Pop And Acoustic Music

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Related Literature and Studies Music, is a form of art and entertainment or other human activity that involves organizedand audible sounds and silence. It is expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody andharmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includestimbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music also involves complex generative forms in timethrough the construction of patterns and combinations of natural stimuli, principally sound. Musicmay be used for artistic or aesthetic, communicative, entertainment, or ceremonial purposes. Thedefinition of what constitutes music varies according to culture and social context.Musical instrument, is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of makingmusic.In principle, anything that producessoundcan serve as a musical instrument. The term "musicalinstrument", however, is generally reserved for items that have a specific musical purpose suchas a piano. The academic study of musical instruments is calledorganology.Organology, is the science of musical instrumentsand their classification [1] .It embracesstudy of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of howinstruments produce sound, andmusical instrument classification.There is a degree of overlapbetween organology,acoustics,ethnomusicology, andmusicology.Rock music is a genre of popular musicwith a prominent vocal melody, accompanied byelectric guitar, bass guitar , anddrums. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instrumentssuch asorgan,piano,mellotron,andsynthesizers. Other instruments sometimes utilized in rockincludesaxophone, harmonica,violin,flute, French horn,banjo,melodica,andtimpani. Also, lesscommon stringed instruments such asmandolinandsitar are used. Rock music usually has astrongback beat, and often revolves around the guitar, either solid electric,

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