Questions tagged [genre]
For questions related to genre, or the stylistic category of a given work of music. Note that genre identification questions of songs and melodies are considered off topic.
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What is this plucked instrument musical style called? [closed]
I know a number of great string instrument players who mostly write/perform solo instrumental music on their instruments, be it a guitar, a bass or anything else.
A few examples:
Aram Bedrosian - ...
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How to Identify Song Genres
I write a fair bit of music in my spare time but I don't really listen to any all too much, so I'm not very familiar with what falls under what genres.
I've starting posting my work, but I dont really ...
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What is rude jazz?
In a lecture supporting his new book Stomp and Shout, Northwest rock historian Peter Blecha mentioned a genre from the 1940s or 50s called rude jazz. I have never heard of this before, and it might be ...
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Which genres of African folk music uses high strung tuning on guitars?
Several links (https://www.premierguitar.com/diy/exploring-nashville-tuning, for example) make a distinction between high-strung tuning (an octave higher EAD strings) and Nashville tuning (an octave ...
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Genre of this Sample Library [closed]
I'm music Producer and trying to achieve this type of "samples" Music.
What Genre are these "samples"?
Can you recommend me some music that sounds like that?
What instrument do i ...
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What is the genre of this song? [closed]
WHat is the genre of this song?
tyDi and Kundo - Please Stay
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Blending Musical Genres To Create a New Genre [closed]
Throughout history mankind has created musical genres. This probably had its origins thousands of years ago when someone first banged 2 rocks together in a cave to accompany someone grunting. Or maybe ...
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Can you use other instrument sheet music to play on Tin/Penny Whistle?
Whenever I've searched for Tin Whistle and Penny Whistle songbooks and sheet music, I've found a lot of Irish Folk music. I love the sound of the Whistle, and would love to be able to play some ...
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Why are there multiple modern era styles?
I was wondering why there are multiple genres of modern era music, for example Minimalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Serialism and Futurism.
This variety of different styles wasn't present during ...
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What makes "Oh Hanukkah" sound Jewish?
Recently, I've been studying the effect of scale choice on the mood and feel of music. Songs using the major scale tend to sound happy. Songs using the minor scale tend to sound sad. Songs using less ...
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What makes a song not sound like classical music [closed]
For example La Califfa, it is sung by a mezzo-soprano but the melody of this song cannot be mistaken for classical music. Is there a way to explain this? What exactly makes it sound modern?
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Do the instruments used in a piece of music play a role in determining its genre?
I am researching about music genres but I am confused if instruments played in music help in determining its genre?
What could be the differentiating features in genre recognition of music?
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Which specific terms could be used to search for music without beats / percussions / drums?
From what I can gather, most music besides some specific genres is based on top of a background beat layer.
I happen to be one of the (apparently) few people with a strong dislike of any kind of ...
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Can an original composition be an arrangement?
Sometimes I'll see on discogs.com a song will say string arrangements by so and so... and it's an original song by them.
Can original compositions be arrangements?
What makes an arrangement?
Can ...
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How do I study the personal styles of other musicians? How do I tell the difference between genre and style when doing so?
I want to start a music hobby. I've dabbled in viola and piano lessons growing up, but I want to get into making music using electronic methods.
As a digital artist, I'm kind of approaching some ...
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