Music Taxonomy
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Western Classical
Blues
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR (middle-of-the-road) music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica , beautiful music , light music , lounge music , ambient music , and space age pop genres. [ 1 ] The range of lounge music encompasses soft rock music-influenced instrumentals, modern electronica (with chillout , nu-jazz and downtempo influences), while remaining thematically focused on its retro- space-age cultural elements.
Easy listening
Spiritual (music)
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] ) are religious (generally Christian ) songs that were created by enslaved African people in America.
Gospel
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
Country
Guitar - Bass - Electric bass guitar - Dobro - Electric guitar - Steel guitar - Pedal steel guitar - Mandolin - Banjo - Double bass - Fiddle - Piano - Electronic keyboard - Drums - Harmonica - VocalsCountry Music
Ragtime
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in black communities in the Southern United States . It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. Its sub-Saharan African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes , improvisation , polyrhythms , syncopation and the swung note . [ 1 ] From its early development until the present day jazz has also incorporated music from American popular music . [ 2 ]
Jazz
JAZZ
Swing music , also known as swing jazz or simply swing , is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and became a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States .
Swing
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm , brass , and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians. The terms jazz band , jazz ensemble , jazz orchestra , stage band , society band , and dance band may describe this type of ensemble in particular contexts. Typical seating diagram for a big band.
Big Band
