01. Question: What is Trip-Hop?

01. Answer: Trip-Hop is a type of British/European dance music. Its name comes from "Trip＋Hip Hop"＝Trip-Hop" because it originated from Bristol, England, so It was originally called "Bristol Hip-Hop". Because of Hip-Hop (in fact, a lot of music is based on Hip-Hop... I don't know what Hip-Hop is. Go look at the hip-hop dancers. Mostly hip-hop music is used to dance.) The rhythm is slowed down (sometimes very slow), and some psychedelic flavors are added, such as very gloomy, fat bass, slight but psychedelic synthetic sound effects, or some records Sometimes even the noise of the record may be "deliberately" sampled. The so-called "trip" refers to the psychedelic, dense drug "journey", so trip-hop is a slow psychedelic style with a Jazz feel. Break beat music that is fuzzy, hazy, and has a bit of Hip Hop rhythm. Although it belongs to the dance music category, its psychedelic and confusing characteristics have made it far away from the clear rhythm characteristics of ordinary dance music.

Representative figures of foreign Trip-Hop: Ortishead, Tricky, Massive Attack, the recognized iron triangle in Trip-Hop. Mandalay Moloko Coldcut

02. Question: What is World Music?

02. Answer: World Music is a term from a Western perspective, meaning non-British, American and Western folk/pop music. It usually refers to traditional music in developing or backward areas, such as Africa and Music from South Asia, and in some areas such as Latin America, has become so popular that it forms 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 World Music musicians who are more familiar to Western music fans.

03. Question: What is New Age?

0.3. Answer: New Age is a kind of quiet, comfortable and leisurely music. Pure music works account for a larger proportion, while 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. 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 thought and philosophy. New Age music is usually regarded as quite middle-class music, and WINDHAM HILL is the most representative New Age record company. Representative New Age musicians include Enya, George Winston, William Ackerman, Yanni, Kitaro and so on.

04. Question: What is Dream-Pop?

0.4. Answer: Dream-Pop is a kind of "dream" pop song. It has a blurred atmosphere, which is mostly caused by Synthesizers (electronic synthesizers), as well as electric guitars with ECHO effects. The important component is that the singing part is often very 'breathy', that is, the sound of breathing is heavy, and the lyrics are often dreamlike and poetic.

Representative bands include Cocteau Twins, Lisa Germano, St.Etienne, This Mortal Coil, My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star and Dead Can Dance, etc.

05. Question: What is Classical Pop?

05. Answer: Classical Pop refers to pop music 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 Classical Pop, we mean classic pop songs.

06. Question: What is Acappella?

06. Answer: 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 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. The ACAPPELLA song that Hong Kong people are most familiar with is "SO MUCH IN LOVE", and the Hong Kong ACAPPELLA band includes Ji Shengmas and others.

07. Question: What is Bossa Nova?

07. Answer: Many natural and philosophical concepts are conveyed in the new album "Enigma". The theme of this concept is "why". "Beyond the Underworld" is a classic single from "Enigma". An irresistible chorus of chants and powerful melodies are laid through Kritu's voice.

BOSSA NOVA is a kind of 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, relaxed, lazy and romantic. . The 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th, and 14th beats of every two BARs are retakes. The pure singing voice of singer JOAO GILBERTO 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 BYRD, STAN GETZ and ASTRUD GILBERTO. The most famous song is " THE GIRLFROM IPANEMA". OSSA NOVA was most popular in the 1960s, and has continued to have fans in the rest of the years.

08. Question: What is Post Rock?

08. Answer: Post-rock is an experimental, avant-garde rock music that emerged in the mid-1990s, with a hypnotic feel , the style is taken from ambient, free-form jazz, avant garde and electronic music. Representative bands include Tortoise. They regard their music not as songs, but as constantly changing and fresh works. Most post-rock bands are anti-mainstream music and anti-indie-rock, but some are more pop, such as Stereolab, etc. .

Examples of post-rock bands include Cul De Sac, Ui, Flying Saucer Attack, The High Llamas, Mogwai, Trans Am, etc.

09. Question: What is Britpop?

09. Answer: Although Britpop has the word "Pop", it is actually a type of Rock. It originated in England in the 1990s. It can be translated as "British Rock" in Chinese. This is the British music scene's response to A response to the American Grunge wave, mainly in the form of bands. However, the Britpop style is actually very broad. For example, Oasis is a guitar rock band, Blur has a lot of pop, and Pulp is close to glam rook and dance styles, but they are all classified as Britpop.

British Britpop representative: Oasis Blur Suede Pulp Radiohead

10. Question: What is Dub?

10. Answer: Dub can be said to be the sound of singing. Reggae is the only music left. When applying Dub to electronic music, part of the singing voice is extracted, the bass and drum sounds are emphasized, and a large number of Echo (echo) and other effects are added. This technique is often used to remix songs during live performances. For example, Massive Attack's album Protection was mixed from Trip-Hop music into a Dub version by Mad Professor.

11. Ask what is Electro?

11. Answer: As early as the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were no such things as House, Techno... Electronic music is also less popular, and there is only electronic music such as Electro. Electro can be said to be music purely produced by an electronic synthesizer (Synthesizer, which looks a bit like a keyboard). It is usually quite soft, and drums from Roland are often used. Drum Machine TR-808 is used to produce drum sounds. Germany's Kraftwerk band can be considered a representative. Today's Electro sounds 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.

12. Question: What is Jungle?

12. Answer: Jungle is the predecessor of Drum\\'n\\'Bass. Jungle is much faster than Drum\\'n\\'Bass, and the beat is more complex and powerful. It is sometimes paired with some Rap, unlike Drum\\'n\\'Bass which incorporates some Jazz, Soul and other elements , sounds softer, even the "rock chameleon" David Bowie is now playing Jungle.

13. Question: What is Drum\\'n\\'Bass?

13. Answer: For some people, Drum\\'n\\'Bass The music can be very annoying, because Drum\\'n\\'Bass pays great attention to playing tricks on the rhythm, and Bass performance, such as very fast, complex breakbeats, and the use of various electronic drums , or a sampled drum sound. Therefore, Drum\\'n\\'Bass is also a type of Breakbeat, and 4Hero is a well-known band of Drum\\'n\\'Bass

14. Question: What is Big-Beat?

14. Answer: \\"Big beat\\" makes Brit-Hop faster, heavier, and more rock-like. It can be said that it is an improved version of Brit-Hop that is more mature. This kind of music style, you can imagine what it looks like with a heavy, broken, and a bit fast beat.

Such as The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Fat Boy Slim is the "big corner" of Big Beat.

15. Question: What is Brit-Hop?

15. Answer: The rhythm of black Hip-Hop is accelerated, the drums are aggravated, and with some electric guitar and bass, it has the flavor of rock music, such as the style of The Chemical Brothers.

16. Question: What is a break beat?

16. Answer: It is not as regular as the house beat of Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom, but is presented in broken beats, such as syncopated beats, such as adding small broken drums in two beats, etc. Wait, breakbeat is just a general term. There are many kinds of music that belong to breakbeat, such as Brit-Hop, Big-Beat, and black Hip-Hop.

17. Question: What? Is it Psychedelic Trance?

17. Answer: Also known as Goa Trance, it originated from a small island in India. Goa is the name of this island. The melody often has an Indian flavor, which is the characteristic of this type of Trance. , which attaches great importance to melody, subtle changes between notes, and often overlapping melodies, and the high-pitched TB-303 sound, which is a bit ambient.

18. Question: What is Trance?

18. Answer: Psychedelic dance music evolved from Techno. Listening to it will make you feel "trance-like", but it still retains the rhythm of dance music and pays great attention to the performance of Bass. It will have a "hypnotic" effect when listened to, and the beat is mainly 4/4.

19. Question: What is Ambient?

19. Answer : It doesn’t sound very ups and downs, but it’s actually constantly making changes, such as long-term sound effects, or progressive music arrangements, etc., which often create a layered sense of space, so it’s called "situational music" \", and often samples the sounds around us, 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 literally. In fact, there are shadows of Ambient in many kinds of music, even some classical music. There is also a flavor of Ambient in it.

20. Question: What is Techno?

20. Answer: Technology, which means "high-tech dance music"! Using computers, Synthesizer is synthesized to produce 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 House, and it sounds repetitive, tough, and mechanical, so Some people call Techno "industrial noise", but some still focus on melody. Techno originated in Detroit, USA, with three DJs: Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins trying to combine electronic music with black music. Detroit Techno was born. Detroit Techno is usually gentle and not as strong as ordinary Techno. It can be said to be the origin of modern Techno.

21. Question: What is Electrophonic Music?

21. Answer: What is Electrophonic Music? As the times evolve, musicians have more ways to make music. The so-called electronic music is based on electronic synthesizers, music software, and computers. The electronic sounds generated by others are used to make music. Electronic music has a wide range and can often be heard in daily life. 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 kind of 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, Electro, Dub, Chill Out, Minimalism.

22. Question: What is folk song (Folk)?

22. Answer: Folk songs originally refer to the traditional songs of each nation. The ancestors of each nation have their own songs that have existed since ancient times. Most of these songs are not Know who the author is, and spread it orally, from one person to another, from one generation to the next, and it has been passed down from generation to generation to this day. However, the folk songs we talk about today mostly refer to folk songs from the pop music era. They refer to songs that mainly use wooden guitar as accompaniment, sing in a natural and frank way, and sing out people’s simple life feelings. kind of songs. The records of American folk singer Woody Guthrie in the 1950s can be said to be the earliest folk song recordings, so they are generally regarded as the ancestors of modern folk songs (Folk). Afterwards, Pete Seeger and The Weavers continued to promote this type of music. During the Vietnam War in the 1960s, anti-war folk singers such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul And Mary, etc. became the voice of the times. Afterwards, folk music developed towards Pop, Rock and urbanization. Bob Dylan invented Folkrock, Simon & Garfunkel developed urban Folk Pop with middle-class taste, which became popular for a while. In the 1980s, Suzanne Vega, Tracychapman, etc. embarked on an Urban Folk/Contemporary Folk route that had a more urban feel. Folk music (Folk) has also developed different aspects in the music circles such as the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The latest development of folk music in recent years is its combination with New Age (such as Enya) and Trip Hop (such as Beth Orton).

23. Question: What is Chamber Pop?

23. Answer: Chamber Pop refers to a kind of elegant, noble and refined pop music, which has a certain sense of classical music. The term Chamber Music comes from classical music, which is called "chamber music" in Chinese. A group string music style with an elegant atmosphere. Chamber Pop emerged in the 1990s as a reaction to LO-FI and Grunge at the time. It emphasized beautiful melody, exquisite soundtrack, and clean recording, and often used string instruments. , wind instruments create the musical feeling of the Baroque era.

Foreign representative bands include The Divine Comedy, Rialto, Eric Matthews and Balle amp; Sebastian, etc.

24. Question: What is Synth Pop?

24. Answer: The "Synth" in Synth Pop is Synthesizer. As the name suggests, Synth Pop is "pop music produced by Sythesizers". 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 that year. Synth Pop is characterized by a strong sense of technology and can sometimes be quite cold. Most of the 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 Numan

25. Question: What is Orchestra?

25. Answer: Orchestra is an orchestra, which is divided into four parts: 1. Strings, including violins, cellos, etc., 2. Brass, 3. Woodwinds and 4. Percussion. Each instrument in the string section 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 emerged in the 17th century and was clearly patterned by 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 source of Western classical/orthodox music. Western pop/rock music often uses some or all members of the orchestra to assist in performances.

26. Question: What is Gangsta Rap?

26. Answer: 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 trend that reflects reality. Gangsta Rap emerged in the United States in the late 1980s. The tough and sharp 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 combination: Ice-T, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, 2 Pac, Geto Boys.

27. Question: What is HOUSE?

27. Answer: House is a dance music developed from Disco in the 1980s. This is 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 singing, and House was born ~ generally translated as \\" House dance music is the most basic form of electronic dance music, with a 4/4 rhythm, one drum beat per beat, and a simple melody, often with high-pitched female voices singing. After disco became popular, some DJs changed it , deliberately making disco less commercial, with bass and drums becoming deeper and often turning into purely musical works. Even if there are singing parts, they 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). By the late 1980s, House broke out of the underground and became a popular music genre in Chicago and New York. and London pop chart darlings.

28. Question: What is Ramp; B?

28. Answer: The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues". In a broad sense, Ramp; In addition, all can be classified as Ramp; B, which 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 Ramp;B, and at the same time retain many Ramp;B elements.

29. Question: What is disco?

29. Answer: The abbreviation of discotheque, originally meaning record dance, originally referred to the music that black people danced to in nightclubs according to recordings. In the 1970s, it actually became a general term for any new dance music. Compared with rock, it is characterized by a strong, indiscriminate, 4/4 beat that sounds like a metronome, and simple lyrics and melody. In 1977, the Australian pop music group "Bee Gees" (Bee Gees)'s film recording "Weekend Fever" set off a disco craze in the United States. Disco often synthesized sounds in recording studios and made records. However, due to the monotonous rhythm and the same style, disco was gradually replaced by other pop dance music with less obvious rhythm and slower speed in the early 1980s.

30. Question: What is Punk?

30. Answer: A type of rock music, or "punk rock", developed in the mid-1970s and expanded to the entire United States in the early 1980s. Punk responded to the weakening resistance of rock music and appeared as a deliberate opposition to more civilized rock music. It inherits the rebellious spirit from the beginning of rock music, defying all traditions, government, religion, educational institutions, etc., but it is expressed in a more decadent way, with extreme anarchist words and deeds. Their lyrics are obscene and rude; they scream, stamp their feet, and fight on the stage; their music is closer to hard rock, with loudspeakers and strong and deep timbres. Representative bands include the Sex Pistols, The Clash, etc.

In the late 1970s, a new breed separated from punk that was more acceptable and more artistic, called "New Wave".

31. Question: What is Soul?

31. Answer: It is also called "spiritual song". In 1969, "Billboard" replaced the original title of "R&B" with "Sol". It is a kind of black pop music that is a mixture of blues, rock music and black gospel songs. It uses fewer instruments when singing. Sol's famous singers include James Brown, Ray Charles, Ons Redding, Stevle Wonder, Prince, etc.

32. Question: What is Reggae?

32. Answer: It originated in Jamaica and was introduced to the United States in the mid-1970s. It combines African and Latin American rhythms and call-and-response singing methods similar to African pop with powerful, propulsive rock and roll sounds. (By the way, JAY ZHOU’s music style is mainly reggae)

33. Question: What is rap?

33. Answer: Black slang, equivalent to "talking", is produced in poor black neighborhoods in New York.

It is characterized by a series of rhymed verses spoken rapidly against a background of mechanical rhythmic sounds. One source of this form is the rapid, rhyming jargon used by radio presenters in the past when introducing records. Lapper's lyrics are humorous, witty, and often satirical, and were especially popular among black people in the 1980s. The most representative band is "Public Enemy". Lepp is sometimes also called "hip-hop" (hip-hop). In fact, hip-hop has a broader meaning and refers to various elements of New York street culture at that time. In addition to Lapp, there are also: (often used by Lip) hand-held hands placed on the front and back of the record on the turntable. Moving and making a rhythmic scratching sound; the record player's (DJ's) technique of not hearing any trace of interruption when changing records and splicing the music pieces of the record; break dancing, etc.

34. Question: What is Pop?

34. Answer: A kind of modern pop music with a strong beat. It is generally believed that pop music can be divided into a broad sense and a narrow sense. “Pop” here refers to pop music in a narrow sense, such as the famous singers Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, and Whitney Houston in the 1970s and 1980s. Many songs sung by Whitney Houston, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Janet Jackson and others.

35. Question: What is Art Rock?

35. Answer: It became popular after the 1970s, mainly in Europe, led by the British, such as the "Moody Blues" band, but it also has influence in the United States. Art rock combines rock and classical music, using electronic equipment to perform works by composers such as Liszt and Debussy. It is also called "progressive rock".