

#THE NOUN PROJECT MUSIC PROFESSIONAL#
Taylor Swift has become one of music's best-selling artists.Īrt music (noun): music written and performed by professional musicians mostly for the upper classes, like classical Indian music and European opera - Wealthy Chinese lords paid musicians to play relaxing art music, while poor people played lively folk music for fun.īeat (noun): the regular pulse in music that dancers move to and audiences clap to -Ĭlassical music (noun): European orchestral and keyboard music that's written by composers. Mostly popular music vocabulary, with example sentencesīasic words we use to talk about music, melody and rhythmĪrtist (noun): a professional singer, musician or songwriter. Including Blues, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll, and.

On these pages, you can read about the history of popular music, learn about its main genres, and find out about some of its most important artists. Of these three types, it's popular music that most people like and listen to, and it's this type of music we focus on here. Popular music (for example, hip hop or rock music).Art music (for example, classical music).Traditional music (for example, folk music).The many genres of music can be divided into three main types: Photo: American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. There are those who like the strong beats and lyrics of hip hop, or the music of other genres like country music, folk music and Latin music. Some prefer the beautiful harmonies of classical music, and others like the complex rhythms of jazz or the power and excitement of rock music. Some people love listening to the melodies and lyrics of pop music, and others love moving to the beat of dance music. If you love music too, and you'd like to read about music and learn lots of music vocabulary, this section of EnglishClub is for you. They love going to concerts to hear live music, and they love listening to recordings of their favourite artists. People all over the world love listening to music.
