It can be roughly divided into two types, serious music and pop music

Classical music and religious music both belong to the former. There are many types of popular music! Local folk music is its greatest expression! The rise of JAZZ (jazz) and blues (blues) is the national music of black people! After the combination of the two, many new music forms appeared, such as R@B, reggaeton, etc. These black ethnic groups were gradually accepted by white people. In the 1930s, the jazz brass band and the white jazz singer Fleck. Sinakara. So much so that Elvis Presley, the first white man to sing the blues, is still respected today! In the mid-to-late 1940s, white people also began to gradually create JAZZ and blues! The decline of jazz in the 1970s Another kind of music was born in poor areas of America! ~Rock music! It expresses the dissatisfaction of many poor people with the government and complains about the rise of rap music in the black poverty-stricken areas in the 1990s! It still holds a good place even now! The above is the general process. There are many more subtle musical styles! The following are in alphabetical order.

abs-track hip-pop

The music style is Trip-Hop (see T~ for details), and vocals are often discarded. The absence of vocals not only highlights the music Sexy, and can make people feel more imaginative space like appreciating abstract paintings.

ACIDHOUSE

It emerged in Chicago in the mid-1980s. The rapid popularity of the then-drug Acid in underground dance clubs was collectively referred to as the Acid House Revolution. The regular quarter-note percussion sound produced by electronic synthesizers and mechanical drums created a new milestone in electronic synthetic dance music. It was a revolutionary initiative while preserving the original appearance of American underground music. Its characteristics are: the mechanical singing voice of the electronic synthesizer ROLAND303, and the rhythm of 118~130BPM.

Acid Jazz

Acid Jazz is a music form branched from Jazz. It is a product of modern technology. Musically it still uses the improvisational, casual music style of jazz. Although the performance of drums and bass sounds quite similar to funk, in fact there is still a certain gap between the two.

In addition, acid jazz is similar to jazz in the use of musical instruments, with live instruments playing the melody. It uses more wind instruments and experimental instruments, which are relatively rare in funk music. In contrast, in terms of the performance of the singer's voice, Acid Jazz emphasizes the singer's skills and more casual singing style.

The biggest difference between Acid Jazz and Funk is that Funk Music has certain rules to follow in terms of rhythm and music performance, while Acid Jazz has no such restrictions and can make any changes according to the situation! (80～120BPM)

Acoustic:

Original sound reproduction is the most electric and environmentally friendly arrangement method, mainly folk songs, using simple *** Sound instruments, such as guitar, piano, and accompaniment, embody the beauty of the pure human voice.

Alternative: To be solved

AMBIENT

It is a kind of atmospheric background music, but it can also attract the ears. The existence of AMBIENT shows the dreamy side of electronic synthesizers. It combines sounds found everywhere in nature and daily life, and is transformed into original notes through electronic synthesizer processing. Its characteristics are: extremely electronic, filled with a sense of space, full of long sound effects, overtures and pauses. Sometimes there will be a mix of more than 20 minutes, with a rhythm between 0 and 140BPM.

AOR (Adult Of Rock)

The music style is more rock-oriented, but it also adds a lot of keyboards, so it is different from the heavy rock of the 1960s and 1970s and is unique. This style It was between pop and heavy rock at that time and gradually developed into a mature AOR (Adult-Oriented Rock) genre in the 1980s.

BALLAD: Unknown, to be explained

Big Band: To Be Solved

BIG BEAT

Big beat. Making Brit-Hop faster, heavier, and more rock-like, it can be said to be an improved Brit-Hop, a more mature style. You can imagine it is heavy, broken, and a little fast. What the beat looks like.

Break beat

135～170BPM. It is not as regular as the house beat Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom, but is presented in broken beats, such as syncopated beats. For example, adding a small broken drum to the two beats, etc. Break beat is just a general term. Many kinds of music belong to break beat, such as Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, and black Hip-Hop.

Blues

It is a music style created by black people living in the United States in the poor lower-class life. It originated in the Mississippi River Delta in the early 20th century. The labor chant later gradually affected the development trajectory of world pop music. Now words like ROCK\'N ROLL (rock) and R&B (rhythm and blues) are already familiar to you, right? The Blues scale used in these two kinds of music is something you can't learn in music classes at school. Yes, but every day you walk through the street, the sound coming from the video store has already made it deep into your heart...

In the 1920s, Blues was famous for its unique lyrics and harmonious music. Rhythm and melancholy melodies cater to some people and gradually rise. Blues music contains a lot of poetic language that is repeated over and over again, and then ends with a decisive line. It has a bittersweet and sentimental impact. Although compared to Jazz, the lead singer is the focus in Blues music, the improvisation of guitar-based instruments is also very exciting. The instrumentalists can transcend the boundaries of chords and play as they please. In addition to the melancholy and beautiful melody, there is also the sound of a knife scratching and slide use sounds, as well as imitating the lead singer's humming.

Blues music has developed to this day and has been included in the ranks of mainstream music, and many of its elements are increasingly used in rock and pop music. But traditional Blues music still has great strength.

Bossa lounge

The genre is similar to Bossa Nova, but the style is more melancholy due to electronic synthesis.

Bossa Nova

It can be said that it is a brand new music form among all the Brazilian music that everyone has heard. It is a Brazilian music with a JAZZ flavor. The composer ANTONIO CARLOSJOBIM in the 1950s will The rhythm of Brazilian music is mixed with COOL JAZZ from the West Coast of the United States. It is characterized by softness, comfort, relaxation, laziness and romance. It can enrich the color of life and make people feel comfortable when listening to it, because basically you will feel like a spring breeze whenever you listen to it. For example, Lisa Ono, who is relatively well-known in China recently.

CAJUN

White dance music in Louisiana, often played on the accordion and violin, played and sung by French-Americans.

Celtic

Celtic folk music, ethereal, chanting. It can be found in many popular music. Even the opening theme of the video game "Suikoden 3" is.

Cha Cha (Cha Cha dance music)

This kind of music is one of the favorites of Central and South American friends, and they are constantly researching and innovating various fancy cha cha dance steps, which can often be found on the dance floor. I saw dozens or twenty people dancing the same dance steps, and cha cha dance music is also the life-saving song of DJs (that is to say, as soon as cha cha is played, everyone will gather on the dance floor, and everyone dances happily)

Country

Country music. It appeared in the United States in the 1920s and has a wide range of origins. The form is mostly solo or small chorus, accompanied by guitar, banjo, harmonica, and violin. The tunes of country music are generally smooth and beautiful, and the structure of the music is relatively simple.

DANCE POP

POP dance music originated in the mid-1980s. The speed is 80~140BPM. When DISCO was prevalent at that time, some dance music that combined with the popular music styles at that time began to be popular among young people. Coupled with the emergence of a new music packaging form such as MTV, this type of dance music was produced by popular stars at the time. It spread with the help of movies, television and the emerging MTV, forming the so-called DANCE POP. The rhythm is faster than that of pop music, and the style is mainly light and bright. The songs use popular singing methods that are relatively easy to accept, and the content is mostly about couples or some episodes in life, with little mention of criticism of social phenomena. DANCE POP is almost the same as pop music in the way of singing, and it often happens that it is not easy to distinguish it from pop music. It is different from ordinary dance music in that its rhythm expression is not as strong as ordinary dance music, so it does not give people a strong sense of oppression or shock.

DANCE POP has a strong commercial flavor. It does not place special emphasis on singing or music content, but it does have certain requirements for the artist's image and the special style he expresses. Therefore, you will often find some Celebrities work very hard to change their clothes and styles. DANCE POP has been produced by early Madonna, Michael Jackson and the current Backstreet Boys.

Many people have changed pure POP with percussion into POPDANCE, which is also the most popular form of dance music in mainland China. The most typical representative is JANET JACKSON.

In fact, some current dance music that is different from classic styles and dance music that is difficult to distinguish can be included in the category of DANCE POP. (How easy it is :-) )

DEEPHOUSE

A branch of HOUSE, characterized by meaningful lyrics, spiritual singing and piano music.

DISCO

Appeared in the 1970s, it is a pop music with a strong rhythm and a single "peng-peng-peng". Disco should not be regarded as a genre in pop music, but It is a special adaptation of music. Whether it is modern or classical music, it can be arranged into disco dance music. Its focus is on rhythm and percussion. Disco music is mostly sung, with simple lyrics, a double beat, and a few lines of melody repeated back and forth. The tempo is slightly faster than a march, with B.P.M. around 120 beats. The trend of disco should be attributed to the masterpieces of movies: disco dance music was widely used in American movies in the 1970s. Due to the simple rhythm of disco dance music itself (4/4 time), the melody is positive and easy to accept, coupled with the worship of stars, , thus setting off a disco trend throughout the United States and even the world. Disco is not just a dance music style, it is the origin of today's clothing and fashion trends. Without Disco at that time, our lives might still be black and white now.

DISCOHOUSE

It is an extension of the DISCO and FUNK music styles of the 1970s. Recently, the style has turned to a more melodic and highly receptive form.

This music type is also called in the UK and is characterized by the use of DISCO-style processing, HOUSE rhythm, TECHNO sampling techniques and a rhythm maintained at 120-130BPM.

DJ

The full name is Disco jockey. It can be understood as the emcee or disc jockey of a DISCO ballroom. DJ is closely related to the development of DISCO.

There were prototypes of DISCO and DJ as early as before World War I. It really started to rise in the 1970s, and DJs began to gradually become professional from then on. Kool Herl, an immigrant from Jamaica, was the first to put two turntables and a mixer together and create an original "scratch" action. With the development of DJ, it is no longer just about mixing or scratching skills. In the trend of the past few years, DJs have crossed into the field of music production, and many of them are also producers themselves.

In the average person’s impression, a common “DJ” will often put his hand on the turntable (LP) and flick the vinyl record (LP) back and forth, while the other hand is on the mixer. The CROSS FADER (controlling the sound of the left and right turntables) switches repeatedly. In fact, the correct name for this action is "Scratch". Scratch is a kind of singing-like combination in a rhythm or a song, and then adding variety to it. However, it is not just "scratch". There is also a method of using two identical or different records to make changes at a certain rhythm. This technique is called "Battle". These two techniques are commonly used by "Hip Hop DJ". However, in "scratch" and "battle", there are no certain standards. Each DJ has his own characteristics (free style). They have been popular abroad for more than 20 years and have become a special culture. DJs have some large and small competitions, including a highly credible competition called "DJ Mix Club" (DMC). D.M.C holds competitions almost all over the world (the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, etc.). Then the champions of each region will compete together to win the world championship (similar to the Olympic competition model).

DREAM-POP

DREAM-POP is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a blurred atmosphere, which is mostly created by SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers), with the addition of ECHO The electric guitar is also an important component. The singing parts are often very 'BREATHY', that is, heavy breathing, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic. Chinese, headed by Faye Wong, such as "DI-DA"

Drum\'n\'Bass

For some people, the music of Drum\'n\'Bass may be very Annoying, because Drum\'n\'Bass attaches great importance to playing tricks on the rhythm, and the performance of Bass, such as very fast, complex breakbeats, and the use of various electronic drums or samples. of drums. Therefore, Drum\'n\'Bass is also a type of Breakbeat

ELECTRO

A branch of HIP-HOP in the early 1980s, focusing on the use of drum machines and synthesizers.

ENERGY-ALTERNATIVE

It cannot be simply classified. Its characteristics are: high acceptance, the use of a large number of synthesized keyboard sounds, and rendered vocals, which successfully combines HOUSE The elements of ROCK TECHNO, the rhythm is maintained at 100~140BPM.

Eurobeat

Eurobeat is a dance music originating from Italy and has a history of more than 20 years. The music is mainly fast electronic music, similar to the format of Trance, but Trance is based on beats, while Eurobeat is based on songs.

By the way, let’s mention the PARAPARA dance:

Parapara is a dance based on Eurobeat lyrics and music. Parapara means disorganized and haphazard in Japanese. The dance mainly consists of hand changes such as making circles in the air and crossing hands, while the feet just move from side to side. You can create your own ParaPara Dancing for Eurobeat songs. Of course, you must learn the basic dance postures, steps and ParaPara concept.

Parapara dance originated from Japanese dance and began to exist in the late 1970s. It emerged with the disco craze and later became popular with the emergence of black music. In the early 1990s, almost all Japanese discos were transformed into ParaParaClub. Since last year, some celebrities have been performing Parapara dance in public, which has once again sparked this craze and evolved into the most popular dance step and national sport in Japan. The famous game manufacturer Konami also used this to launch a music and dance machine called ParaParaParadise (PPP). This dance machine uses an infrared sensor to sense the player's dancing posture, so everyone can dance ParaPara Dancing on this dance machine.

EURODANCE

The speed of EURODANCE is generally between 120 and 130BPM. European dance music is considered "mainstream dance music" by most Europeans. On the basis of DISCO, many new elements have been injected, such as HOUSE, RAP and smoother melodies. From the 1980s to the early 1990s, most dance music experts followed in his footsteps, and a large number of popular songs appeared.

EURODISCO

European disco music is considered to be invented by German record producer Giorgio in the mid-1970s.

FUNK

Funk originated in the 1960s, with a B.P.M of about 120 beats or less. Funk is also a music genre originally belonging to black people. The word funk literally means music with emotion and rhythm in English. At first glance, it sounds similar to R&B music. Her characteristic is that Bass accounts for a heavy proportion in her music, and the chords and rhythms of electric bass have become the backbone of Funk. In addition, Funk is often more exaggerated in its lyrics.

Although Funk Music originated in the 1960s, it really became popular in the 1970s. After the 1980s, due to the mixture of disco music and electronic synthesis music, Funk gradually underwent some changes in speed and music content. In order to conform to the trend of dance music in the world, Funk is getting faster and faster, and even adds some rock flavor. In addition, Funk is becoming more and more fancy in terms of music content, adding various elements to it, which makes its overall presentation more and more diverse.

Although the rhythm of Funk Music is strong, it does not have the characteristics of ordinary dance music that make people dance as soon as they hear it. Therefore, Funk began to gradually decline in the 1990s. Although in many kinds of music, we still often hear some rhythm patterns that belong to Funk, most of these music cannot be called real Funk. It can only be said that they are music that uses Funk elements.

GOTH

Goth, a type of rock

Hardcore

Hardcore was developed in the early 1990s, but it It was really widely used in dance halls after 1993. By 1994, Hardcore was hugely popular. Usually based on 4/4 time, Hardcore and Techno dance music are very similar. Both are music forms full of electronic style, and they are also very close in expression techniques or playing methods.

The difference is that the characteristic of Hardcore is that it pays more attention to speed and rhythm than Techno dance music, and the rhythm is quite intense and extremely fast. Because of this, it has more vitality and energy in performance, and it also appears to be more radiant. Like most dance music, her vocals are just for the atmosphere. In terms of the use of musical instruments, they are almost all electronic synthesizers.

She often makes people feel breathless. Most of this type of music is used at the climax of the dance. At this time, if gorgeous neon lights are added, the dancers will feel as if they have become one with the music! On the other hand, dancing to hardcore and other dance music can easily make people feel tired. This type of music is mainly popular in Europe. After 1995, due to the lack of innovation and popular trends in dance music, Hardcore also gradually declined along with this trend, and was later replaced by emerging dance music with different styles such as Jungle and Rave. But it still occupies a certain proportion in European dance music.

HIGH-ENERGY

A variant of DISCO, which preserves the roots of the genre in the mid-1970s and incorporates elements of TECHNO. Its characteristics are: rendered melody and vocals Control, happiness, HIGH pleasure and a rhythm maintained at 118~140BPM

HIP-HOP

HIP-HOP B.P.M is around 90. It is more in line with the pulse of the human heart, and listening to it makes people feel like dancing lightly. The predecessor of Hip-Hop is Rap and a little bit of R&B, plus various grinding sound effects. It is a music that young people love to play since the 1980s. Hip-Hop contains Rap's rap and more Ramp's repetitive melody and more complex rhythm. and record player sound effects. The expression concept of Hip-Hop mainly comes from Rap. In terms of content, it conveys a lifestyle at that time, such as the popular language, clothing or music type at that time. The difference from Rap is that Hip-Hop is not as fast as Rap in terms of speed. At the same time, the rhythm section is also more lyrical and soft. Compared with Rap, Hip-Hop is more suitable for dancing in dance halls.

In the Korean music industry, quite a few singers imitate the so-called "orthodox HIPHOP" format and continue to release records. On the streets, "HIPHOP fashion" mainly for young people can be seen everywhere. In addition, graffiti on the wall is also an extension of Hip-Hop culture.

Many people know that HIPHOP evolved from the songs hummed by black slaves on American farms. If the word HIPHOP is interpreted literally, its original meaning is hip (HIP) and The meaning of swing (HOP) is based on personal understanding. Everyone has their own reasons. But from the perspective of music form, HIPHOP was actually born in the early 1970s. DISCO was popular in the United States at that time, and some DJs played the interlude (BREAK) between Ramp; B and funk music continuously and repeatedly, forming music without human voices. In addition, the DJ will keep shouting during the interlude to enhance the atmosphere, which is the beginning of RAP. Its content is just to match the atmosphere of the time and has no meaning.

Hip-Hop has a history of more than 20 years. However, it is still the most creative and energetic electronic dance music today. Not only that, it also influenced the development of future music genres such as House, Techno, Jungle, and Acid-Jazz.

The above points are all based on the Western music-centered theory. As for Chinese folk songs, it is another set of theories, which is very controversial