What are the types of dance music?

01. What is trip-hop? trip-hop is a kind of British/European dance music, and its name originates from "trip + hip hop" = trip-hop, because it originates from Bristol, England, so it was called "Bristol hip-hop" at the earliest time. Because it originated in bristol, England, it was first called "bristol hip-hop".... If you don't know what hip-hop is, look at street dancers, most of them dance to hip-hop music.) The tempo slows down (sometimes very slowly), adding some psychedelic flavors, such as a very dark, fat bass, a slight but psychedelic synth sound, or some sampling of the record, sometimes even the noise of the record is sampled "on purpose". The so-called "trip", refers to psychedelic, dense drug "journey", so, trip-hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, jazz feeling, confused, with a little hip hop rhythm break beat music. Although it belongs to the dance music category, but its psychedelic confusion has made it jump general dance music all the clear beat characteristics far away. &nbs p;

Foreign trip-hop representatives: trip-hop in the recognized iron triangle ortishead, tricky, massive attack. mandalay moloko coldcut

02.What is world music? world music is a term used from a Western perspective to refer to music that is not English, 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, while in some regions, such as Latin America, it can be popularized into a genre of its own. In some regions, such as Latin America, the music is popularized into a genre of its own. Today, when we talk about world music, we are usually 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 fans.

03. what is new age? new age is a kind of quiet, peaceful, leisurely music, pure music works accounted for more, with singing accounted for less. new age can be pure acoustic music, but it is also a kind of music that can be sung by the audience. New age can be purely acoustic (i.e., played by traditional autoharp instruments) or very electronic, with the emphasis on creating a calm atmosphere of nature or a sense of the vastness of the universe, which washes away the listener's mind and makes him or her feel calm and at peace. New age is often associated with music therapy, with a lot of new age music being said to heal the sick, and a lot of new age music being associated with meditation, which has a lot to do with the philosophy of new age thinking. New age music is often characterized as middle-class music, with Windham Hill being the most representative new age record label. New age musicians include enya, george winston, william ackerman, yanni, kitaro and many more.

04. What is dream-pop? dream-pop is a kind of "dream"-like pop music, it has a kind of misty atmosphere, mostly by synthesizers (electronic synthesizers) caused by the addition of echo effect of the electric junction of the other is also an important ingredient, the singing part of the often very 'breathey' that is, breathing is very important. The singing part is often very 'breathy', i.e. heavy breathing, and the lyrics are often dreamy and poetic. Representative bands are cocteau twins, lisa germano, st.etienne, this mortal coil, my bloody valentine, mazzy star and dead can dance.

05. What is classical pop? Classical pop refers to pop songs with the flavor of classical ringing music, and songs accompanied by strings can be included in this category, such as the beatles' "eleanorrigby" is. Some of the work of the Australian band crowded house can also be included in this category. If you say classical pop, you mean classic pop songs.

06. What is acappella?

Acappella is a song sung without instrumentation, but any song sung purely by the human voice is an acappella, although today we usually mean acappella when we talk about singing with multiple harmonies, where even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of acappella is umental, i.e. pure music, and any type of song can be sung as an acappella. The most familiar acappella song to Hong Kong people is "so much in love", and Hong Kong acappella bands include Ji Sheng Ya Shi and others.

07. What is bossa nova?

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bossa nova is a kind of Brazilian music with jazz flavor, 1950s composer antonio carlos jobim Brazilian music rhythms mixed with the United States west coast cool jazz, soft, comfortable, relaxed, lazy, romantic is characteristic. Every 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th and 14th beats of every two bar is a repetition. Singer joao gilberto's pure and thick voice is the outstanding partner of jobim music, and it became very popular after it was introduced to the United States in the middle of the 50s. Other famous bossa nova musicians are charlie byrd, stan getz and astrud gilberto, etc., and the most famous song is "the girlfrom ipanema". ossa nova was most popular in the 60's, and has been a constant supporter in other years as well.

08. What is post rock?

post-rock is a kind of experimental, avant-garde rock music that emerged in the mid-1990s, mostly with a hypnotic feeling, and its style is taken from ambient, free-form rde and electronic music. The representative bands are tortoise, who see their music not as songs, but as constantly changing and always fresh. Most post-rock bands are anti-mainstream and anti-indie-rock, but some are more pop, such as stareolab, etc.

Post-rock is a form of experimental rock that emerged in the mid-nineties, mostly with a hypnotic feel.

Examples of post-rock bands include cul de sac, ui, flying saucer attack, the high llamas, mogwai, trans am, and others.

09. What is britpop?

While britpop has the word "pop" in it, it is in fact a kind of rock, originating from England in the nineties, and can be translated into Chinese as "British rock", which is a response of the British music scene to the grunge wave in the United States. This is a response of the British music scene to the grunge wave in the United States, 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 style, but they are all listed as britpop.

British britpop representatives: oasis blur suede pulp radiohead

10. What is dub?

Dub can be described as reggae (also known as reggae, a kind of South American black music with a very distinctive beat and special vocals), in which the vocals are removed from the music. When dub is used in electronic music, some of the vocals are removed, the bass and drums are added, and a lot of echo is added. This technique is often used in live performances to remix songs. For example, the album Protection by Massive Attack was remixed by Mad Professor from trip-hop to dub.

11. What is electro?

Back in the late 70's and early 80's, when there was no house, techno...and no such thing, electronic music was still a thing. There was no house, no techno, no electronic music, just electro. Electro can be said to be purely electronic synthesizer (synthesizer, looks a bit like a keyboard) to sound music, usually quite soft, and often use roland company's drum machine (drum machine) tr-808 to send drums. The German band Kraftwerk can be considered as a representative. Now the electro sound is much brighter and more transparent than before. Later, some djs utilized electro to develop a hip-hop sound called old school, and now the fatboy slim has incorporated some electro and old school into its music.

12. what is jungle?

jungle is the predecessor of drum'n'bass. jungle's speed is much faster than drum'n'bass, and the beats are more complex and tougher, sometimes with some raps, unlike drum'n'bass, which is a blend of jazz, soul, etc., and sounds softer and more relaxed, unlike drum'n'bass, which is a blend of jazz and soul. The sound is softer, even the "rocking chameleon" david bowie is now getting jungle.

13. What is drum'n'bass?

For some people, the music of drum'n'bass can be annoying, because drum'n'bass is very much focused on rhythmic tricks, and bass performance, such as very fast, very fast, complex breaks, and the use of a variety of different electronic drums, or drums sampled from. Therefore, drum'n'bass is also a kind of breakbeat, 4hero is a famous band of drum'n'bass

14. What is big-beat?

"Big beat", brit-hop becomes faster, heavier, more rock flavor, can be said to be brit-hop improved, more mature a kind of music style, can be said to be the brit-hop improved, more mature, and can be said to be a kind of music style. It can be said that brit-hop has been improved and matured into a kind of music style, you can imagine what it is like to have a heavy, crushing, and somewhat fast beat. The prodigy, the chemical brothers, fat boy slim are the "big horns" of the big beat.

15. What is brit-hop?

The rhythm of black hip-hop is accelerated by the drums, with a little electric guitar, bass, with the flavor of rock and roll, such as the chemical brothers' style is.

16. What is a break beat?

The break beat is not as regular as the house beat boom-boom-boom-boom-boom, but a broken beat, like a syncopated beat. It's not as regular as house boom-boom-boom-boom-boom, it's a broken beat, like a syncopated beat, with small drums in the middle of the two beats, and so on. breakbeat is just an umbrella term, and there's a lot of different kinds of music that fall into the category of breakbeat, such as the following: brit-hop, big-beat, and black hip-hop, to name a few.

17. What is psychedelic trance?

Also known as goa trance, it originated on a small island in India. goa is the name of the island, and the melody often has an Indian flavor, the characteristic of this kind of trance is that it attaches great importance to the melody, the subtle changes between the notes, and there are often overlapping melodies, and high-pitched tb-303 sound, a little ambient flavor.

18. what is trance ?

Trance is a psychedelic dance music, evolved from techno, listening to it will make you feel "out of your mind", but still retain the rhythm of the dance music, very important to the performance of the bass, some listening to it will have a "hypnotic" effect, the beat is also 4/4 beat-based.

19. What is ambient?

It doesn't sound like a lot of ups and downs, but in fact, it's always changing, like long sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc. It often creates a layered sense of space, which is why it's known as "ambient music", and it often samples the sounds around you, such as human voices, car sounds, and even other melodies.... etc. It was created by Brian Eno in the 70s and is a very "sophisticated" electronic music. Later on, ambient had its own branches, such as ambient house, ambient techno... etc. I believe that we can literally understand, in fact, in many kinds of music will have the shadow of ambient, and even some classical music also has the flavor of ambient.

20. What is techno?

technology, which means "high-tech dance music"! The use of computers, synthesizers, synthesized to make some special sound effects, this music is often a combination of many sound effects. Techno's beat is also 4/4 beat, but the speed is faster than house, and sounds repetitive, more forceful, more mechanized, so some people call techno "industrial noise", but some will still pay attention to the melody. Techno originated in Detroit, U.S.A. Three djs: derrick may, kevin saunderson and juan atkins tried to combine electronic music with black music and created detroit techno. detroit techno is usually more gentle, not as strong as general techno, which can be said to be the origin of modern techno. It is the origin of modern techno.

21. What is electro music and what is electro music? With the evolution of time, musicians have more ways to produce music. Electrophonic music is the production of music using electronic sounds generated by electronic synthesizers, music software, and computers. 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 be integrated into rock, jazz and even blues and other elements and full of emotion.

There are many different types of electronic music, including house, techno, ambient, trance, psychedelic trance, breakbeat, brit-hop, big-beat, trip-hop, drum'n'bass, jungle, electro, dub, and jazz, Electro, dub, chill out, minimalism.

22. What is a folk song?

Folk songs (folk) originally referred to the traditional songs of each ethnic group, the ancestors of each ethnic group have their own songs from the original / 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. However, what we call folk songs (folk) today mostly refers to the folk songs of the pop era (folk), which refer to the kind of songs that are sung in a natural and frank way, mainly with the wooden guitar as the accompaniment, and that express the feelings of the simple life of everyone. American folk singer woody guthrie's recordings in the fifties are the earliest recordings of folk songs, so they are generally recognized as the progenitor of modern folk songs. After that, pete seeger and the weavers continued to promote this kind of music, and in the sixties the Vietnam war, anti-war folk singers such as bob dylan, joan baez, peter, paul and mary became the voice of the times. After the war, folk music developed into pop, rock and urbanization. Bob Dylan invented folkrock, and Simon & Garfunkel developed urban folk pop for middle-class tastes, which was popular for a while. In the 1980s, suzanne vega, tracychapman, etc. + came out with a more urban folk/contemporary folk line with a more urban feel. Folk songs (folk) in the UK, Hong Kong and other music scene has also developed a different appearance. In recent years, folk songs have been combined with new age (e.g. enya) and trip hop (e.g. beth orton).

23. What is chamber pop?

Chamber pop refers to a kind of pop music that is elegant, noble and refined, and it has a certain classical feel. The term "chamber music" comes from classical music, and in Chinese it's called "chamber music", which is a type of small group stringed instrumental style with an elegant atmosphere. Chamber pop emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to the lo-fi and grunge of the time, emphasizing beautiful melodies, sophisticated soundtracks, clean recordings, and often using strings and winds to create a baroque-era feel.

Foreign bands include the divine comedy, rialto, eric matthews and balle & sebastian.

24. what is synth pop?

synth pop " synth ", that is, synthesizer, as the name implies, synth pop is " by the sythesizrs concocted out of the pop ", of course, in addition to the synthesizers also has the synth pop. As the name suggests, synth pop is "pop made by sythesizers", of course, apart from synthesizers, other electronic instruments such as computers and drum machines are also used. Synth pop became popular in the early 1980s, and then became quiet in the mid-1980s, but there was a boom in Hong Kong back then. Synth pop is characterized by a strong sense of technology, sometimes quite cold, the songs are mostly "3-minutes pop" (3-minutes pop), and often synth pop musicians will be dressed in fashion.

Synth pop representatives: depeche mode, human league, duran duran, omd, gary numan

25. What is orchestra?

The orchestra is the orchestra, which is divided into four parts: 1 strings, including violins, cellos, etc., 2 brass, 3 woodwinds and 4 percussion groups. Each instrument in the string section is played by more than one person (except the harp), and the four groups of players are coordinated and led by one person, who is the conductor of the orchestra. The orchestra appeared in the 17th century, and by the 18th century the pattern was clearly established by the works of Haydn and Mozart. In the 19th century, new instruments were added and the size of the orchestra increased. The orchestra is the authentic Western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music also often utilizes the orchestra with some or all of its members.

26. What is gangsta rap?

Gangsta rap is a type of rap, which is a form of music that reflects the reality of the world, as the content of the rap is mostly related to urban crime and is full of violence and lust. Gangsta rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s, and is a tough, sharp-edged form of rap that is very popular in the United States and sells very well. Many of the gangsta rap musicians themselves were actually involved in various crimes in reality, and some of them even went to jail or even died as a result, so it can be said that it is a real reflection of the reality and shocking music.

Gangsta rap is a combination of ice-t, ice cube, dr. dre, snoop doggy dogg, 2 pac, and geto boys.

27. What is house?

House is the dance music that developed in the eighties alongside disco. This is the Chicago dj play music, they will German electronic band kraftwerk a record and electronic drums (drum machine) regular rhythm and black blues vocals remixed together, house on the generation of ~ generally translated as "Hao room" dance music, for the electronic dance music the most basic type, 4/4 beat rhythm, a beat of a drum with simple melodies, often high-pitched female vocals singing, and the most important thing is that it's not a dance music. Often with a high-pitched female voice. After disco became popular, some djs changed it, with the intention of disco to become less commercialized, bass and drums became more deep, and often became pure music works, even if there is a singing part is mostly sung by dancing female singers in short sentences, often without clear lyrics. Gradually, elements of latin, reggae, rap or jazz were added, and by the late 1980s house had broken out of the underground and become a favorite on the Chicago, New York and London pop charts.

28. What is r&b?

The full name of r&b is rhythm & blues, which is generally translated as "rhythm and blues". Broadly speaking, r&b can be regarded as "black popular music", which originated from black blues music, is the foundation of today's westbound pop and rock music, billboard magazine has mediated r&b for all black music, in addition to jazz and blues can be listed as r&b, see r&b, can be listed as r&b, can be listed as r&b, can be listed as r&b, can be listed as r&b, can be listed as r&b, can be listed as r&b. The Billboard magazine has defined r&b as all black music, except jazz and blues, which can be categorized as r&b. This shows how wide the scope of r&b is. The hip hop and rap that have become so popular in the black music scene in recent years have their origins in r&b, and there's a lot of r&b in there as well.

29. Disco

Short for discotheque, originally meaning record dance, it started out as music for black people to dance to in nightclubs, and in the '70s became a catch-all term for virtually any new dance music. Compared to rock, it is characterized by a strong, unrelenting, metronome-like 4/4 beat and simple lyrics and tunes, and was first introduced in the U.S. in 1977 as a result of the film recording Weekend Fever by the Australian pop group the Bee Gees. Disco was often synthesized and recorded in studios, but it was eventually replaced in the early 1980s by other, slower, less rhythmic dance music due to its monotonous rhythms and similarity in style.

30. Punk

The mid-1970s saw the development of a kind of rock music, or "punk rock" (punk rock), which expanded throughout the United States in the early 1980s. Punk responded to the weakening of rock's defiance by taking on a deliberately antagonistic face to more civilized rock. It inherited the rebellious spirit of the beginning of rock and roll, defying all traditions, religions, educational institutions and so on, but in a more decadent way, with extremely unsympathetic words and deeds. Their lyrics are obscene and rude; they scream, stomp and brawl on stage; their music is closer to hard rock, with great sound and a strong, thick tone. Representative bands include the Sex Pistols and the Clash.

In the late '70s, a new, more acceptable and artistic strain of punk called "new wave" was spun off from punk.

31. soul

Also known as "soul," in 1969 Billboard replaced the original term "rhythm and blues" with "soul. "Rhythm and Blues. It is a mixture of blues, rock 'n' roll and black gospel, and is a form of black pop music that is sung with fewer instruments. Some of Saul's most famous singers include James Brown, James Browne, and Chuck Browne. Brown (james brown), Charles (ray charles), Redding (ons redding), Steve? Wander (stevle wonder), Prince (prince) and others.

32. Reggae

Originally from Jamaica, it was introduced to the United States in the mid-1970s. It combines African and Latin American rhythms and echoing vocals similar to those popular in Africa with a powerful, driving rock and roll sound.

33. Rap

Black slang, equivalent to "talk" (talking), from the poor black neighborhoods of New York. It is characterized by the rapid-fire delivery of a series of rhyming verses against a backdrop of mechanical rhythmic sounds. One of the origins of the form is the rapid-fire, rhyming jargon used by radio programmers to introduce records. Lep's lyrics are humorous, witty and often ironic, and were particularly popular with black people in the 1980s. His most iconic band is Public Enemy. Lep is also sometimes referred to as "Ship Hop" (hip-hop). In fact, hip-hop is a broader term that refers to a variety of elements of New York street culture at the time, including, in addition to rappers: the rhythmic scraping of a record on a turntable (which rappers often used) by moving it back and forth with their hands; the technique used by djs to switch between records and splice them together so that there is no break in the record's music; and breakdancing, among other things.

34. Pop

A kind of modern popular music with a strong beat. It is generally believed that pop music has a broad and narrow sense, here "pop" refers to the narrow sense of pop music, such as the 70s and 80s famous singers Ross (diana ross), Richie (lionel richie), Whitney houston (whitney houston). Houston (whitney houston), Madonna (madonna), Michael? Jackson (michael jackson), Prince (prince), Janet? Jackson (janet jackson) and many others sang many songs.

35. art rock (art rock)

Popularized after the 1970s, mainly in Europe, led by the British, such as the "Moody Blues" (moody blues) band, but also in the United States has had an impact. Art rock combines rock and classical music, utilizing electronic devices to play works by composers such as Liszt and Debussy, and is also known as "progressive rock".