Attack's album Protection was remixed by Mad Professor from trip-hop to dub.

◆What is a Chill Out?

It's just a general term. Next to the dance floor, there's often an area, or a small room, where they play some softer, calmer music, so that the dancers can relax and take a break after dancing, mainly Ambient music, which is why it's called "Chill Out". The Orb is the master of Chill Out music.

◆What is Minimalism?

This translates to "minimalist music," and is often heard in Ambient and Techno. The music with Minimalism has a repetitive melody and a special rhythm, which feels like a special frequency that makes you feel hypnotized, and Jeff Mills' work belongs to Minimal Detroit-Techno, which is quite psychedelic. p>

Taking evil, pagan worship and satanic thoughts as its main appeal, it is usually categorized as black metal when the lyrics contain anti-Christian and anti-religious tendencies. In addition to the traditional heavy metal stationary instruments, other instruments such as the piano, violin, or soprano voice of the opera are often used in the songs, which creates a bizarre and scary horror atmosphere. "Black metal is best represented by Scandinavian heavy metal groups.

Representative bands: Emperor, Mayhem, Enslaved, Dark Funeral

◆DEATH DEATH METAL

The style of music evolved from the background of "whiplash metal" or "grindcore". The style evolved from a background of "whiplash metal" or "grindcore". The rapid repetition of electric guitars, melody-less chords, double drums, and the vocalist's gritted teeth and whispered roars are all accompanied by hateful lyrics about death, full of corpses, entrails, dismemberment, mutilations, *corpse*, necrophilia, cannibalism, abuse, and other perverted words. "Death metal is best represented by heavy metal bands from Florida.

Representative bands: Death, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation

◆Doom Doom Metal

The tempo and speed are slow, very slow. Less intense and less aggressive, but still quite a weighty piece of music. Often with very clean music and vocals, but sometimes with a brutal and savage sound.

Representative bands: Solitude Aeturnus, Cathedral, Candlemass

◆Glam Metal

Often refers to a heavy metal band that attracts fans with exaggerated make-up or outward appearance on stage, and most of these bands are idol groups. The term "glam metal" is used to refer to the way a heavy metal band performs on stage or its appearance. "Glamour metal is not too heavy, and the lyrics are not too in-depth, so it's a more popular form of heavy metal, and an offshoot of mainstream metal.

Representative bands: Kiss, Poison, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue

◆Grindcore

Similar to punk, but with a heavy weight. The vocals' low, deep growls and the electric guitar's super-hot tone, coupled with fast, repetitive beats and dense drums, make for a kind of melody-free heavy metal, and the length of the songs is very short, ranging from two seconds to three minutes. "Grindcore" is a very cold style of heavy metal, and is used by most "death metal" bands.

Typical bands: Napalm Death

◆Grunge garbage

Alternative bands: Napalm Death

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Synonymous with alternative rock. Originating in Seattle as metal-like alternative rock, grunge is basically alternative rock and should not be categorized under heavy metal.

Representative bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains

◆Hardcore

Originally derived from the term "punk", the lyrics of this band are outspoken and vulgar, and the music is like noise.

◆Hard Rock

Music that is "lighter" than heavy metal.

Representative bands: Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Cinderella

◆Heavy Metal

Heavy metal must have a roaring, snarling or soaring voice, Heavy metal is characterized by a roaring or aggressive voice, a large amount of distortion on the electric guitar, and a dense, fast drum beat and a low, powerful bass that fills the entire auditory background space, and constitutes a kind of modified rock and roll that contains elements of high explosiveness, speed, weight, and destructive power. It is often referred to as traditional mainstream heavy metal or heavy metal that cannot be categorized into other genres.

Representative bands: AC/DC, Accept, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P.

◆Industrial Metal Industrial Metal

Industrial Metal uses a lot of cold, computerized sampled sound effects, interspersed with mechanical or metal instrumental percussion instead of traditional percussion instruments. The electronic beats are very much like techno dance music, but with a lot of the distortion of heavy metal.

Representative bands: Fear Factory, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails

◆Neo-Classical

Neo-Classical Metal

The band was inspired by classical music, and added a lot of classical music elements to their heavy metal.

Representative bands: Angra

◆Pop Metal Pop Metal

The addition of pop music elements to heavy metal rock is a compromise between heavy metal rock and pop music, and it is the kind of heavy metal rock that is easily accepted by music consumers in the mainstream market.

Representative bands: Def Leppard, Mr Big, White Lion

◆Power Metal

Power Metal

Possesses a speed similar to that of Speed Metal and a weighty, oppressive feeling of Whiplash Metal.

Power Metal has the speed of "Speed Metal" and the weight of "Whiplash Metal", but is less melodic and less explosive than "Speed Metal".

Representative bands: Pantera, Armored Saint, Wild Dogs

◆Progressive Metal

The style of Progressive Metal differs from traditional Heavy Metal in that it employs a large number of complex and ornate arrangements, or conveys certain forward-thinking ideas in the lyrics for the listener to imagine and think about.

Representative bands: Queensryche, Fate Warning, Dream Theater

◆Punk Punk

The lyrics of the songs convey some rebellious thoughts and dissatisfaction with the living environment, culture, society, politics, etc., and the music lacks coordination and has no specific style. A punk band can be formed by a group of people who can make noise with their instruments.

Representative bands: The Clash, *** Pistols

◆Speed Metal Speed Metal

Speed is the main feature of their sound. Often confused with "whiplash metal", "speed metal" is usually more melodic, with clearer lyrics and melodic, fast and smooth guitar interludes, while "whiplash metal" is less melodic. The "Whiplash Metal" sound is less melodic, and is all about speed, weight, pressure and destruction. Often the musicians in "Whiplash Metal" and "Speed Metal" bands are highly skilled in their instruments.

Representative bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Riot, Rage

◆Thrash Metal Thrash Metal

Thrash Metal is also extremely fast, with fast, repetitive beats (riffs), electric guitars brushing harsh chords, and destructive, crushing speed drums, and vocals with a brutal, roaring style of singing. The vocals of the lead singer are in a brutal, roaring style, with the electric guitar's fast tempo, singing a melody-free tune in a hurry. "Whiplash Metal is best represented by heavy metal bands from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel, Testament, Exodus, Destruction, Kreator