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List of electronic music genres

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This is alist of electronic music genres,consisting ofgenresofelectronic music,primarily created withelectronic musical instrumentsorelectronic music technology.A distinction has been made between sound produced usingelectromechanicalmeans and that produced using electronic technology.[1]Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include thetelharmonium,Hammond organ,electric piano,and theelectric guitar.Purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as thetheremin,sound synthesizer,andcomputer.[2]Genre, however, is not always dependent on instrumentation.

In its early development, electronic music was associated almost exclusively with Westernart music,but from the late 1960s, the availability of affordable music technology—particularly of synthesizers—meant that music produced using electronic means became increasingly common in the popular domains ofrockandpop musicandclassical music,resulting in major electronically based subgenres.[3]After the definition ofMIDIin 1982 and the development ofdigital audio,the creation of purely electronic sounds and their manipulation became much simpler.[4]As a result, synthesizers came to dominate the pop music of the early 1980s.[5]In the late 1980s,electronic dance music(EDM) records made using only electronic instruments became increasingly popular, resulting in a proliferation of electronic genres, subgenres, and scenes.[6]In the new millennium, as computer technology became even more accessible andmusic softwareadvanced, interacting with music production technology made it possible to create music that has some similarities and some differences to traditionalmusical performancepractices, leading to further developments and rapidly evolving subgenres.[7]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^T. B. Holmes,Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition(London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002),ISBN0-415-93643-8,p. 6.
  2. ^T. B. Holmes,Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition(London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002),ISBN0-415-93643-8,p. 8.
  3. ^T. B. Holmes,Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition(London: Routledge, 2nd ed., 2002),ISBN0-415-93643-8,p. 1.
  4. ^M. Russ (2004),Sound Synthesis and Sampling(3 ed.), Burlington MA: Elsevier, p. 66,ISBN0-240-52105-6
  5. ^N. Rama Lohan (2 March 2007),"Dawn of the plastic age",Malaysia Star,archived fromthe originalon 9 June 2012
  6. ^A. Verderosa,The Techno Primer: The Essential Reference for Loop-Based Music Styles(Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002),ISBN0634017888,pp. 18-19.
  7. ^S. Emmerson,Living Electronic Music(Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007),ISBN0-7546-5548-2,pp. 111-13.

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