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The Evolution Of Music Part - X TRANCE

Trance is a genre of electronic in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 155 BPM (beats per minute), short melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track. It is a combination of many forms of music such as industrial, techno, and house. The origin of the term is uncertain, with some suggesting that the term is derived from the Klaus Schulze album Trancefer (1981) or the early trance act Dance 2 Trance. In any case, the name is undoubtedly linked to the perceived ability of music to induce an altered state of consciousness known as a trance. Add a comment Read more: The Evolution Of Music Part - X TRANCE

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The Evolution Of Music Part-III Jazz

Jazz is a kind of music characterized by swung and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Though originally a kind of dance music, jazz has been a major part of popular music, and has also become a major element of Western classical music. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Early jazz was closely related to ragtime, with which it could be distinguished by the use of more intricate rhythmic improvisation. The earliest jazz bands adopted much of the vocabulary of the blues, including bent and blue notes and instrumental ‘growls’ and smears otherwise not used on European instruments. Jazz’s roots come from the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, populated by Cajuns and black Creoles, who combined the French-Canadian culture of the Cajuns with their own styles of music in the 19th century.

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The Evolution Of Music Part-V

R & B and Soul

R&B, an abbreviation for rhythm and blues, is a style that arose in the 1930s and 1940s. Early R&B consisted of large rhythm units “smashing away behind screaming blues singers (who) had to shout to be heard above the clanging and strumming of the various electrified instruments and the churning rhythm sections”. R&B was not extensively recorded and promoted because record companies felt that it was not suited for most audiences, especially middle-class whites, because of the suggestive lyrics and driving rhythms.

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The Evolution Of  Music-Part I

In layman’s terms, music can be defined as an art form whose medium is sound organised in time. This art form, regardless of genre (and there are an innumerable number of them) is governed by different elements such as pitch (which affect the melody and harmony), rhythm (which affect the tempo, meter and articulation), dynamics and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.

Music is as varied as is culture and race. What is considered music often differs from culture to culture, race to race and from age group to age group; what a 60 year old man considers soothing and enjoyable music can be considered by a spikey haired, tattoo donning rebel clad in denim or leather as slow and boring. Similarly, what appeals to a wannabe rap star may present itself as incoherent ‘talking’ as opposed to singing by someone who enjoys the blues. The point here is that music is a very subjective term with seemingly innumerable genres and sub genres. So, how is one to decide which type of music is best suited for oneself let alone differentiate between the types?Though it can do little to sway a person’s opinion on what actually is ‘good’ music, this column will endeavour, to the best of its abilities, to give you a better understanding of this vast world of music and its different spin offs. Add a comment Read more: The Evolution Of Music-Part I
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The Evolution Of Music Part-VI

Rock music

Rock and roll developed out of country, blues, and R&B. Rock’s exact origins and early influences have been hotly debated, and are the subjects of much scholarship. Though squarely in the blues tradition, rock took elements from Afro-Caribbean and Latin musical techniques. Rock was an urban style, formed in the areas where diverse populations resulted in the mixtures of African American, Latin

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Music - The Evolution Of Music Part - II

Categorising music and breaking it down into genres and sub – genres on a global scale is one hell of a daunting task. Keeping that in mind, we have focused on the music of the United States of America which has often been termed as a melting pot of diverse styles of music. This, one has to attribute to large scale immigration and slavery. This brought a lot of musical styles into direct contact with each other, resulting in a lot of fusion and hybridization of the pre existing styles. Elements of foreign music arrived in the United States both through

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