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Tonal common sense that makes up pop music

Let’s first define what pop music is, and what is the difference between pop music and the classical, jazz, and rock music that people generally know. As far as we know, classical music , was listened to by ancient royal nobles. Jazz evolved from the blues of early black people. The characteristics of traditional rock music are in the design of beat and rhythm. The lyrics of early rock music were all based on blues of black people and country songs of white people. A mixture of the two, modern pop music basically highlights the content of the story. The beat is based on the unit of four beats. The drummer's emphasis usually falls on the fourth beat. In terms of related chord progressions, in the early days, it was The music form is emphasized on the first and third beats. Popular songs in Taiwan rarely use special chords to compose music.

In terms of musical instrument performance, it is not as free as jazz. In terms of emotional expression, it is not as obvious as rock music. It is a relatively suppressed way of expressing emotions. As the singing style of the Chinese people changes, karaoke With the popularity of pop songs and the birth of a pop song, the main melody has become more and more simplified. Pop songs use dynamic harmony to emphasize the emotional part of the lyrics. The focus of a song is on the emotion and impact revealed, and on the The influence of the audience, after understanding popular music, will gradually discover what is noteworthy in the arrangement.

The combination of music and arrangement:

First, divide a popular song into two parts: music and lyrics. In terms of music:

Title 1 , the overall structure. It can be divided into intro, chorus, verse, interlude, outro, etc. Every song has its own form, often heard in the form of AABA. Generally speaking, we also need to add a C section, and the C section has replaced the status of the chorus, the intro, and What is the relationship between the interlude and outro and the melody of the song itself? The quality of the intro will definitely affect the first impression of a song. How is the intro produced? It may be a section of the lyrics as the prelude, or it may be a certain melody in the song, or it may be a certain chord progression with broken chords of the instrument as the beginning. When entering the A section, we can choose guitar With the bass, when entering the B section, the rhythm part will come out, so I paired it with jazz drums. I decided that my interlude and intro would be the same. I could also choose to add a sensational saxophone during the interlude, and use a gradually quieter method at the end of the song. The intro is handled well, and if you want to echo it before and after, just use the melody of the intro and put it in the outro.

Title 2. The speed, style and key of a song. Whether the tempo is a fast song, a slow song, whether the tempo is four-four or a waltz, these decisions can be made after the song is made, and the style and key of the song can be selected.

Title 3. The structure of chords and harmony. If the main melody of a song is excellent, we will modify the chord to match it. Do we need to add some overtones to the chord type? Just basic three chords are enough. This requires common sense of music theory to judge.

Music types:

There are hundreds of categories for rock music alone, and there are at least 500 categories for electronic music.

I can only tell you the biggest categories

The biggest categories are serious music and pop music

Now we mainly talk about pop music

Pop The main categories of music are: country music, folk music, jazz, rhythm and blues, hip-hop, gospel songs, spiritual songs, rock and roll, pop bel canto, film music, world music, new age music, electronic music, avant-garde Experimental music.

(The roots of jazz, rhythm and blues, HIP-HOP, gospel songs, and spiritual songs all belong to black music)

Now let’s break it down roughly

Folk songs mainly refer to folk songs from the 1950s and 1960s, such as those by BOB DYLAN and JOAN BAZE (not the original folk songs of various ethnic groups, which do not belong to the category of pop music)

Jazz: There are many categories of jazz. The main styles are: New Orleans jazz, RAGTIME, big band, swing, bebop, cold jazz, bossa nova, FUSION, hard bop, acid jazz, etc. .

Gospel songs: Gospel songs are secular religious music, which is different from church religious music. In other words, they are popular religious songs.

Spiritual songs mainly include traditional spiritual songs and popular spiritual songs. Most of the popular mainstream music in Europe and the United States is spiritual songs (as well as R&B, HIP-HOP)

Rhythm and blues: Rhythm and blues is R&B, but it is not just the popular R&B we often hear now. In fact, traditional music The R&B on the Internet is the kind of blues rock that is closer to rock music, such as those by B.B. KING. The R&B that is popular now is dance-oriented R&B

Rock music. There are so many categories of rock music. The most traditional rock and roll refers to Elvis Presley's style that combines rhythm and blues with white country music. Later, after rapid fission, development and reproduction, there are now countless styles. Mainly classified into metal, punk, psychedelic rock, post-punk, post-rock, GRUNGE, country rock, etc. In the process of development, various styles intersect, multiply, combine, and fission to form various new styles, which can be further divided, so I won’t go into details here.

By the way, the current domestic concept of rock music does not mainly refer to a specific music style. Mainly refers to independent music, which is different from the most mainstream commercial music.

Popular bel canto. They are songs between pop and bel canto, such as songs by Barbra Streisand and Judy Collins, which are more orthodox pop songs.

Movie music is the original soundtrack of the movie, with variable styles, mainly a combination of orchestral music and electronic music.

World music: It is the commercial development of folk music from all over the world. For example, Mongolian folk music, if you are the owner of a record company and you invest in these music records, then this music can be called world music. Essentially, it’s ethnic folk music from around the world.

New Age Music: It’s just the sounds of nature that give you a fever. Mountains, rivers, sky, earth, ocean, sunset, breeze. When I say these words, you should understand what music it is, right? But in fact, new age music belongs to the category of modern instrumental music. Modern instrumental music also includes some pop songs played with musical instruments, such as the piano pop songs and flute pop songs you see in record stores.

There are too many styles of electronic music. Electronic music is the fastest-growing music nowadays. According to statistics, there are more than 500 types. The main styles include HOUSE, TRANCE, TECHNO, DUB, DRUM & BASS, DOWN BEAT, etc.

Avangard music is mainly experimental music, including noise music, etc.