Classification of European and American music

R & Rhythm and Blues

R & ampb-R & amp； B's full name is rhythm &；; The blues is generally translated as "rhythm complaining" or "rhythm and blues". It developed from black slang.

Speaking of "talking", it comes from the poor black community in new york, and tells a series of rhyming poems with mechanical rhythm as the background.

Have the characteristics of. One of the sources of this form is a fast rhyming jargon used by radio presenters to introduce records in the past.

R & ampb's lyrics are humorous and often satirical. They were particularly popular among blacks in the 1980s, and they belonged to western pop music and rock music.

Basically, Billboard magazine once defined R&; B: Except jazz and blues, all black music can be classified as R&; Visible r and range of b.b.

How wide is the scope. Hip-Hop, which is very popular in black music circles in recent years, originated from R&; Save a lot of research and development expenses during research and development. Part B. Most representative

Sex band "Public Enemy"

Trip-hop-trip-hop is a kind of English/European dance music. Its name comes from "Trip+Hip-Hop=Trip-Hop" because it

Originated in Bristol, England, formerly known as "Bristol Trip-Hop". Because hip-hop music (in fact, a lot of music

The rhythm is slowed down and some psychedelic flavors are added, such as gloomy and full bass, which is slightly psychedelic.

Synthetic sound effects, or sampling some records, sometimes even the noise of records will be "deliberately" sampled. The so-called "trip",

Refers to * * * * * "journey". So Trip-Hop is a kind of adagio psychedelic, with jazz feeling and a little Hip-Hop.

Rhythmic music. Although it belongs to the category of dance music, its psychedelic and confused characteristics have made it different from the general dance music sound.

The clear beat of the music circle is far from clear. The representative figures of Trip-Hop abroad are Ortishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Mandalay Moloko and Coldcut, which are all recognized in Trip-Hop.

Brit-Hop- speed up the rhythm of black hip-hop and aggravate the drums. With some electric guitars and bass, it has a rock flavor, such as the style of the Chemical Brothers.

Big-Big-Beat-“Big Beat "makes Trit-Hop faster, more rhythmic and more rock-and-roll. It can be said that Trit-Hop is improved.

A more mature genre, you can imagine what a heavy, broken and fast beat looks like. For example, productization,

Chemical Brothers Orchestra, Fat Shim, with a big beat.

Electronic music (electronic music)

Electronic Music With the development of the times, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music is music produced by electronic synthesis, music software and computers. Electronic music has a wide range, and you can often hear it around your life: electronic soundtrack, advertising soundtrack, and even some popular songs in Mandarin, but electronic dance music is the most popular. Many people think that electronic music is a kind of heartless music. In fact, electronic music can also be integrated into rock, jazz and even blues, full of enthusiasm. The types of electronic music can also be varied, including: House, Techno, Ambient, Trance, Psychotropic, Breakbeat, Hip-Hop, Big-Beat, Trip-Hop, Jungle, Electro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimalism.

Disco-Disco- The abbreviation of disco, which originally meant recording dance, originally referred to the music that black people danced in public places according to recordings, but in the 1970s it actually became the general name of any fashionable dance music. Compared with rock & roll, on 1977, due to the film recording of the Australian pop music group "Bee Gees" << weekend fever >>, disco fever was set off in the United States. Disco often makes records by means of sound synthesis in the studio, but in the early 1980s it was gradually replaced by other popular dance music with less obvious rhythm and slower speed because of its monotonous rhythm and similar style.

Electronic sound-as early as the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was no such style as House and Techno, and pure electronic sound was not popular, only electronic sound. Electronic sound can be said to be music made by an electronic synthesizer (a bit like a keyboard), which is usually quite soft. The drum set TR-808 of Roland Company is often used to make drums. Krafwerk orchestra in Germany can be regarded as one of them. Now electronic timbre is brighter than before. Much more transparent. Later, some DJs turned into a kind of hip-hop music through electronic music, which was called old-school music. Today, Fatboy Silm also incorporates some electronic and old-school music into his music.

House-House is a dance music developed from disco in 1980s. It originated from the music played by DJ in Chicago. They mixed a record of the German electronic band Power Plant Orchestra with the regular rhythm of drum sets and the singing of black blues, and House was born. Generally translated as "Shi Hao" dance music, it is the most basic electronic dance music form. The rhythm of 4/4 beat, with drums and simple melody, often has a high female voice singing. After Disco became popular, some DJs changed it, deliberately making Disco less commercialized: bass and drums became deeper, and many times they became pure-tone works. Even if there is a singing part, it is mostly short sentences sung by female dancers, and there is no clear lyrics. Gradually, Latin (Latin), reggae (reggae originated in the West Indies), Rap or Jazz were added. In the late 1980s, House broke through the underground organization and became the darling of the pop charts in Chicago, new york and London. Why is Wei called "Fu"? In other words, as long as you have simple recording equipment, you can make this kind of music at home, and House is also the most acceptable electronic sound.

The house-sour house-is a house that combines the sour sound of TB-303.

Deep house-has a strong soul voice, also known as garage. Real Mecoy, M-people and La Bouche are all garage combinations.

Hard room-in short, it is heavy rhythm. A fiercer house.

The house of progress-this kind of house has no soul singing, and pays more attention to melody and music arrangement. It's a bit like "playing" chamber music. It seems that my life is a good house for progress.

An epic house-an epic house. Epic House has a beautiful and smooth melody and is magnificent, and there are few voices in it. BT's music is a great epic otaku, and he is also called "epic otaku". In fact, rock also has "epic rock".

Tribble house-imagine what a house with African primitive characteristics or Indian drums looks like? This is Tribble's house. In addition to the rhythm of the general house, some primitive and fragmentary drums will be added between beats. However, House has a wide range, and a song doesn't have to be classified. These just tell you that the house is heavy.

In the 1990s, House faded from the avant-garde and trendy pop music, but it was still very popular.

pop music

Pop music-a kind of modern pop music with strong rhythm. Generally speaking, pop music can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. The "spectrum" here refers to pop music in a narrow sense, such as many songs sung by famous singers Diana Ross, lionel richie, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince and janet jackson in 1970s and 1980s.

Dream Pop)—— dream pop music is a kind of "dreamy" pop music with vague atmosphere, which is mostly caused by synthesizers. The electric guitar with echo effect is also one of the important components. The singing part is often "heavy" and the lyrics are often poetic as a dream. Representative bands: Cocqueteaux Wins, Lisa Germano, Etienne, mortal coil, My Blood Valentine's Day, Maze Star, The Dead Can Dance, etc. China singer, headed by Faye Wong, represents the work Lost.

Classical pop music-classical pop music refers to pop music with the taste of classical music. Songs accompanied by strings can be classified into this category, which is included in Eleanorrigby by by the Beatles. Some works by the Australian Crowded House Band can also be classified into this category. If classic pop means classic pop music.

Chamber Pop-Chamber pop refers to an elegant, noble and exquisite pop music with a certain sense of classical music. Misic's chamber music comes from classical music. Chinese is called "Chamber Music", which is a group string form with elegant atmosphere. The rise of chamber music in the 1990s was a response to the low-fidelity and junk music at that time. It emphasizes beautiful melody, exquisite score and clean recording, and creates a musical feeling of Baroque era with strings and wind music. Foreign representative bands include Dicine, Rialto, Eric Matthews, Balle &；; Sebastian and so on. , Huang Yaoming, Peng Ling, multi-hall cinemas, etc.

Synth Pop-SynthPop's "Synth", that is, synthes, as its name implies, is "pop music concocted by synthes". Of course, in addition to the synthesizer, other electronic instruments will be used, such as computers and drum sets. Synth Pop became popular in the early 1980s, but it died down in the mid-1980s, when it set off a craze in Hong Kong. Synth Pop is characterized by a strong sense of science and technology, and sometimes it is quite cold. Most songs are "three-minute pop", and many times Synth pop musicians will dress up in fashion. Synth Pop stands for combination: Depesh model, human alliance, Duran Duran, OMD, Gary Numan.

Gangsta rap-Gangsta rap is a kind of rap, which is mostly related to urban crime and full of violence and lust. This is a musical direction that reflects reality. Gangsta Rap rose in the United States in the late 1980s, with strong and sharp musicians. It was very popular in the United States and sold many records. And many gang rap musicians themselves have really "participated" in various crimes in reality, and some have even been jailed or even killed, which can be said to be a truly realistic and shocking music. Gangsta Rap represents the combination: Tracy Marlowe, ice cube, Dr.Dre, Shoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac, Geto Boys.

Folk songs (folk songs)

Folk songs-Folk songs originally refer to the traditional songs of various ethnic groups. The ancestors of all ethnic groups have their own primitive/ancient songs. Most of these songs don't know who the author is, but they are passed down from generation to generation. But most of the folk songs we talk about today refer to the folk songs in the pop music era, which are mainly accompanied by guitars and sung in a natural and frank way, singing the songs of simple life that everyone feels. Woody Guthrie, an American folk singer, recorded the earliest folk songs in 1950s, so she is recognized as the founder of modern folk songs. Later, pete seeger and The Weaver continued to promote this kind of music. The United States launched the Vietnam War in 1960s, and anti-war folk singers Bob Dylan, joan baez, Peter, Paul and Mary became the voices of the times. Post-folk songs developed in the direction of pop, rock and urbanization, and Bob Dylan invented folk rock. Simon & garfinkel developed a middle-class urban folk pop music, which was very popular for some time. In 1980s, Suzanne Vega and Tracychapman walked out of an urban/contemporary folk song route, which was more modern. Folk songs have also developed different faces in orchestras such as Britain and Hong Kong. The relatively new development of folk songs in recent years is the combination of New Times (such as Enya) and Trip Hop (such as Beth Orton).

Many natural and philosophical ideas are conveyed in the new album "Fan". The theme of this concept is "Why". & lt& lt> is a classic single. Through Critto's voice, an irresistible hymn is paved with overlapping sentences and powerful melody. Bossanov is Brazilian music with jazz flavor. /kloc-Antonio Carlos Jopin, a composer in 0/950, mixed the rhythm of Brazilian music with Cole jazz on the west coast of the United States, which is characterized by softness, comfort, relaxation, laziness and romance. 1, 4, 7, 1 1, 14 beats of every two bras are duplicated. Singer Joao Gilberto's pure voice is an excellent partner of Jobim music, which became very popular after it was introduced to the United States in the mid-1950s. Other famous musicians in Bossa Nova include Charles Byrd, Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. The most famous song is The Girl of Ipanema. Bossa Mova was the most popular in the 1960s, and it has been popular in other years.

Cappella-cappella refers to songs that are not accompanied by musical instruments, but all songs that are performed by human voice are cappella. But the cappella we are talking about today usually refers to the kind of multi-voice chorus, and even instrumental accompaniment is vocal singing. Cappella's antithesis is instrumental music, that is, pure music. Any kind of song can be sung in the form of cappella.

World music-world music is a vocabulary from the western perspective, which means non-English. The music of American and western folk songs/pop music usually refers to the traditional music in developing regions, while the music in some regions, such as Latin America, can be popularized into its own type. Today's world music usually refers to the mixture of improved traditional regional music and western music. King Sunnyad of Africa, Don Byron of Eastern Europe, Zhu Zheqin of China, nusrat Fathari Kahn of Pakistan, etc. Are western music fans familiar with world music musicians?

Newage-Newage is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisurely music. Pure music works account for a large proportion, and relatively few people sing. The new era can be purely acoustic (that is, played with traditional spontaneous acoustic instruments) or very electronic.

Culturally, the focus is to create a balanced natural atmosphere or the feeling of the vast universe, washing the listener's mind. The new era can be used for music therapy in many cases, many of which are related to meditation and the trend of the new era.

Philosophy has a great connection. Representative musicians of the new era include Enya, George wilhelm ackermann and Yanni.

Country music (country music)

Techno-Techno stands for "high-tech dance music", which is synthesized by a computer synthesizer to produce some special sound effects. This kind of music is often a combination of various sound effects. Techno's beat is also 4/4 beat, but it is faster than House, and it sounds repetitive, tough and mechanized, so some people call Techno "industrial noise". Techno originated in Detroit, USA. Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins tried to combine electronic music with black music, resulting in Detroit Techno. Detroit Techno is usually mild, not as strong as ordinary Techno, which can be said to be the origin of modern Techno.

Ambient-Ambient sounds rough, but it keeps changing, such as long sound effects or gradual music arrangement. It often creates a layered sense of space, so it is called "situational music". Environment is a kind of "profound" electronic music created by Brian Eno in 1970s. Later, Ambient also had branches, such as Ambient House and Ambient Thchno. I believe you can literally understand that in fact, many kinds of music will have the shadow of Ambient, and even some classical music will have the taste of Ambient.

Minimalm- translated as "minimalism", often heard in environmental music and electronic music. Minimalist music, with repetitive melody and special rhythm, feels like a special frequency, which makes you feel hypnotized. Jeff Mills' works belong to Minmal Detroit-Techno, and there are quite a few psychedelic colors.

Trance is a psychedelic dance music evolved from Techno, which will make you feel "trance" after listening to it, but it still maintains the rhythm of the dance music and pays great attention to the performance of bass. Some will have a "hypnotic" effect after listening, and the beat is mainly 4/4 beats.

Drun N'Bass Some people may be disgusted with Drun N'Bass's music, because Drun n' Bass pays attention to rhythm patterns and bass expression, such as fast and complicated beat breaking, the use of various electronic drums, or drums from the sun. So Drun N'Bass is also a kind of broken beat. 4Hero is a famous Drun N'Bass band.

Jungle-Jungle is the predecessor of Drun N'Bass. The jungle is much faster than Drun N'Bass, and the beat is more complicated and stronger. Sometimes with a little Rap, unlike Drun N'Bass, which combines jazz, soul music and other elements, it sounds softer (compared with the jungle, of course).

Reggeae-originated in Jamaica and was introduced to the United States in the mid-1970s. It puts Africa. Latin American rhythm and echo singing are similar to popular hairstyles in Africa, with strong. Plus the explosive rock music.

Dub-Dub can be said to have pulled this song away from the only remaining reggae. The application of Dub in electronic music is to take away some songs, emphasize bass and drums, and add many Echo effects. This technology is often used in the wild.

When performing, remix the songs.

Calm down-it's just a general term. Next to the dance floor, there is usually an area or a small room where you can relax. Calm music allows dancers to relax and rest after dancing, mainly playing Ambrient music, so it is called "Chill Out". Baozhu can be said to be a master of calm music.

Psychedelic trance, also known as Goa trance, originated from a small island in India. Goa is the name of this small island, and its melody often has Indian flavor. This trance-like state is characterized by attaching great importance to the subtle changes between melody and notes, and often melody overlaps.

Soul-also known as "soul song". 1969, the original "r&; b”。 It is a kind of black pop music mixed with blues, rock music and black gospel songs, and rarely plays musical instruments when singing. Soul's famous singers include james brown, ray charles, Anse Reading, stevie wonder and Prince.

Rock & Roll (Rock Music)

Heavy metals-In many types of rock, heavy metals are the most extreme in terms of volume, masculinity and dramatic style. There are many varieties of heavy metal sounds, but sometimes they try their best to get a sense of * * * through loud effects, twisted guitar playing (usually repeated playing) and simple and heavy melody. Heavy metals have been controversial since the day they existed. Critics have traditionally attacked the effects of stage plays that deliberately attract most teenagers, and one day conservative groups often protested what they thought was harmful. Evil lyrics. Despite the difficulties, heavy metal has become a stable and popular rock music form since its birth, and it has enough ability to adapt to this period and still maintain its perfect and unspoiled core attraction. Although the channel selection in the United States is rebellious, heavy metals are still largely British creations. At first, the seeds of heavy metals were sown in the British Blues Movement in 1960s, and its rhythm was more irregular, which enhanced the use of electronic musical instruments and became a more important feature. After years of development, new factions are constantly derived, which makes rock music more diversified.

Black metal-its main appeal is evil, pagan worship and Satan's thought. Usually, lyrics with anti-Christian and anti-religious tendencies are classified as black metal. In addition to the traditional heavy metal fixed instruments, other instruments, such as piano, violin or opera soprano, are often used to create a generally weird and scary atmosphere in songs. "Black metal" is represented by heavy metal groups in Northern Europe. On behalf of the band: Emperor, Injury, Slavery, Dark Funeral.

Death-Yue Feng evolved from the background of "thrash metal" or "grinding the core". The electric guitar repeats quickly, with few melodious chords, fast-pedaling double drums, and the lead singer gnashing his teeth. The lyrics are based on the theme of death and hatred, full of unacceptable abnormal words. "Death Metal" is the most representative of the heavy metal band from Florida. On behalf of the band: death, corpse, cannibal corpse, suffocation.

Devastator (Devastator Metal)-Slow in pace and speed. Very slow. Music that is not too intense or too aggressive, but still has a considerable sense of weight. There are usually very clean music and songs, but sometimes there are rough and savage voices. Representative bands: Lonely Paradise, Cathedral, Candle Festival.

Glam metal-usually refers to the stage performance and external image of a heavy metal band, which attracts fans with exaggerated heavy makeup or tight appearance. Most of these bands are idol groups. The musical style of Gorgeous Metal is not too heavy, and the lyrics have no deep meaning. It belongs to popular heavy metal music and is a branch of mainstream metal. Representative bands: Kiss, Poison, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue.

Grind core- similar to punk music, but heavy. The lead singer's low voice and low roar, the super spicy timbre of the electric guitar, the extremely fast repetitive beat and the dense drums constitute the heavy metal music style with few melodies. The length of music is very short, ranging from two seconds to three minutes. "grindcore" is a rare heavy metal music style, which is adopted by most "Death Metal" bands. On behalf of the band: napalm died.

Junk Rock (Decadence) —— Synonym of alternative rock. Metal-like alternative rock, which originated in Seattle, belongs to alternative rock and should not be classified as heavy metal. Representative bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mud Honey, Chain Alice.

Hard core-from Punk, the lyrics are outspoken and vulgar, and the music is like noise.

Hard rock music that is lighter than metal music. Representative bands: foreigner, blue oyster cult, Hrart, Cinderella.

Punk-a kind of rock music developed in the mid-1970s, also known as "punk rock", extended to the whole country in the early 1980s. Punk's resistance to rock music has weakened, which is manifested in its deliberate opposition to more civilized rock music. It inherits the rebellious spirit at the beginning of the birth of rock music and despises all traditions, governments, religions and educational institutions. But it is expressed in a more decadent way, and there is no government attention at all. Their lyrics are obscene and rude; Screaming, stamping and fighting on the stage; Music is close to hard rock, with a loud voice and strong timbre. Representative band: The Clash. At the end of 1970s, a new variety, named "New Wave", was separated from punk, which was more acceptable and artistic.

Ost-rock-post-rock is an experimental phenomenon that appeared in the mid-1990s. Progressive rock's music has the feeling of hypnosis, and its style comes from ambient music, free jazz, avant-garde music and electronic music. On behalf of the band: Tortoise, they regard their music as a constantly changing and fresh work that stays up all night. Most post-rock bands are against mainstream music and indie rock, but some are popular, such as Stereolab. Post-rock bands include Dead End, Ui, UFO Attack, Alpaca, Mogwai, Lance Morning, etc.

Art rock-popular after 1970s, mainly in Europe, led by Moody's Bruce in Britain, but also influential in the United States. Art rock combines rock music with classical music, and plays the works of writers such as Liszt and Debussy with electronic equipment, also known as "progressive rock".

Brit-Pop-Although Brit-pop has a "pop", it actually belongs to a kind of rock and roll, which originated in London, England in the 1990s. Chinese can be translated as "British rock", which is a response of British music to the American junk rock tide, mainly in the form of bands. British Brit-Pop substitute numbers: oasis, fuzzy, suede, pulp, radio commander.

Orchestral instruments (classical music)-Orchestral instruments are divided into four groups: strings (including violin and cello), brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Each instrument in the string group has a variety of performances (except the harp), and the four groups of players are coordinated and conducted by one person, who is the conductor of the orchestra. /kloc-orchestras appeared in the 0/7th century, and18th century clearly established the mode because of the works of Haydn and Mozart. /kloc-Some new musical instruments were added in the 0/9th century, and the number of orchestras also increased. Orchestral music is authentic western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music often uses some or all members of the orchestra to assist in the performance.