European and American music can be divided into which categories (pop jazz...) , various types of representative figures and works

(1,1) 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 black blues music, and is the foundation of today's westbound pop and rock music. Billboard magazine once defined R&B as, all black music except Jazz and Blues can be listed as R&B, which shows that R&B is the most important music in the world. 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, both have their roots in R&B and have preserved a lot of R&B components.

(1,2) What is House? House is a dance music genre that developed in the 1980s from disco. This is the Chicago DJs play music, they will German electronic band Kraftwerk a record and electronic drums (Drum Machine) regular rhythm and black blues vocals remixed in a, House on the generation of a ~ generally translated as "Hao room" dance music, for the electronic dance music the most basic type, 4/4 beat rhythm, a beat of the drums, with a simple melody, often have 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, elements such as LATIN, REGGAE, RAP or JAZZ were added, and by the late 1980s, HOUSE broke out of the underground and became a favorite on the pop charts in Chicago, New York and London. Why is it called "house"? It means that as long as you have simple recording equipment, you can make this kind of music at home ~ House is also the most easily accepted electronic music. Cher's Believe is a good example. M-People is the representative group of house. House dance music became popular in 1986 and replaced disco music. House can be divided into: Acid House, which is a blend of TB-303's Acid sound of house music, Deep House, which has a strong soulful singing voice, also known as Garage, quite popular. Groups like Real Mecoy, M-People, La Bouche are all Garage groups. Hard House is simply house with a heavier, more aggressive beat. Progressive House is less soulful and more melodic and arrangement oriented. It's a bit like "performance" house. SASH!'s It's My Life is a good example of Progressive House. Epic House is "Epic" House. Epic House has a beautiful, smooth melody and a powerful atmosphere, 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 "Epic Rock" Trible House Imagine a house with a primitive African style or Indian drumming. This is Trible House~ This kind of house not only has the steady rhythm of normal house, but also adds some primitive and fragmented drum beats 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 you that there are many kinds of house. By the 1990s, house had become less avant-garde and trendy, but it was still a very popular music. [Teaching] European and American Music (2) (2.1) What is Britpop? Although Britpop has the word "Pop", it is actually a kind of Rock, originating from England in the nineties, which can be translated as "British Rock" in Chinese. It is a response of the British music scene to the grunge wave in the United States, mainly in the form of bands. However, the style of Britpop is actually very broad, such as Oasis is a guitar rock band, Blur is a lot of Pop, and Pulp is close to Glam Rook and dance style, but they are all listed as Britpop. British Britpop representatives: Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Radiohead (2.) What is Trip-Hop? 2) What is Trip-Hop? Trip-Hop is a kind of British/European dance music, its name comes from "Trip + Hip-Hop = Trip-Hop", because it originated from Bristol, England, so it was first called "Bristol Hip-Hop". 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 check out the street dancers, most of them use Hip-Hop music to dance.) 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 confusing characteristics have made it far away from the clear beat characteristics of general dance music. Foreign Trip-Hop Representatives: Trip-Hop's recognized Iron Triangle ortishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Mandalay Moloko, Coldcut (2, 3) What is Gangsta Rap? Gangsta Rap is a kind of Rap, which is based on Rap's content, which is mostly related to urban crime. Gangsta Rap is a kind of Rap, which is mostly related to urban crime, full of violence and lust, it is a kind of music direction reflecting the reality. Gangsta Rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. It is a tough and sharp style 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 even been imprisoned or even died as a result of their involvement, which makes Gangsta Rap a truly realistic and shocking genre. Gangsta Rap: Ice-T, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac, Geto Boys (2, 4) What is Synth Pop? The "Synth" in Synth Pop is synthesizer. Synthesizer, 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 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, sometimes quite cold. Synth Pop representatives: Depeche Mode, Human League, Duran Duran, OMD, Gary Numan (2, 5) What is ORCHESTRA? ORCHESTRA is an orchestra that is divided into four sections: 1 Strings, including violin and cello, 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 a single conductor, who emerged in the 17th century and became clearly established in the 18th century with the works of Haydn and Mozart, and in the 19th century, with the addition of new instruments, the orchestra was enlarged in size. ORCHESTRA is the authentic Western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music also often utilizes some or all of the members of ORCHESTRA. (2,6) 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 elegant atmosphere, CHAMBER POP emerged in the 1990s, which is a response to the LO-FI and GRUNGE at that time, emphasizing on the beautiful melody, exquisite soundtrack and clean recording. It emphasizes beautiful melodies, exquisite soundtracks and clean recordings, and often uses strings and winds to create a feeling of baroque era music. Foreign representative bands are THE DIVINE COMEDY, RIALTO, ERIC MATTHEWS and BALLE & SEBASTIAN, etc. In Hong Kong, there are WONG YIU MING, part of PENG ANGELA, part of MULTIPLEX and so on. (2,7) What is Folk Song? Folk songs (FOLK) originally refers to the traditional songs of each ethnic group, the ancestors of each ethnic group have their own original/ancient 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 Song is to combine it with NEW AGE (e.g. ENYA) and TRIP HOP (e.g. BETH ORTON). (2,8) 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 American West Coast COOL JAZZ, which is characterized by softness, comfort, relaxation, laziness and romance. 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 there were many fans in other years. (2,9) What is CLASSICAL POP? CLASSICAL POP refers to pop songs with classical music flavor, songs with string accompaniment can be included in this category, for example, "ELEANORRIGBY" by THE BEATLES. Some of the work of the Australian band CROWDED HOUSE can also be included in this category. CLASSIC POP refers to classic pop songs. (2, 10) What is ACAPPELLA? ACAPPELLA is a song sung without instrumental accompaniment, but any song sung purely by the human voice is ACAPPELLA, although today when we say ACAPPELLA we usually mean 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. (3.1) What is WORLD MUSIC? WORLD MUSIC is a term used from a Western perspective, meaning 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, while in some regions, such as Latin America, it can be popularized to the extent that it can become its own type of music. 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. KING SUNNY ADE from Africa, DON BYRON from Eastern Europe, ZHU Zheqin from China, NUSRAT FATEHALI KAHN from Pakistan, etc. are some of the more familiar WORLD MUSIC musicians to Western music fans. (3,2) What is DREAM-POP? DREAM-POP is a kind of "dreamy" pop music, it has a kind of misty atmosphere, mostly caused by SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers), and ECHO effect is also an important ingredient of DREAM-POP, and the singing part is very important. The singing part is often very "BREATHY", i.e. heavy breathing, and the lyrics are often dream-like and poetic. Representative bands are 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". (3,3) What is NEW AGE? NEW AGE is a kind of music of tranquility, ease and leisure, which accounts for a larger proportion of pure music works and a smaller proportion of sung works. 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 NEW AGE philosophy. NEW AGE music is usually regarded as middle-class music, and WINDHAM HILL is the most representative NEW AGE record label, with ENYA, GEORGE WINSTON, WILLIAM ACKERMAN, YANNI, KITARO and so on as the representative musicians of NEW AGE. (3,4) 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 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 incorporate Rock, Jazz and even Blues elements and be full of emotions. There are various types of electronic music, including House, Techno, Ambient, Trance, Psychedelic Trance, Breakbeat, Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, Trip-Hop, Drum'n'Bass, Jungle, and so on. Bass, Jungle, Electro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimalism. (3, 5) What is Techno? Techno means "high-tech dance music"! Techno is the use of computers and synthesizers to synthesize and make special sound effects, and it 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, tougher, more mechanized, so some people call Techno "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 powerful as normal techno, and can be considered the origin of modern techno. Detroit Techno is the origin of modern techno. (3,6) What is Ambient? It sounds like it doesn't have many ups and downs, but in fact it's always changing, such as long sound effects, or progressive arrangements, often creating a layered sense of space, so it's called "mood music", and it often samples the sounds around us, such as human voices, car noises, 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 can be found in many kinds of music, even in some classical music. (3,7) What is Trance? Psychedelic dance music, evolved from Techno, listening to it will make you feel "out of your mind", but it still has the rhythm of dance music, and pays much attention to the performance of Bass, which can be hypnotizing to some people. The beat is also 4/4. But I've also heard it in Breakbeat (more on that below), such as Sven Vath's album Fusion. (3, 8) What is Psychedelic Trance? It's also known as Goa Trance, and originated from a small island in India, which is the name of the island. The melody often has an Indian flavor. The characteristic of this kind of Trance is that it emphasizes on the melody, the subtle changes between the notes, and there are often overlapping melodies and high-pitched TB-303 sounds. It is a bit of Ambient flavor. (3, 9) What is a break beat? Unlike the house beat Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom which is so regular, it is presented in broken beats, 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. (4.1) What is Big-Beat? Big-Beat is a style of music that makes Brit-Hop faster, heavier, and more rock-like. It is a more mature style of music that improves on Brit-Hop, so you can imagine what it is like to have a beat that is heavy, crunchy, and a little bit fast. For example, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim are the "big horns" of Big Beat. (4, 2) What is Drum N' Bass? For some people, Drum N' Bass music may be annoying, because Drum N' Bass focuses on rhythmic tricks, and bass performance, such as fast, fast, complex breaks, and the use of different electronic drums, or the use of different electronic drums. Drum N' Bass is also a very interesting music because of its focus on rhythmic patterns and bass, such as fast and furious, complex breaks, and the use of different electronic drums or sampled drum sounds. Therefore, Drum N' Bass is also a kind of Breakbeat. 4Hero is a famous band of Drum N' Bass. (4, 3) What is Jungle? Jungle is the predecessor of Drum N' Bass. Jungle is much faster than Drum N' Bass, and the beat is more complex and stronger, sometimes with some rap, unlike Drum N' Bass, which is a mix of Jazz, Jazz, and other electronic drums. Jungle is much faster than Drum N' Bass, and the beat is more complex and stronger, sometimes with some raps, unlike Drum N' Bass, which incorporates elements of Jazz and Soul, and sounds softer (of course, compared to Jungle). Even David Bowie, the "Rock Chameleon", is now into Jungle. (4,4) What is Electro? Back in the late 70's and early 80's, there was no such thing as house, techno ......, and electronic music was not as popular as it was in the early 80's. There was only Electro, which is electronic music. 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's Drum Machine (Drum Machine) TR-808 to sound 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 develop a kind of Hip-Hop music, called Old School, and now Fatboy Slim (流线胖子小子) is also fused with some Electro and Old School in his music. (4, 5) What is Dub? Dub is a form of Reggae (or Reggae, a South American black music with a very distinctive beat and vocals) that removes the voice from the song and leaves only 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. (4, 6) What is a Chill Out? It's just a general term. Next to the dancefloor, there is often an area, or a small room, in which some more moderate, calmer music will be played, so that the dancers can relax after dancing, take a break, to play Ambient music, so it will be called "Chill Out" (cooling) for this reason. The Orb is the master of Chill Out music. (4,7) What is Minimalism? This is translated as "minimalist music" and is often heard in Ambient and Techno music. The tracks with Minimalism have a repetitive melody and a special rhythm, which feels like a special frequency that makes you feel hypnotized, and Jeff Mills' work is Minimal Detroit-Techno, with a psychedelic color. (5,1) Black Metal Black Metal takes evil, pagan worship and satanic thoughts as its main appeal, usually in the lyrics contain anti-Christ, anti-religious tendency that is categorized as Black Metal, in addition to the traditional heavy metal fixed instruments, often use other instruments such as piano, violin, or opera soprano, in the song to create a weird and scary atmosphere of horror. "Black metal is best represented by Scandinavian heavy metal groups. Representative bands: Emperor, Mayhem, Enslaved, Dark Funeral (5,2) Death Death Metal The style of music evolved from the background of "whiplash metal" or "grindcore". Rapid repetitions of electric guitars, melody-less chords, double drums, and a vocalist's gnashing of teeth, the lyrics are based on the theme of death and hatred, filled with perverted words such as corpses, entrails, dismemberment, mutilations, necrophilia, necrophiliacs, corpse-eaters, and sadism. "Death metal is best represented by heavy metal bands from Florida. Bands: Death, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation (5, 3) Doom Doom metal The tempo and speed are slow, very slow. It's less intense and less aggressive, but it's still pretty weighty music. Usually very clean music and vocals, but sometimes brutal and savage. Typical bands: Solitude Aeturnus, Cathedral, Candlemass (5,4) Glam Metal Glam metal usually refers to a heavy metal band whose stage performance or outward appearance attracts fans with exaggerated make-up or handsome appearance, and most of these bands are idol groups. The style of "glam metal" is not too heavy, and the lyrics are not too in-depth, so it belongs to the more popular heavy metal music, which is a branch of mainstream metal. Representative bands: Kiss, Poison, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue (5.5) Grindcore Similar to "punk" but with a lot of weight, with the vocalist's low, deep roar, the electric guitar's super-hot tone and the fast, repetitive beats and intense drums. The vocals' low, deep growls, the electric guitar's super-hot tone, and the fast, repetitive beats and dense drums make for a melody-free style of heavy metal, with short riffs ranging from two seconds to three minutes in length. "Grindcore" is a very cold style of heavy metal, and is used by most "death metal" bands. Bands: Napalm Death (5, 6) Grunge Garbage (Decadence?). A synonym for alternative rock. Originating in Seattle as metal-like alternative rock, grunge is basically alternative rock and should not be categorized as heavy metal. Bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains (5,7) Hardcore Hardcore is derived from the term "punk", with outspoken and vulgar lyrics and music that is like noise. (5,8) Hard Rock Music that is "lighter" than heavy metal. Representative bands: Foreigner, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Cinderella (5.9) Heavy Metal "Heavy Metal" must have a roaring or high-pitched voice, a lot of distortion in the electric guitar, and a dense, fast drum beat and a low, powerful bass. The "Heavy Metal" must be characterized by a roaring or aggressive voice, a heavily distorted sound of 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 usually refers to traditional mainstream heavy metal or heavy metal that cannot be categorized into other heavy metal genres. Representative bands: AC/DC, Accept, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P. (5, 10) Industrial Metal Industrial Metal uses a large number of cold, computer-sampled sound effects, interspersed with mechanical or metal instrumental impact instead of the traditional percussion instruments, coupled with electronic beats, it is very much like techno-dance music. It is a kind of techno dance music, but still retains a lot of distortion effects of heavy metal. Representative bands: Fear Factory, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails The following content added on June 3, metal music introduction is complete, if there is incomplete content I hope that friends together to add some of the content, I will also try to introduce more European and American music So far, Europe and the United States music we listen to also come to an end, thank you and the moderator's support! [Teaching] European and American Music (6) (6, 1) Neo-Classical Neo-classical metal is y influenced by classical music, and adds a lot of classical music elements to heavy metal. Representative band: Angra (6.2) Pop Metal Pop metal is a compromise between heavy metal rock and pop music, and is easily accepted by mainstream music consumers. Representative bands: Def Leppard, Mr Big, White Lion (6, 3) Power Metal Power Metal has the speed similar to "Speed Metal" and the weight of "Whiplash Metal", but is less melodic than "Speed Metal". However, it is not as melodic as "speed metal" and not as explosive as "whiplash metal". Typical bands: Pantera, Armored Saint, Wild Dogs (6, 4) Progressive Metal The style is different from traditional Heavy Metal in that it employs a lot of complex and ornate arrangements in the songs, or conveys some forward thinking in the lyrics for the listener to imagine and think about. Representative bands: Queensryche, Fate Warning, Dream Theater (6, 4) Punk Punk lyrics convey some rebellious ideas and dissatisfaction with the living environment, culture, society, politics, etc., and the music lacks coordination without a specific style, it is a kind of noisy music, usually a group of people who can make a sound with their instruments can form a punk band. Usually a group of people who can make noise with their instruments can form a punk band. Typical bands: The Clash, Sex Pistols (6, 5) Speed Metal Speed is its main feature. Often confused with "whiplash metal", "speed metal" is usually more melodic, with clearer lyrics from the vocalist 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. Usually the musicians of "Whiplash Metal" and "Speed Metal" bands are highly skilled in playing their instruments. Typical bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Riot, Rage (6, 7) Thrash Metal Thrash Metal is also very fast, with a very fast and repetitive rhythm (riff), the electric guitar's thick and numb tone brushes out the swarthy chords, and the very destructive and oppressive speed drums, and the vocalist's rough and raging vocals are sung in a rapid rhythm with the electric guitar, which makes the songs almost melodic. The vocalist's brutal, roaring vocals and the electric guitar's fast tempo create a melody-less riff. "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, Coroner, Overkill