Category: Music

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Explanation of proper nouns for hiphop music elements (1)

What is ACAPPELLA?

ACAPPELLA refers to songs without instrumental accompaniment. Any song sung purely with human voice is ACAPPELLA. However, when we say ACAPPELLA today, it usually refers to the kind of singing with multiple harmonies. Even the instrumental accompaniment is composed of The human voice sings. The opposite of ACAPPELLA is INSTRUMENTAL, which is pure music. Any type of song can be sung in the form of ACAPPELLA. The most familiar ACAPPELLA song to Hong Kong people is "SO MUCH IN LOVE", and the Hong Kong ACAPPELLA band includes Ji Shengmas and others.

WHAT IS WORLD MUSIC?

WORLD MUSIC is a term from a Western perspective, meaning non-British, American and Western folk/pop music, usually referring to traditional music in developing or backward areas, such as Africa and South Asia. Music, in some regions such as Latin America, is so popular that it becomes a genre of its own. What everyone talks about today as WORLD MUSIC usually refers to improved traditional regional music that is mixed with Western music. Africa's KING SUNNY ADE, Eastern Europe's DON BYRON, China's Zhu Zheqin, Pakistan's NUSRAT FATEHALI KAHN, etc. are the WORLD MUSIC musicians that are more familiar to Western music fans.

What is DREAM-POP?

DREAM-POP is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a blurred atmosphere, which is mostly created by SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers). The electric guitar with ECHO effect is also an important component. The singing part is often very "BREATHY", that is, breathing heavily, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic.

Representative bands include COCTEAU WINS, LISA GERMANO, ST. ETIENNE, THIS MORTAL COIL, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, MAZZY STAR and DEAD CAN DANCE, etc.

Chinese singers are headed by Faye Wong, whose representative works include "Lost", "DI-DA", etc.

What is NEW AGE?

NEW AGE is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisure music. Pure music works account for a larger proportion and singing works account for a smaller proportion. NEW AGE can be purely ACOUSTIC (that is, played with traditional self-sounding instruments), or it can be very electronic. The focus is to create a calm atmosphere of nature or a sense of the vastness of the universe, cleansing the listener's mind and making people feel calm. NEW AGE is often related to music therapy. Many NEW AGE music is said to be able to cure diseases, and many of it is related to meditation. This has a lot to do with the NEW AGE ideological trend and philosophy. NEW AGE music is usually regarded as quite middle-class music. WINDHAM HILL is the most representative NEW AGE record company. The representative musicians of NEW AGE include ENYA, GEORGE WINSTON, WILLIAM ACKERMAN, YANNI, KITARO, etc.

What is Electrophonic Music?

What is Electrophonic Music? As time goes by, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music refers to music produced by electronic sounds produced by electronic synthesizers, music software, computers, etc. Electronic music has a wide range and can often be heard around us. It is used in movie soundtracks, advertising soundtracks, and even some Mandarin pop songs, but electronic dance music is the most popular. Many people think electronic music is a cold, emotionless music. In fact, electronic music can also be filled with emotions by incorporating various elements such as Rock, Jazz and even Blues.

There are also many types of electronic music, including House, Techno, Ambient, Trance, Psychedelic Trance, Breakbeat, Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, Trip-Hop, Drum''n''Bass , Jungle, Electro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimali ***