Hip-Hop
Do you believe that music always creates miracles and peace in the heart? And the hip-hop style It is still a genre that people still like in every era. And that's cannot be denied that each style of music still has a scent that is embedded with the culture and diversity of people in the melody of the music. And that makes hip-hop still always talked about. It is clear that listening to hip-hop music makes us always feel that they are talking through singing and communicating through music or music rhythms that are consistent with the situation or people who listen to it. H Hip-hop in the 1970s was very popular. And of course, in every period, there are always irregularities. Hip-hop music was not officially recorded for radio or television until 1979, mostly because of poverty at the time of its birth and the lack of acceptance from the black community. This genre began to spread through closed parties throughout the black community. This is one thing that makes us reflect the importance of a group of people who have diversity. No matter what style of music you listen to, we can always learn from differences to be beautiful.
Country
When you imagine a country song, what comes to mind? For me, it is a song filled with love, warmth from family or in the middle of the fields in the countryside. We can't imagine that every time we hear a country song, it will make us feel tense or become a follower of this style of music. Or another name that you still know until today is called Country music. Country (also called country and western) is a music genre that originated in the southern region of the United States, both in the South and the Southwest. Country music, which was first produced in the 1920s, focused on singing songs that told stories about the lives of the working class and workers in America. It sounds very interesting because I didn't think that Americans are a country that is diverse and has a style of music that is always beautiful in its differences. And that's what happened. Are you a follower of this genre of music? And what surprised me. In 2009 in the United States, country music was the most listened to music during rush hour during the evening commute and was the second most popular genre during the morning commute as well. Country music is known for its ballads and dance songs ("honky-tonk songs") that have simple forms and folk lyrics. And the harmony is typically accompanied by instruments such as banjo, fiddle, harmonica, and various types of guitar (including acoustic, electric, steel, and resonator guitars). Although country music has its roots in American folk music in forms such as old-time and Appalachian, many other traditions, such as Mexican, Irish, and Hawaiian, have also influenced its creation. The blues mode from the blues has also been widely used throughout history. Of course, I believe that by the time you get to this point in your reading, you may be a little jaded about how each genre often incorporates history and cultural traditions. But I believe that is where the close connection between conservative values and contemporary country music began, in response to the anti-war movement of the 1960s. Until then, almost all country music, which up until that point had been called folk country, had no clear political orientation and focused instead on the everyday problems and anxieties of the working class. Merle Haggard's 1969 album Okie from Muskogee presented country music with a decidedly conservative and political perspective, which was popular. Republican President Richard Nixon further strengthened this conservative musical connection during his years in office. It frequently hosted events for country musicians, declared October 1970 as Country Music Month, and appealed to listeners who saw country music as politically motivated. However, by now, country music had spread to many countries in Asia and many other countries that saw country music as a constant source of honor.
Pop
How did pop music really influence or originate? And is it true that it is simple to hear and listen to for all ages? Because most people believe that music originated from culture and art that always came together. And how is it still a catchy song for music lovers?, who knows whether the style of pop music is truly modern or conservative? In fact, pop music has evolved along with its definition. As music writer Bill Lamb puts it, pop music is “all forms of music since the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s that most closely resemble the tastes and interests of the urban middle class.” The term “pop music” was first used in 1926 to mean music that is “popular among the masses. ” Hatch and Millward argue that several events in the recording history of the 1920s are considered the birthplace of the modern pop music industry, including country, blues, and hillbilly. Pop music was produced as an effort, not as an art form,” and was “designed to appeal to everyone,” but “did not originate from any one place or express any one particular taste.” Frith adds, “Pop music is not driven by any great ambitions, except for profit and commercial rewards, and musically, it is not driven by any great ambitions, except for commercial gain and rewards.” Pop music is fundamentally conservative. It comes from above (by record labels, radio and concert promoters) rather than from below. It is not self-made music, but rather professionally produced and packaged music, and is often cited as the best of pop music. As Frith puts it, the characteristics of pop music include its aim to appeal to a general audience rather than a specific subculture or ideology, and its emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal “artistic” qualities.
Rock
When many people hear the music genre, rock music may actually make many people think that rock music may have stories or cultures embedded in it, and it is unbelievable that the origin of rock music originated from in the United States under the name "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s and has developed into many different forms since the mid-1960s, mostly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Rock has its roots in rock and roll, a form that draws directly from black music genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, and country. Rock is also heavily influenced by genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporates influences from jazz and other musical styles. For instruments, rock usually focuses on the electric guitar, which is often part of a rock group that has an electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Rock is usually a song that emphasizes singing, with a 4-beat rhythm and uses a verse and harmony pattern. But the genre is very diverse. Like pop music, the lyrics tend to focus on romantic love, but also talk about many other themes, often social or political. Rock was the most popular music genre in the United States and throughout the Western world from the 1950s to the 2010s. By the mid-1960s, rock musicians were beginning to push the album over the single as the dominant form of recorded expression and consumption, with The Beatles leading the charge. Their work brought the genre into mainstream acceptance and ushered in the decades-long album-influenced era of rock in the music industry. In the late 1960s, classic rock had spawned a number of subgenres, including hybrids such as blues rock, folk rock, country rock and jazz rock, the helped the development of psychedelic rock, that was influenced by psychedelic and hippie counterculture movements. Newer genres emerged, including progressive rock, which expanded artistic elements, heavy metal, which emphasized a hard sound, and glam rock, which emphasized performance and visual style.
Electronic
Electronic instruments are widely used in almost all forms of music. In popular music, such as electronic dance music, almost all recorded sounds are electronic (e.g. bass synths, synthesizers, drum machines). The development of new electronic instruments, controllers, and synthesizers remains an active and multidisciplinary area of research. The International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, are held to report on cutting-edge work and showcase artists who perform or create music with new electronic instruments, controllers, and synthesizers. And now for the more intense content on this musical subject. A major new development was the advent of computers for the purpose of composing music. Instead of controlling or generating sounds, Iannis Xenakis pioneered what he called Musique Stochastique, or random music, a method of composing music that used mathematical probability systems. Different probabilistic algorithms were used to generate works within a set of parameters. Xenakis used graphing paper to help calculate the velocity paths of glissandos for his orchestral piece Metastasis (1953–54), but later turned to computers for composition, such as ST/4 for string quartet and ST/48 for orchestra (both 1962). The impact of computers continued in 1956 when Lejaren Hiller and Leonard Issacson composed the Illiac Suite for string quartet. This was the first complete work of computer-aided composition using algorithmic composition. In 1957, Max Matthews of Bell Lab wrote the MUSIC-N series, the first computer program for generating digital sound waves by direct synthesis. Then Barry Vercoe wrote MUSIC 11, based on the next-generation music synthesis program MUSIC IV-BF (later developed into csound, which is still widely used). In the mid-1980s, Miller Puckett of IRCAM developed a graphical signal processing software for the 4X called Max (after Max Matthews), and later ported it to the Macintosh (with Dave Ciccarelli extending it for Opcode[39]) to control MIDI in real time, making algorithmic composition accessible to most composers with an intermediate level of computer programming.
Folk
If you are not familiar with the folk music genre today, I will take you to explore it in depth with a summary that both the author and the readers will find together. Many people who listen to this type of music believe that. Folk Music is a genre that reflects culture and way of life, with its roots in the traditions and culture of each locality. For instance, the Irish folk song 'The Parting Glass' or the American folk song 'This Land Is Your Land' convey stories of people, their way of life, beliefs, and experiences that have been passed down from generation to generation.And if we talk about the development of Folk Music, Folk music exists in every country and has been developed according to the times. In the 20th century, Folk music was greatly revived, especially in the United States and Europe. Artists who played an essential role in bringing Folk into the mainstream were Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Woody Guthrie.Folk music is not just a genre, but a tool for telling stories about society. It is a medium used to reflect the problems and emotions of people in each era. For instance, folk songs have been used to address social issues like poverty, war, and civil rights. Whether it is folk songs that reflect social problems, traditional folk songs, or music that has been combined with modern music, Folk Music still plays an important role in the music industry worldwide and has spread incredibly.I can't believe that folk music is actually quite unique and presents stories of culture that are captivating to listeners. That's why the characteristics of folk musicare songs that tell stories of people such as love, work, happiness and sorrow, and historical events.With simple melodies, acoustic instruments such as guitars, violins, banjos, mandolins, and flutes are often used.It was passed down by word of mouth before being recorded as notes or recorded in the modern era.With unique characteristics for each culture, such as Irish folk music, American bluegrass, Thai country music, or Spanish flamenco music.If you have read this far, you have already experienced and realized that folk music always has stories that contain good energy.
House
House is electronic dance music that has a repetitive four-beat rhythm and a general tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It is believed that when many people hear this genre, they often think that it may have been invented or created from making music at home or from family culture or from people in the house. But in fact, this genre was created by DJs and music producers from the underground club culture of Chicago and gradually developed in the early to mid-1980s when DJs began to change disco music to have a more mechanical rhythm. In early 1988, House became mainstream and replaced the general rhythms of the 80s. If we dig a little deeper, in fact, in its most general form, the genre is characterized by a repetitive 4/4 beat, a bass drum, off-beat hi-hat, snare drum, claps, and/or slaps at a tempo between 120 and 130 beats per minute (bpm), synthesizer riffs, a deep bassline, and often, but not necessarily, sung, spoken, or sampled vocals. In house, the bass drum is typically played on the beats 1, 2, 3, and 4, and a snare drum, claps, or higher-pitched percussion instrument is used on beats 2 and 4. The drum beats in house music are typically electronic drum machines, typically the Roland TR-808, TR-909, or TR-707. Claps, shakes, snare drums, or hi-hat sounds are used to add syncopation. The signature rhythmic riffs, particularly in early Chicago house, are built along a clave pattern, sometimes with congas and bongos added for an African sound. Or metallic percussion for a Latin feel.
R&B
When it comes to the musical genre, rhythm and blues is not something many people are familiar with. However, most people tend to abbreviate it to R&B or R'n'B. The popular music genre originated in the black community in the 1940s. Record companies started to describe recordings that were marketed primarily to blacks. During the rise of "heavy, sustained jazz-rock" in the 1950s and 1970s, bands typically consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, a bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes a backup singer. R&B lyrics often summarize the history and experiences of blacks in America, including pain, the quest for freedom and happiness, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of racism, oppression, relationships, economics, and social aspirations. You see, we finally have a music genre that reflects the way of life of a group in a society that is intense and diverse, blending with all types of music and, of course, making "rhythm and blues" changed its meaning many times. In the early 1950s, the term was often used for blues records. In the mid-1950s, after this music helped develop rock and roll, the term "R&B" came to be used in a broader context, referring to a style of music that evolved from and combined electric blues, gospel, and soul. In the 1970s, "rhythm and blues" changed again and was used as a collective term for soul and funk. A new style of R&B music had developed and became known as "contemporary R&B." This contemporary style combined R&B with pop, disco, hip hop, soul, funk and electronic music. R&B applied to blues albums by then. Writer and producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm and blues as "a collective term for all forms of music made by and for black Americans." He also used the term "R&B" as a synonym for jump blues. However, AllMusic separated the term from jump blues because R&B had a greater gospel influence.[16] Lawrence Cohn the author of Nothing but the Blues, wrote that "rhythm and blues" was a blanket term invented for the convenience of the industry. According to him, the term covered all black music, except classical and religious music, unless gospel music sold well enough to chart until well into the 21st century. The term R&B continued to be used (in some contexts) to categorize music made by black musicians, separate from the styles made by other musicians. In commercial rhythm and blues music, which characterized the 1950s and 1970s, bands typically consisted of a piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, and saxophone. The arrangements were rehearsed to a bare minimum, and sometimes included backup singers. Simple, repetitive parts were interwoven, creating momentum and rhythmic playing that created a soft, melodic, and often hypnotic texture while drawing attention to the individual voices, even though the singers were emotionally engaged with the lyrics, often intensely. But they remained cool, relaxed, and in control. The band wore suits and uniforms, a practice that associated was popular music that R&B musicians aspired to dominate. The lyrics were often ominous, and the music often followed predictable chord patterns and structures. R&B lyrics often encapsulated the painful experiences of African Americans. A Smithsonian publication summarized the origins of the genre in 2016: “African American music, specifically, drawing on the deep branches of African American expression, is a fusion of gospel, jump blues, big band swing, boogie, and blues that developed over a thirty-year period that spanned the era of legal music.
Latin
There is no denying that traveling around the world makes a city memorable, and I believe that if you have traveled to any southern country in America, you will definitely be familiar with Latin music. Even if you are not familiar with it, the locals and citizens who have preserved the local music will definitely be able to introduce you to the sounds of Latin music. And that is why Latin music has continued to be popular to this day and is becoming more and more popular even after they have moved to America. I believe you will love this kind of music too, because it has a Spanish or Portuguese language insert, making it catchy again. The golden age of Latin music began when In 1997, NARAS founded the Latin Recording Academy (LARAS) in an effort to expand its operations in both Latin America and Spain. In September 2000, LARAS launched the Latin Grammy Awards, a separate awards ceremony from the Grammy Awards. The organizers said that the Latin music universe was too large to fit into the Grammys. Michael Greene, former head of NARAS, once said that the variety of Latin music styles complicated the creation of the Latin Grammy Awards. Noting that the only thing they have in common is the language, the Latin Grammy Awards are given to records played in Spanish or Portuguese, while the organization focuses on music from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Since the late 1990s, the United States was seening an increasing growth in its population of "Latinos" a term popularized in the 1960s from confusing the term "Spanish" with the more proper but less popular term "Hispanic" People in the United States began to refer to all music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music . S Spanish sung in any genre was categorized as "Latin"T his made artists in Spain to be called "Latin".
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