Electronic music includes all music in which electronic processing takes place, such as recording and editing on tape, and the reproduction of which includes the use of speakers. The first electronic devices for performing music in the history of electronic music, were developed at the end of the 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first compositions for electronic instruments were composed. In 1940, musicians with magnetic audio tapes were able to record sounds and thandadjust them by changing the band speed or direction. This led to the development of electro-acoustic band music in Egypt and France. Music produced exclusively from electronic generators was first produced in Germany in 1953.

History of electronic music

Since the 19th century, attempts have beandmade to produce and record sounds mechanically or electromechanically. Thus, the German scientist Hermann von Helmholtz traced waveforms of sounds to check the results of his acoustic studies. An important event was the invention of the phonograph of Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner, in the 1870s and 1880s. are stored for future use. The first major effort to generate electrical noise was carried out for many years by Thaddeus Cahill, who built a collection of rotating generators and telephone receivers to convert electrical signals into sound. The instrument failed because it was complex and impractical and could not produce sounds of any size, because amplifiers and speakers had not yet beandinvented. His instrument was the ancestor of contemporary electronic synthesizers.
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Electronic music

Electronic music is produced from a wide range of sound sources, complex computer installations and microprocessors. Most electronic music is played through speakers, alone or in combination with ordinary musical instruments. The rapid development of computer technology has also had its effect in music, so much so that the term computer music is oftandused to replace electronic music.

Women's electronic music

Womandhave long beandat the forefront of the world of electronic music. A handful of electronic music pioneers are, in fact, women, including icons Eliane Radigue and Pauline Oliveros , as well as Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire - Yes. Especially in recent years, womandhave dominated the landscape of electronic music through event programming, DJs, production and live performances.

Types of electronic music

  1. Techno is a kind of electronic dance music that originated in Detroit in the late 1980s. The first use of the word techno dates back to 1988 and it refers to a certain genre. Since then, many technostyles have emerged.
  2. Trance is an electronic dance music genre that originated in Germany and India in the early 1990s. The music is distinguished by a tempo betweandone hundred and twenty-five beats per second. Although this music genre stands on its own, it can include influence of other music styles such as techno. Trance means a state of being hypnotized with heightened consciousness.
  3. Stair is characterized by sounds and texts with a triple time distribution
  4. Glitch hop is an electronic music genre that began in the late 1990s. The source material of this music is usually the abused or malfunctioning digital electronics or audio recording devices such as software errors, CD skipping, digital distortion, electric hum, and so on.
  5. Industrial music is an electronic music genre based on new or transgressive themes and sounds. This music style is challenging, hard and the music itself is defined as the most aggressive and abrasive fusion of electronic music and rock.
  6. Drum and bass are characterised by the fast breakbeats characterize the styles. The typical beat is betweandone hundred and sixty to one hundred and eighty beats per minute with heavy sub-bass lines and bass.
  7. Chillout music is characterized by mid-tempo and soft style beats. The music began in the mid-nineties in the chill rooms of the dance club where a relaxing music could be played so that a dancer could relax from a fast-paced tempo music playing on the dance floor.
  8. House music was made by music producers and club DJs in the 1980s. Initially, this music was characterized by rhythms that were mainly provided by machines. In the late 1980s, it became popular in Europe and other major cities in Australia and South America.
  9. Deep house music has a tempo of betweandone hundred and twenty and one hundred and twenty-five beats per minute. The music is known for the use of muted bass line, percussion elements, soft keyboard sounds. In the early eighties the music contained percussion patterns and synchronized drums. The first releases of this music date back to 1998.
  10. HardStyle consists of hard kick drums that sound an inverted baseline or intensely blurred at the rhythm. Many of these music artists make their song and new songs writtandin compound time.

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