What are the characteristics of blues music, country music, electronic music, jazz music, pop music, rock music, and classical music?

The blues is characterized by songs that directly state inner thoughts in a way that is very different from the music of white society at the time.

The main body of the music is in the form of I, IV, and V chords, in the most commonly used 12-bar form, but also in 8- and 16-bar forms, and its scales are in the form of a descending third and a descending seventh to mimic the Western scale. Early musicians used the fiddle or banjo to play, while others used the slide to make the notes out of tune, making the guitar sound like a human voice crying, in order to express their emotions, which is what the blues is all about.

The name country music appeared in the United States in the 1920s, and it has a wide range of origins. At that time, the content of the songs, in addition to the expression of the labor life, disgusted with the lonely wandering life, yearning for a warm, peaceful home, singing sweet love as well as the pain of lost love and so on.

In terms of singing style, at first it was mostly sung in the folk voice, in the form of solo or small chorus, accompanied by guitar, banjo, harmonica and violin.

The tunes of country music are generally very smooth and melodious, and the structure of the tunes is relatively simple. It is mostly in the form of a ballad, two-part or three-part song.

In the dress is also more casual, even if it is to participate in the competition and the concert hall important occasions performances, do not have to wear performance clothes, jeans, casual wear, fur hat, travel shoes can be.

Electronic music is not so much a product of high technology as it is a product of its time. Different from rock music in the past, it promotes the participation of young people in the spirit of every follower of electronic music who firmly believes that only the shock of TECHML's almost one hundred decibels can make people get the stimulation and enjoyment of having their heart beat one hundred and thirty times per minute. It requires not to listen with the ears, but to feel with the whole body and mind. The purpose of electronic music is love, peace and unity, which is similar to the United Nations Charter. For the admirers of electronic music, they respect the human attitude of less talking and more thinking, pursue the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature, and try to eliminate the disconnection and indifference between people in a competitive society with a spirit of fraternity and the concept of a cosmopolitan family.

In the tunes of jazz, in addition to the components absorbed from European traditional music, white folk songs and popular songs, the most personalized is the "blues scale" (about the structure of this scale, we will introduce it in the section about the blues), and the harmony of jazz can be said to be built on the basis of traditional harmony, only more free. harmony, only more freely using various variations of chords, the main difference of which is also brought about by the blues chord.

The so-called popular music refers to those instrumental music and songs that are short in structure, popular in content, lively in form, sincere in emotion, and loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, popular for a while and even handed down to future generations. These music and songs are rooted in the rich soil of popular life. Therefore, it is also called "popular music".

Rock music is simple, powerful and straightforward, especially its strong rhythm, which matches the energetic and active character of teenagers; the unrestrained performance situation of rock music is compatible with their rebellious mentality; and the subject matter of rock music is closely related to the problems they care about.

Classical music is an independent genre, and its artistic approach is sophisticated and seeks to express emotions rationally.