Music

As music is generally the reproduction of sound and / or noise over one or more designated Musikinstumente or human voice. The different pitches melodies are formed from various durations and intonation, the rhythm is clear. At the same time, reproduced tones and different amounts and in specified intervals form a harmony or disharmony. If music is not recorded oral (folk music and traditional songs), it is using one's own system of signs held, called the notation (or notes). The earliest known musical instruments are approximately 35,000 year-old bone flutes. Scientists, however, agree that music long before the daily lives of people belonged.

E-music (classical music) and popular music (popular music)

For E-music, all culturally significant works of music are combined. Often this only the so-called "Classical music is called". There are however also challenging compositions from some of pop music, jazz, chanson, and the film music. Therefore, in this day and age more distinguished according to whether a music piece is labeled with one hand and the other economically important for many people (cultural, religious, historical reasons). E-music carries itself with a few exceptions, not economically, but it is important to many people for the aforementioned reasons. As popular music popular music styles are called. These include pop and rock music, jazz, pop and folk music. These styles are more designed for marketing and erziehlen, unlike classical music, usually economic gains. Whether this distinction between different types of music and Offices of major is right, this is hotly debated among experts.

Morphology of European music

This branch of music theory deals with the history and the different characteristics of music. Here's a quick overview: With the music of the Middle Ages are now mainly the Gregorian chants associated (five-tone music and pentatonic). In the Renaissance form, after the austerity of medieval music, choreography, now first pieces of music (such as dances), music plays, which are seen as a precursor of the later opera. The music in the Baroque period developed further on the one hand the church. Probably the most famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach this time. On the other hand, is the ease of Renaissance music under no. In classical music, famous composers of this time are, for example, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, create symphonies, sonatas and etudes. The opera is socially acceptable here. In the romance to develop further the classical music, it also creates an interest in non-European music. The music from the 20th Century is known as modern music.

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