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Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music.
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Dance music works often bear the name of the corresponding dance, e. g. waltzes, the tango, the bolero, the can-can, minuets, salsa, various kinds of jigs and the breakdown. The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. Bolero is a name given to more than one type of Latin-American music and its associated dance and song The can-can (more correctly not hyphenated as in the original French cancan) is regarded today primarily as a physically demanding Music hall dance performed by A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a Social dance of French origin for two persons usually in 3/4 time. Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad The jig (port is a Folk dance type as well as the accompanying dance tune type popular in Ireland. In Popular music a break is an Instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to Stop-time &ndash being Other dance forms include contradance, the merengue (Dominican Republic), and the cha-cha-cha. Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings refers to several Folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines Merengue is a type of music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance.
Ballads are commonly chosen for slow-dance routines. A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. However ballads have been commonly deemed as the opposite of dance music in terms of its tempo.
Folk dance music
Dance music includes various traditional dance music such as Irish traditional music, waltzes, rock and roll, country music and tangos. Irish traditional music sessions are mostly-informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. An example of traditional dance music in the United States is the old-time music played at square dances and contra dances. Old-time music is a form of North American Folk music, with roots in the Folk musics of many countries including England, Scotland, Square dance is a Folk dance with four couples (eight dancers arranged in a square with one couple on each side beginning with Couple 1 facing away from the music and going Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings refers to several Folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines Brazilian dance music includes Samba, Pagode and Forró.
Historical dance music
While the combination of dance and music is very ancient (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians) the earliest Western dance music that we can still play with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances such as caroles and the Estampie. Thanks to its hardy nature pottery bulks large in the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because we have so much of it (some 100000 vases are recorded in the Corpus The term medieval music encompasses European music written during the Middle Ages. The first detailed descriptions of dancing in Europe date from 1450 in Italy, which is after the start of the Renaissance. This article is about the medieval dance for the German band see Estampie (band. The earliest of these surviving dances are almost as old as Western staff-based music notation. See also Modern musical symbols Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived Music through the use
In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance). Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750. Baroque dance is Dance of the Baroque era in Europe (roughly 1600–1750 closely linked with Baroque music, theatre and opera Examples of dances include the French courante, sarabande, minuet and gigue. The courante, corrente, coranto and corant are just some of the names given to a family of Triple metre dances from the late Renaissance In Music, the sarabande (It sarabanda) is a Dance in Triple metre. A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a Social dance of French origin for two persons usually in 3/4 time. The gigue ( {{IPA|/ʒig/}}) or giga is a lively Baroque dance originating from the British Jig. Collections of dances were often collected together as dance suites. In Music, a suite is an ordered set of Instrumental or Orchestral pieces normally performed in a Concert
In the Classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement in four-movement non-vocal works such as sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The dates of the Classical period in Western music are generally accepted as 1750 to 1810 A movement is a self-contained part of a Musical composition or Musical form. Usage of sonata The Baroque applied the term sonata to a variety of works though most works in the Baroque Period were fugues and toccatas A string quartet is a Musical ensemble of four String instruments &mdash usually two Violins a Viola and Cello &mdash or a piece A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. The waltz also arose later in the Classical era, as the minuet evolved into the scherzo (literally, "joke"; a faster-paced minuet). The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. A scherzo (plural scherzi) is a piece of Music or a movement in a certain style that forms part of a larger piece such as a Symphony.
Both remained part of the Romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, and polonaise. Romantic Music is a Musicological term referring to a particular period theory compositional practice and canon in European music history from about 1815 to 1910 A barcarolle (from French; also Italian barcarola, barcarole) is a folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers, or a piece of The mazurka is a stylized Polish Folk dance in Triple meter with a lively tempo that has a heavy accent on the third or second beat The polonaise ( Polish: polonez, chodzony; Italian: polacca) or the Bizmarck as it is more colloquially known Also in the Romantic music era, the growth and development of ballet extended the composition of dance music to a new height. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Frequently dance music was a part of Opera. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
1920s dance music
Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. Night clubs were frequented by large numbers of people at which a form of jazz, which was characterized by fancy orchestras with strings instruments and complex arrangements, became the standard music at clubs. A particularly popular dance was the fox-trot. FoxTrot is an American Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Amend. At the time this music was simply called jazz, although today people refer to it as "white jazz" or big band. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music which used lavish orchestral arrangements. These orchestras would gradually develop a new form of dance music, which came to be known as disco.
1970s disco
It was with the rise of disco in the early 1970s that dance music once again became popular with the public. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Disco was characterized by the use of real orchestral instruments, such as strings, which had largely been abandoned during the 1950s because of rock music. In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. Disc jockeys (commonly known as DJs) played recorded music at these new clubs. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience The disco craze reached its peaked in the late 1970s when the word disco became synonymous with "dance music" and nightclubs were referred to as discos. The year 1980 was characterized by a lack of dance music as artists rushed on the rock bandwagon in an attempt to continue their careers.
Electronic
By 1981, a new form of electronic dance music was developing which would gradually take the place of disco. Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in This music was made using electronics is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations, shows and raves. 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 A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. A rave (or rave party) is a term in use since the 1980s to describe Dance Parties (often all-night events During its gradual decline in the late 1970s disco became influenced by computerization. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Looping, sampling and seguing as found in disco continued to be used as creative techniques within techno and house music. In Electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated Loops may be repeated through the use of Tape loops delay effects cutting between In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino The term "dance music" is often used for more commercial forms of electronic music. Styles include Eurobeat, house, Eurodance, drum and bass, hip house, trance, techno, electro, synthpop, and many others. Eurobeat, as the name implies is a music genre from Europe. It is a sub-genre of 80s Italo disco (a House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Eurodance is a subgenre of Electronic dance music originating in the early 1990s. Hip-house, also known as house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of House music and hip-hop. Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument Associated with dance music are usually commercial forms that may not easily be categorized, such as "The Power" by Snap! and "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory. " The Power " is an electronic pop hit song for the group Snap!. Snap! is also an album by The Jam. Snap! is an Electronic music project formed in 1989 by German producers " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now " was C+C Music Factory 's first hit For other David Cole's see David Cole (disambiguation C+C Music Factory was a dance music production group (led by Robert Clivillés and
Electronic dance music experienced a boom after the proliferation of personal computers in the 1980s, manifest in the dance element of Tony Wilson's Haçienda scene (in Manchester), and the Summer Of Love in Ibiza, which became the European capital of house and trance. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 &ndash 10 August 2007 was an English Record label owner radio presenter TV show host Nightclub manager Impresario Fac 51 Haçienda (better known simply as The Haçienda) was a Nightclub and Music venue in Manchester, England. Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain Clubs like Sundissential and Manumission became household names with British, German and Italian tourists. Sundissential is a music event formed in Birmingham, England, that started in the mid to late 1990s Manumission is the act of freeing a slave, done at the will of the owner
Many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly due to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards, samplers, and drum machines to interact with each other and achieve the full synchronization of sounds. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers A sound card (also known as an audio card is a Computer Expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to/from a computer under Electronic dance music is typically composed using computers and synthesizers, and rarely has any physical instruments. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Instead, this is replaced by digital or electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat. A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for An electronic musical instrument is a Musical instrument that produces its sounds using Electronics. Dance music typically ranges from 120bpm, up to 200bpm, with techno, trance, and house being the most widespread. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Trance is a style of Electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Many producers of this kind of music however, such as Darren Tate and MJ Cole, were trained in classical music before they moved into the electronic medium. Biography and personality Darren Tate aka 'DT8' is an international producer and club DJ born in London England on 22 October 1972. M J Cole (born Matt Coleman 1973 London) is a British house and UK garage producer and Remixer Career
In the new millennium, several new subgenres of electonic dance music have evolved throughout Central and Northern Europe, including uk garage, bassline house (originating in Sheffield (UK), psytrance, Goa trance, minimal techno, grime and reggae-inspired dubstep. UK Garage ( UKG) is an umbrella term that refers to several different varieties of modern Electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house Bassline house, or simply bassline, is a sub-genre of UK garage music that mixes elements of Speed garage and R&B, and shares characteristics Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Psychedelic trance or psytrance is a form of Electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and mesmerizing melodies Goa Trance ( Goa, 604) is a form of Electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India. Minimal techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that is considered a minimalist sub- Genre of Techno. Grime is a genre of music which emerged in London, UK, primarily a development of UK garage, Dancehall, and hip hop. Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene
Dansband
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"Dansband" ("Dance band") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music, "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to dance partner dance to. Dansband ("Dance band" is a term in Swedish which describes bands playing a kind of Popular music, dansbandsmusik ("Dance Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the 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 Partner dances are the Dances whose basic choreography involves coordinated dancing of two partners as opposed to individuals dancing alone or individually These terms came the years around 1970, and before that, many of the bands were classified as "pop groups". Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe called the Nordic region, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Radio
The Hot Dance Airplay chart tracks the most popular tracks played by radio stations using a "dance music" format. Hot Dance Airplay is a monitored dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine Music radio formats constantly evolve and each format can often be sub-divided into many speciality formats Dance music is also part of the mix of related formats, such as rhythmic adult contemporary and rhythmic contemporary. Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada, similar to Rhythmic top 40 radio Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music Radio format that
Dance clubs
The Hot Dance Club Play chart tracks which songs are currently most popular in nightclubs. Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark
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