Music surrounds and accompanies us throughout life. In it, a person finds expression of his feelings and experiences. In music, he tries to express his vision of the world, his mood and gamut of feelings. Music, in turn, can have a different emotional effect on us.
In addition, music can bring people together. This is due to numerous musical directions. However, different people listen to different musical directions. And only in this case they may have disagreements among themselves. After all, as there are people, there are so many musical preferences and tastes. Some people prefer to listen to pop music, rap, rock or chanson, or some other musical direction. Others, on the contrary, do not tolerate modern musical trends and like to listen only to classical music or folk songs.
Musical styles and trends have been formed over a long period of time. Now there are a huge number of them. Musical trends are so diverse that it is sometimes difficult to indicate and accurately determine whether a composition belongs to a particular style.
So all the same, what musical directions stand out today, and how do they differ from each other?
Music critics highlight several key areas in music, which may also include large groups of branches. Among these main directions, one can distinguish classical, pop music, electronic, hip-hop, rock music, blues and jazz. Let's take a closer look at such areas as pop music, classical, rock and hip-hop.
Classical music is a kind of greetings from the past, these are the works of the great composers known to all . It can be confidently called world masterpieces. Even a schoolboy can distinguish classical music from “pop music”. Almost all people on the planet know such composers as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and others. And the names of these famous talented people even today are in our ears.
Another musical trend is the direction of pop music. Today it takes a leading place among the rest. Almost everyone listens to pop music, it is for a wide range of people. The direction is distinguished by its melody and simplicity, as well as dance sound. Such music is charged with positive emotions. It can be heard on the radio, in stores, on television, in general, anywhere. In addition, pop music is very popular at discos.
The hip-hop direction has branches like rap and r`n`b. This trend was formed by African-Americans and has clear rhythms, mainly representing a reading of rhymed texts to music.
Hip-hop is street music, it is often intertwined with the subculture of break dance and graffiti.
Rock music is for protesters, rebellious people who love freedom, who have no stereotypes. Basically, the rock band is a group of musicians led by a soloist. Often rock concerts are accompanied by screams and roaring of the audience, the hoarse voice of the vocalist. In this direction, the emphasis is on musical instruments, on the noisy sound of guitars and drums.