There are so many classifications at present, the following are given in the form of questions and answers:

(1, 1) What is Ramp; B?

The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues" or "Rhythm & Blues". In a broad sense, Ramp;

B can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black Blues music and is the foundation of today's western pop and rock music. Billboard A magazine once defined Ramp; B as, all black music, except Jazz and Blues, can be classified as Ramp;

This shows how broad the scope of Ramp; B is. Hip Hop and Rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, are both derived from R

amp;B, and at the same time retain many Ramp;B elements.

(1, 2) What is HOUSE?

HOUSE is a dance music developed from DISCO in the 1980s. This is the music played by DJs in Chicago. They

mixed a record by the German electronic band Kraftwerk with the regular rhythm of electronic drums (Drum Machine) and black blues songs

When the sound hits the first sound, House is born~ Generally translated as "house" dance music, it is the most basic form of electronic dance music, with a 4/4 beat

beat, one drum sound per beat, and a simple The melody is often sung by a high-pitched female voice. After DISCO became popular, some DJs changed it

, deliberately making DISCO less commercial, and the BASS and drums became deeper, often becoming Pure musical works, even if there are singing parts, are mostly short sentences sung by dancing female singers, often without clear lyrics. Gradually, some people added elements such as LATIN (Latin), REGGAE (Reggae in the West Indies), RAP (rap) or JAZZ (jazz),

to In the late 1980s, HOUSE broke out of the underground and became the darling of 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 easiest among electronic music Accepted by everyone.

Believe sung by Cher is a good example. And M-People can be said to be the representative group of House. After House dance music became popular in 1986, It can be said to have replaced Disco music.

House can be divided into:

Acid House, which is House music that incorporates the acid sound of TB-303

Deep House has a very strong soul singing style, also called Garage, which is quite popular. Real Mecoy, M-Peo

ple, and La Bouche are all Garage groups.

Hard House To put it simply, it is a house with a heavier rhythm and a fiercer rhythm.

Progressive House This type of house does not have a soulful singing voice, but pays more attention to melody and music arrangement. It is a bit like "performance"

A kind of "playing" house music. For example, SASH!'s album It\'s My Life is a good Progressive House album.

Epic House is an "epic" house. Epic House has a beautiful and smooth sound. Melody and majestic momentum are rarely found in vocals (almost none!). BT's music is great Epic House, and he is also called "Epic House

Emperor". In fact, even Rock also has "Epic Rock"

Trible House Imagine: What does a house with African primitive style or Indian drums look like? This is T

rible House~ In addition to the stable rhythm of the general house, this kind of house will add some original

style and fragmented drum beats between each beat. It is quite interesting. ~ However, the scope of house is too broad, and you don’t have to classify a piece of music

. These just tell you that there are many kinds of house.

In the 1990s , HOUSE has lost its avant-garde and trendy color, but it is still very popular music.

(2, 1) What is Britpop?

Although Britpop has a "Pop". The word, but it is actually a type of Rock, originated in England in the 1990s, and can be translated into Chinese as "British Rock

Rock". This is the British music scene's response to the American Grunge trend, mainly based on bands form appears. However, the Br

itpop style is actually very broad. For example, Oasis is a guitar rock band, Blur has a lot of Pop, and Pulp is close to G

lam rook and dance styles, but they all have Listed as Britpop.

British Britpop representatives: Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, Radiohead

(2, 2) What is Trip-Hop?

Trip-Hop is a type of British/European dance music. Its name comes from "Trip＋Hip-Hop＝Trip-Hop"

because it originated in the United Kingdom. Bristol, so it was originally called "Bristol Hip-Hop".

Because of Hip-Hop

p (in fact, a lot of music is based on Hip-Hop... I don’t know what Hip-Hop is. Go see the hip-hop dancers, he

Most of them use Hip-Hop music to dance) The rhythm slows down (sometimes very slow) and adds some psychedelic flavor, such as very gloomy, fat Bass, slight but fascinating. Fantasy synthetic sound effects, or recording samples, sometimes even the noise of the record may be "deliberately" sampled. The so-called "Trip" refers to a psychedelic and dense drug journey. Therefore, Trip

-Hop is a kind of slow psychedelic, jazz-like, confused, and with a bit of Hip-Hop rhythm. Break beat music

. Although it belongs to the dance music category, its psychedelic and confusing characteristics make it far away from the clear rhythm characteristics of ordinary dance music.

Representatives of foreign Trip-Hop: Ortishead, Tricky, Massive Att, recognized as the Iron Triangle in Trip-Hop

ack, Mandalay Moloko, Coldcut

(2 ,3) What is Gangsta Rap?

Gangsta Rap is a type of Rap. The content of Rap is mostly related to urban crime and is full of violence and lustful feelings. This is a music direction that

reflects reality. Gangsta Rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. The tough and cutting-edge style of rap music was very popular in the United States, and its record sales were very high. Many Gangsta Rap musicians themselves actually "participated" in various real-life crimes, and some were imprisoned or even died as a result. It can be said that it is a genre of music that truly reflects reality and is shocking.

Gangsta Rap group: 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. As the name suggests, Synth Pop is "pop music produced by Sythesiz

rs". Of course, in addition to Synthesizers, other Electronic musical instruments such as computers and drum machines, etc.

. Synth Pop became popular in the early 1980s, but fell silent in the mid-1980s. It also caused a wave of craze in Hong Kong at that time.

Synth Pop is characterized by a strong sense of technology and can sometimes be quite cold. Most of its songs are "3-minutes Pop", and Synth Pop musicians often dress up in fashionable styles.

Synth Pop representative groups: Depeche Mode, Human League, Duran Duran, OMD, Gary Num

an

(2, 5) What is ORCHESTRA?

ORCHESTRA is an orchestra, which is divided into four parts: 1. Strings, including violins, cellos, etc., 2. Brass, 3. Wood

Winds and 4. Percussion. Each instrument in the string group has multiple players (except harp), and the four groups of players are coordinated and led by one person, who is the conductor of the orchestra. ORCHESTRA appeared in the 17th century and was clearly modeled in the 18th century with the works of Haydn and Mozart. In the 19th century, new instruments were added and the number of orchestras increased. ORCHESTRA is the authentic version of Western classical/orthodox music.

Western pop/rock music often uses some or all members of ORCHESTRA to assist in performances.

(2, 6) What is CHAMBER POP?

CHAMBER POP refers to a kind of elegant, noble and refined pop music, which has a certain feeling of classical music. CHAMBER

The word MUSIC comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese. It is a group string performance style with an elegant atmosphere. CHAMB

ER POP emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to LO-FI and GRUNGE at that time, emphasizing beautiful melody, exquisite

soundtrack, and clean recording , often using string instruments and wind instruments to create the musical feeling of the Baroque era. Representative foreign bands include

THE DIVINE COMEDY, RIALTO, ERIC MATTHEWS and BALLE amp; SEBASTIAN, etc. In Hong Kong, there are Huang Yao Ming, part of Peng Ling, part of MULTIPLEX, etc. .

(2, 7) What is folk song (FOLK)?

Folk songs (FOLK) originally refer to the traditional songs of each nation. The ancestors of each nation have their own songs that have existed since ancient times.

These songs are overwhelmingly Some of them don't even know who the author is, but they spread it orally, from one person to another, from one generation to the next.

It has been passed down to this day. However, what we call folk songs (FOLK) today mostly refers to folk songs (FOLK

) from the pop music era. It refers to singing in a natural and candid way, mainly using wooden guitar as accompaniment. The kind of song that expresses everyone's simple life experience

. American folk singer WOODY GUTHRIE's records in the 1950s can be said to be the earliest folk song recordings, so he is generally regarded as the ancestor of modern folk songs (FOLK). After that, PETE SEEGER and THE WEAVERS continued to promote this type of music

The Vietnam War in the 1960s, anti-war folk singers such as BOB DYLAN, JOAN BAEZ, PETER, PAUL AND MARY, etc.

became the era the cry. Afterwards, folk songs developed towards POP, ROCK and urbanization. BOB DYLAN invented FOLKROCK and SI

MON amp; GARFUNKEL developed urban FOLK POP with middle-class taste, which became popular for a while. In the 1980s, SUZANNE VEGA,

TRACYCHAPMAN and others developed a URBAN FOLK (urban) / CONTEMPORARY (contemporary

) FOLK route that has a more urban feel. Folk songs (FOLK) have also developed different looks in music circles such as the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The latest development of folk songs (FOLK) in recent years is the combination with NEW AGE (such as ENYA), and the combination with TRIP HOP (such as BETH ORTON).

(2, 8) What is BOSSA NOVA?

BOSSA NOVA is a Brazilian music with a JAZZ flavor. In the 1950s, the composer ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM mixed the Brazilian

music rhythm with the American West Coast COOL JAZZ. It is soft, comfortable and relaxed. , laziness and romance are the characteristics. The 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th and 14th beats of every two BARs are repeated beats.

Singer JOAO GILBERTO's pure singing voice is an excellent partner of JOBIM music

. It became very popular after being introduced to the United States in the mid-1950s. Other famous BOSSA NOVA musicians include CHARLIE BYR

D , STAN GETZ and ASTRUD GILBERTO, etc. The most famous song is "THE GIRLFROM IPANEMA". OSSA

NOVA was most popular in the 1960s, and has continued to have fans throughout the rest of the decade.

(2, 9) What is CLASSICAL POP?

CLASSICAL POP refers to pop songs with a classical symphony flavor. Songs that mostly use string accompaniment can be included in this category, such as "ELEANORRIGBY" by THE BEATLES. Some works by the Australian band CROWDED HOUSE can also be included in this category

. If we say CLASSIC POP, we mean classic pop songs.

(2, 10) What is ACAPPELLA?

ACAPPELLA refers to songs without instrumental accompaniment. Any song sung purely with human voice is ACAPPELLA, but today we

speak of ACAPPELLA usually refers to the kind with multiple harmonies. The singing method, even the instrumental accompaniment is sung by the human voice. The opposite of ACAPPELLA is INSTRUMENTAL, which is pure music. Any type of song can be sung in the form of ACAPPELLA. Hong Kong

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

.

(3, 1) 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. For example, music from Africa and South Asia, and music from some regions such as Latin America, has become so popular that it forms its own genre. What everyone talks about today as WORLD MUSIC usually refers to traditional regional music that is styled and improved with Western music. KING SUNNY ADE from Africa, DON BYRON from Eastern Europe, Zhu Zheqin from China, and NUSRAT FATEHALI KAHN from Pakistan are the WORLD MUSIC musicians that are more familiar to Western music fans.

(3, 2) What is DREAM-POP?

DREAM-POP is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a kind of blurred atmosphere, which is mainly caused by SYNTHESIZERS (electronic synthesizers

), which adds the ECHO effect. The guitar is also an important component. The singing parts are often very "BREATHY" or breathy, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic. Representative bands include COCTEAU WINS, LISA GERMANO, ST. E

TIENNE, 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.

(3, 3) What is NEW AGE?

NEW AGE is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisure music. Pure music works account for a larger proportion, while singing works account for a smaller proportion.

NE

W 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 The feeling of the vastness of the universe cleanses the listener's soul and makes people feel calm. NEW AGE

It is often related to music therapy. A lot of NEW AGE music is said to be able to cure diseases, and a lot of it is related to meditation. This has a lot to do with

NEW AGE's ideological philosophy. . NEW AGE music is usually regarded as the music of the middle class. WINDHAM

HILL is the most representative NEW AGE record company. The representative musicians of NEW AGE include ENYA and GEORGE WINSTON.

WILLIAM ACKERMAN, YANNI, KITARO and so on.

(3, 4) What is Electrophonic Music?

What is Electrophonic Music? As the times evolve, musicians have more ways to make music

. The so-called electronic music refers to the production of music using 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 various types of electronic music, including House, Techno, Ambient, Trance, Psychedelic

Trance, Breakbeat, Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, Trip-Hop, Drum\'n\'Bass, Jungle, El

ectro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimalism.

(3, 5) What is Techno?

Technology means "high-tech dance music"! Use computers and synthesizers to create some special sound effects. This kind of music is often a combination of many sound effects. The beat of Techno is also 4/4, but the speed is faster than that of House, and it sounds more repetitive, tougher and more mechanical, so some people call Techno "industrial noise", but some I still pay attention to melody. Techno originated in Detroit, USA, with three DJs: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Ju

an Atkins, who tried to combine electronic music with black music, resulting in Detroit Techno. Detroit Techno is generally gentler and not as strong as ordinary Techno. It can be said to be the origin of modern Techno.

(3, 6) What is Ambient?

It sounds smooth, but in fact it is constantly making changes, such as long-term sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc.

It often creates a layered sound. It has a sense of space, so it is called "situational music", and it often samples the sounds around life, such as human voices, car sounds, and even the melodies of other music...etc. Created by Brian Eno in the 1970s, it is a very "profound" electronic music. Later, Ambient also had branches, such as Ambient House, Ambient Techno...

...and so on.

I believe everyone can understand it from the literal meaning. In fact, there are shadows of ambient in many kinds of music, and even some classical music also has the flavor of ambient.

(3, 7) What is Trance?

Psychedelic dance music evolved from Techno. Listening to it will make you feel "trance-like", but it still retains the rhythm of dance music.

It pays great attention to the performance of Bass. Some will have a "hypnotic" effect when listened to. The time signature is also mainly 4/4. However, I have also listened

to ones using Breakbeat (which will be introduced below), such as Sven Vath’s album Fusion.

(3, 8) What is Psychedelic Trance?

Also known as Goa Trance, it originated from a small island in India. Goa is the name of this island. The melodies often have an Indian flavor

. The characteristic of this type of Trance is that it attaches great importance to melody, subtle changes between notes, often overlapping melodies, and high-pitched TB-303 sounds. A bit ambient.

(3, 9) What is break beat?

It is not as regular as the Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom beat of House, but is presented in a broken beat, like a syncopated beat.

For example, adding a small break drum to two beats, etc. Breakbeat is just a general term. There are many kinds of music that belong to Breakbe

at, such as the following Brit-Hop, Big -Beat, and black Hip-Hop are one kind.

(4, 1) What is Big-Beat?

"Big beat" makes Brit-Hop faster, heavier and more rock-like. It can be said that Brit-Hop has been improved

and become more mature. A kind of music style, you can imagine what it looks like with a heavy, broken, and a bit fast beat. For example, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, and Fat Boy Slim are the "big corners" of Big Beat.

(4, 2) What is Drum N\' Bass?

For some people, Drum N\' Bass music may be annoying, because Drum N\' Bass pays great attention to playing tricks with rhythm

, and Bass music Performances include fast, complex breakbeats, and the use of various electronic drums or sampled drum sounds. Therefore, Drum N' Bass is also a type of breakbeat. 4Hero is a well-known band from Drum N\' Bass

.

(4, 3) What is Jungle?

Jungle is the predecessor of Drum N\' Bass. Jungle's speed is much faster than Drum N\' Bass, and the beat is more complex

It is more powerful, and sometimes it is paired with some Rap. Unlike Drum N\' Bass, which incorporates some Jazz, Soul and other elements , it sounds softer (of course this is compared with Jungle). Even the "rock chameleon" David Bowie is now doing Ju

ngle.

(4, 4) What is Electro?

As early as the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was no such thing as House, Techno, etc., and electronic music was less popular.

There were only Electro and the like. Just electronic music.

Electro can be said to be music that is purely produced by an electronic synthesizer (Synthesizer,

looks a bit like a Keyboard). It is usually quite soft, and often uses a Roland drum machine (Drum

Machine) TR-808 to produce drum sounds. Germany's Kraftwerk band can be considered a representative. Today's Electro sound is much brighter and more transparent than before. Later, some DJs used Electro to transform into a kind of Hip-Hop music, which was called Old School

. The current Fatboy Slim also incorporates some Electro and Old School into his music.

(4, 5) What is Dub?

Dub can be said to be Reggae which separates the singing and leaves only the music (Reggae, also known as reggae, a very rhythmic and special singing style

South American black music). When applying Dub to electronic music, some of the singing voices are extracted, the bass and drum sounds are aggravated, and a large number of Echo (echo) and other effects are added. This technique is often used to remix songs

(Remix) during live performances. For example, Massive Attack's album Protection was mixed from Trip-Hop music into a Dub version by Mad Professor.

(4, 6) What is Chill Out?

This is just a general term. Next to the dance floor, there is often an area, or a small room, where some gentler and calmer music is played to allow dancers to relax and take a rest after dancing. Ambient music is played as a substitute. Lord, that's why it's called "Chill Out". The Orb can be said to be the master of Chill Out music

(4, 7) What is Minimalism?

This is translated as "minimal style" and is often heard in ambient and Techno music. Music with Minimalism

has a repetitive melody and a special rhythm, which feels like a special frequency that makes you hypnotized

feeling. Jeff Mills' works belong to Minimal Detroit-Techno, with quite a psychedelic color

.

(5, 1) Black Metal Black Metal

Mainly appeals to evil, pagan worship and Satanic thoughts, usually containing anti-Christ and anti-religious tendencies in the lyrics

Classified as black metal, in addition to traditional heavy metal fixed instruments, other instruments such as piano, violin, or opera soprano are often used to create an aura in the song. A weird and scary atmosphere of horror. "Black metal" is most represented by heavy metal groups from Northern Europe.

Representative bands: Emperor, Mayhem, Enslaved, Dark Funeral

(5, 2) Death death metal

The music style is characterized by "thrash metal" or "thrash metal" Grindcore” evolved from its background. The rapid repetition of the electric guitar, the almost melodyless chords

, the fast-hitting double bass drums, the lead singer's teeth-grinding growl, the lyrics are based on the theme of death and hatred, full of corpses,

Words such as viscera, dismemberment, dismemberment, corpse rape, necrophilia, cannibalism, torture, etc. "Death metal" is most represented by the heavy metal band from Florida.

Representative bands: Death, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation

(5, 3) Doom destruction metal

The rhythm and speed are very slow, very slow. It's less intense and less aggressive, but it's still quite heavy music

. Usually has very clean music and singing, but sometimes rough and brutal sounds appear.

Representative bands: Solitude Aeturnus, Cathedral, Candlemass

(5, 4) Glam Metal

Usually refers to the stage performance of a heavy metal band or The external image uses exaggerated makeup or handsome appearance to attract music fans

Most of these bands are idol groups. The music style of "glam metal" is not too heavy, and the lyrics do not have too deep meaning. It belongs to the more popular heavy metal music and is a branch of mainstream metal.

Representative bands: Kiss, Poison, Warrant, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue

(5, 5) Grindcore

Similar to "punk" but extremely The heavy music, the deep roar of the lead singer, the super spicy tone of the electric guitar, and the extremely fast repeated beats and dense drum beats form a heavy metal style with almost no melody. The lengths are all short, ranging from

two seconds to three minutes. "Grindcore" is an extremely obscure heavy metal style, and most "death metal" bands adopt this style of music.

Representative band: Napalm Death

(5, 6) Grunge (decadent?)

Synonym for alternative rock. A metal-like alternative rock that originated in Seattle, Grunge basically belongs to alternative rock and should not be classified under heavy metal.

Representative bands: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, Alice In Chains

(5, 7) Hardcore

Derived from "punk", The lyrics are bluntly vulgar and the music 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 roaring and roaring Or the high-pitched and passionate voice, the heavily distorted tone of the electric guitar, and then the dense and fast drum beats and the deep and powerful bass fill the entire auditory background space, forming a kind of music with high explosive power and fast speed. ,

An improved rock music with heavy and destructive elements. Usually refers to traditional mainstream heavy metal or heavy metal music that cannot be classified into other heavy metal genres.

Representative bands: AC/DC, Accept, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P.

(5, 10) Industrial Metal

Uses a lot of coldness Computer-sampled sound effects are interspersed with the impact of machinery or metal instruments instead of traditional percussion instruments, and

electronic beats are added. It is a heavy metal music that is very similar to techno dance music, but it still retains a lot of the distortion effects of heavy metal. .

Representative bands: Fear Factory, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails

(6, 1) Neo-Classical metal

Importantly influenced by classical music, Adding a lot of classical music elements to heavy metal.

Representative band: Angra

(6, 2) Pop Metal Pop Metal

Adding pop music elements to heavy metal rock can be said to be heavy metal rock A compromise product that combines compromise with pop music

It is a heavy metal rock music that is easily accepted by music consumers in the mainstream market.

Representative bands: Def Leppard, Mr Big, White Lion

(6, 3) Power Metal

Has a speed similar to "speed metal" It has the weight and pressure of "thrash metal", but its melody is not as good as "speed metal"

, and its explosiveness is not as good as "thrash metal".

Representative bands: Pantera, Armored Saint, Wild Dogs

(6, 4) Progressive Metal

The style is different from traditional heavy metal, in the song A large number of complex and gorgeous arrangements are used, or certain progressive thoughts are conveyed in the lyrics to provide the listener with a space to imagine and think.

Representative bands: Queensryche, Fate Warning, Dream Theater

(6, 4) Punk

The lyrics convey certain rebellious thoughts and concerns about the living environment , culture, society, politics, etc., and the music lacks coordination

It has no specific style and is a very noisy music. Usually a group of people who can make the sound of the instruments can form A

a punk band.

Representative bands: Clash, Sex Pistols

(6, 5) Speed ??Metal Speed ??Metal

Speed ??is its main characteristic. It is often confused with "thrash metal". Generally, the music of "speed metal" is more melodic, the lead singer's lyrics are clearer, and the guitar interludes are melodic, fast and smooth; while "thrash metal" music is more melodic. "Thrash Metal" is less melodic and has equal emphasis on speed, weight, oppression and destructive power. Usually the musicians in "thrash metal" bands and "speed metal" bands have proficient and superb instrument playing skills.

Representative bands: Helloween, Gamma Ray, Riot, Rage

(6, 7) Thrash Metal

It is also extremely fast and has considerable Fast repeated beats (riffs), the rough tone of the electric guitar producing fierce chords, the destructive and oppressive double bass drum, and the lead singer's rough and roaring singing style combined with the electric guitar Singing a tune with a fast rhythm and almost no melody

. "Thrash metal" is most represented by heavy metal bands from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Representative bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel, Testament, Exod

us, Destruction, Kreator, Coroner, Overkill