Art music
Art music is the musical expression of high culture.
Art music primarily refers to classical music, including European classical music, or others listed at List of classical music styles (including non-European classical music), contemporary classical music (including Electronic art music, Experimental music and Minimalist music). Art music may also include certain forms of Jazz (even though jazz is primarily a popular form of music).
Popular music
Popular music is the musical expression of popular culture.
The usual stereotype of "popular music" is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media.
Traditional music
Traditional music is the musical expression of Traditional culture.
Traditional music is the modern name for what used to be called "Folk music", before the term "Folk music" was expanded to include a lot of non-traditional material. The defining characteristics of traditional music are:
* Oral transmission: The music is passed down, or learned, through singing and listening and sometimes dancing
* Cultural basis: The music derives from and is part of the traditions of a particular region or culture.
Regional and national music
It is possible to categorize music geographically. For example, the term "Australian music" could include Australian rock music, Australian traditional music in the European style, Aboriginal Australian music, Australian classical music, and Australian Jazz.
Fusional origins
A fusion genre is a music genre that combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm and sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided into smaller parts, each with their own dynamics, style and tempo.
Artists who work in fusion genres are often difficult to categorise within non-fusion styles. Most styles of fusion music are influenced by various musical genres. While there are many reasons for this, the main reason is that most genres evolved out of other genres. When the new genre finally identifies itself as separate, there is often a large gray area in which musicians are left. These artists generally consider themselves part of both genres. A musician who plays music that is dominantly blues, influenced by rock, is often labeled a blues-rock musician. The first genre is the one from which the new one evolved. The second genre is the newer and less-dominant genre in the artist's playing. An example of a blues-rock group would be Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Vaughan, a Texas blues guitarist, surrounded by a world in which rock was dominating music, used rock and blues together.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
"Let's Become Music Experts"
What would life be without music? The world would be a very quiet place. Music is in many ways the fabric of our lives and the definition of society. It is a reminder of how things once were, an indication of how things are, and a view of where society is headed.
Movies, Television Programs, Commercials, Video Games are all incomplete without music. As Designers and Creatives, the more we explore music the better we can incorporate that knowledge in the process of creating Motion Pictures.
Movies, Television Programs, Commercials, Video Games are all incomplete without music. As Designers and Creatives, the more we explore music the better we can incorporate that knowledge in the process of creating Motion Pictures.
Caution: Now Entering The Music Zone
What does music really mean?
Music is an art form whose medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike).
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions, through improvisational music to oratorical forms. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To people in many cultures, music is inextricably intertwined into their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indians defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. By all accounts there is no single and inter- cultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'.
Film Score:
A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film, which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film. The term film score is frequently synonymous with film soundtrack, though a soundtrack may also include the songs used in the film, while the score does not. A score is sometimes written specifically to accompany a film, but may also be compiled from previously written musical compositions.
Each individual piece of music, within a film's score, is called a cue and is typically a composition for instruments and/or non-individually featured voices. Since the 1950s, a growing number of scores are electronic or a hybrid of orchestral and electronic instruments.[1] Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many low budget films have been able to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of real live instruments.
Television Score:
A television score is a broad term referring to the music in a television programs which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a television.
The term television score is frequently synonymous with television soundtrack, though a soundtrack may also include the songs used in the television program while the score does not. A score is sometimes written specifically to accompany a television program, but may also be compiled from previously written musical compositions.
Each individual piece of music within a television's score is called a cue, and is typically a composition for instruments and/or non-individually featured voices. Since the 1950s, a growing number of scores are electronic, or a hybrid of orchestral and electronic instruments. Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many low-budget television programs have had to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of live instruments.
Music is an art form whose medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike).
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions, through improvisational music to oratorical forms. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.
To people in many cultures, music is inextricably intertwined into their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indians defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. By all accounts there is no single and inter- cultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'.
Film Score:
A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film, which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film. The term film score is frequently synonymous with film soundtrack, though a soundtrack may also include the songs used in the film, while the score does not. A score is sometimes written specifically to accompany a film, but may also be compiled from previously written musical compositions.
Each individual piece of music, within a film's score, is called a cue and is typically a composition for instruments and/or non-individually featured voices. Since the 1950s, a growing number of scores are electronic or a hybrid of orchestral and electronic instruments.[1] Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many low budget films have been able to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of real live instruments.
Television Score:
A television score is a broad term referring to the music in a television programs which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a television.
The term television score is frequently synonymous with television soundtrack, though a soundtrack may also include the songs used in the television program while the score does not. A score is sometimes written specifically to accompany a television program, but may also be compiled from previously written musical compositions.
Each individual piece of music within a television's score is called a cue, and is typically a composition for instruments and/or non-individually featured voices. Since the 1950s, a growing number of scores are electronic, or a hybrid of orchestral and electronic instruments. Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many low-budget television programs have had to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of live instruments.
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