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CLASSICAL MUSIC, translated as "classical music". Some people think that "classical" gives people the feeling of antiquity, old-fashioned flavor, so it was renamed "classical music". According to the definition of classical music in Oxford English Dictionary, in traditional and serious style, it is called "serious music". As a result, "classical music" has been labeled as "serious", which makes people even more afraid to get close to it. But the person who made this definition must not have checked the dictionary properly, because the second definition of serious is given in this way: (referring to books, music, etc.) inspiring thought, not only for pleasure. So we know that classical music is different from pop music in that it is deep, thought-provoking, and more noble than vulgar. Let's take a look at the Longman Dictionary's explanation of classical music: music that people consider serious and that has been popular for a long time, which means that classical music is music that has survived the test of time and has been loved by all people. In this case, it is indeed more appropriate to translate it as "classical music". It is just that we are accustomed to saying "classical music", and it is always awkward to change the name, or call it "classical music", and the first person who translated it at that time should be blamed for not realizing that "classical" would bring about so many misunderstandings. Luckily, it wasn't translated as "serious music", or else it would have been a real joke.

When we hear the music of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert, it brings us not only beautiful melodies, full of interesting ideas, but also the most sincere emotions, or serenity, elegance, or shock, inspiration, or joy, happiness, or sadness, despair......

Romantic Music

Romantic Music

Romantic music is the continuation and development of classical music, a musical style or an era in the history of European music. Romantic style music focuses on the expression of emotion and content, breaking all the formal constraints of the classical music period.

Beethoven is the end of classical music, but also the forerunner of Romantic music, Romantic music abandoned the melody-based unity of classical music, emphasizing the diversity, the development of the role of harmony, the character of the character of the special qualities of the character portrayed, and more use of transpositional techniques and chromaticism, Romantic Opera is the representative of the Weber, the representative of the music is Schubert.

Romantic music embodied the tendency of wide influence and national differentiation, Berlioz appeared in France, Rossini in Italy, Liszt in Hungary, Chopin in Poland and Tchaikovsky in Russia. Romantic music ended in the era of Wagner and Brahms.

Baroque music

Baroque

The word baroque, which originally meant an irregularly shaped pearl, had a pejorative connotation at the time, when its flamboyant, ostentatious style was seen as a disparagement of the Renaissance style, but it is now recognized as one of Europe's great artistic styles.

Gregorian Chant

Gregorian

This is a hymn sung in the official liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, which originated in the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. The Gregorian Chant has the following characteristics: the lyrics are all in Latin, and it is a single song without accompaniment or harmony. The Gregorian Chant is characterized by the following features: the lyrics are all in Latin, a single melodic line without accompaniment or harmony, a very free rhythm, a modal scale different from the "major/minor system", and at the same time, an objective, impersonal, and transcendental nature. This kind of hymn music is inextricably linked to the liturgy, and can be considered "functional music", i.e., music with a special function and no entertainment value. They were primarily intended to express the religious connotations of the lyrics, rather than focusing on functional beauty or emotional appeal. Interestingly, however, much medieval secular music and ballads were adapted from the tunes of Gregorian chants.

Country music

Country

The name came to 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 life of wandering, yearning for a warm, peaceful home, singing about 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 fiddle.

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.

Jazz music

Jazz

Jazz music developed from folk songs and has a variety of sources that are not easy to scrutinize.During the 19th century music was an important means of self-expression of life and emotions for black slaves on plantations in the southern United States. From the end of the 19th century, jazz was based on traditional British and American music, mixed with blues, ragtime and other musical genres, a "hybrid" product. The black music of the Americas preserved a great deal of African characteristics, distinctive rhythmic features, and the characteristics of collective improvisation. The combination of this tradition with the music of the new settlement, much of it acoustic, resulted in not just a new sound but a whole new form of musical expression

Rock music

Rock

What is rock? What exactly is rock and roll? Long hair, leather jackets, and jeans with holes in them ...... is and isn't; guitar, bass, and drums ...... is and isn't; Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Nirvana ...... also yes and no; youthful freedom, hormonal urges, deviance ...... also yes and no; rhythm, lyrics, melody, dreams, truth, feeling, wildness, faith, power, anger... ...yes and no; ...... In fact, these associations are only superficial, for the real rock culture, for the "core" hidden under the "skin", are you interested in the real rock culture? For the real rock culture, for the "core" that is hidden under the "skin", are you interested in knowing more about it? In its purest form, rock is a three-chorded, hard-hitting drum beat with a catchy melody. Rock is not just a form of music, it is actually an "attitude and philosophy of life", and it is for this reason that rock music is different from ordinary pop music. The real rock culture can be distilled into at least a microcosm: hippie culture, art rock, punk, avant-garde music, heavy metal, etc.

Heavy metal is the most popular form of rock music in the world.

Heavy Metal Music

HEAVY METAL

HEAVY METAL, simply put, is rock and roll music played with slightly over-the-top intensity. The guitar, the main element of this music, is played a little louder and with more vengeance than usual. The bass was moved forward, like John Entwistle of the Who playing My Generation: Magic BMs. It used to be that the bass was only used as the main instrument in jazz, but now it has become as important as singing. The drums are played heavier and faster than in regular pop music, which creates an impact on the listener. Finally, there is the singer - who allows the listener to experience the emotions and sensations of death, sex, drugs or alcohol and other nascent onslaughts, and makes themes that have appeared in pop music seem more real and believable, and possibly more lurid

PUNK MUSIC

PUNK

PUNK, an anti-rock genre that emerged in the PUNK is an anti-rock musical force that emerged in the 1970s. PUNK is translated as "punk" in mainland China, "punk" in Taiwan, and "punk" in Hong Kong. In the West, punk is used in the dictionary as a slang term for punk, punk, whore, child molester, or lowlife (although its meaning has changed somewhat). It's been 25 years since Leg McNeil founded PUNK magazine in 1975 and the Sex Pistols started the trend. To understand the impact of PUNK on the world and on the interior space, it is important to understand the significance and development of PUNK.

Electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music (also known as TECHML), or electro music for short.

Broadly speaking, any music created with the use of electronic devices can be categorized as such. Any electronic sound produced by electronic synthesizers, effects, computer music software, drum machines, or other "instruments" can reasonably be called electronic music. The scope of electronic music in the broader sense is quite wide, as it can be found in movie soundtracks, advertisement soundtracks, and even some pop and rock songs, but it is not easy for people to notice it. In a very narrow sense, electronic music refers to music that involves techno, trance, and so on. In fact, however, as long as the use of electronic devices to create music, including the House, Drum and Bass (Drum and Bass) and other types of music, and even just the use of electronic amplifier (amplifier) jazz and folk music, can also be electro.