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Style: sometimes people say "style" to refer more to the conventions of rhythm, harmony, melody, arrangement and production that might be associated with music of a particular type, from a particular area, or of a particular genre. Because of this you can hear people say things like, "I consider myself a contemporary electronic/dance artist ...
UK funky is around 130 BPM. Techno 120-160 BPM. Generally around 120-135. Acid Techno 135-150. Schranz around 150. Dubstep is around 140 BPM 70's to 100 (mostly 80-90) Dubstep is not 140 BPM. I don't know why that number gets thrown around, but most dubstep is from the 70's to 100, with most falling in-between 80 and 90.
Raskolnikov. 1,648 2 16 26. 1. I think one of the reasons Prokoviev is underrated and understudied (especially by american musicologists) is that he decided to come back living in the USSR in the 1930s. He suffered a lot from this personally in the 1940s. The most important is that his music is played very frequently.
I'm leaving this open since although I disagree somewhat with the content, you've stated it pretty well and I think a good answer can be found. Bear in mind, however, that you're operating under the assumption that musical style is based upon scales and time signatures. This is not the case! –
The style of pop music changes over time, for example, Pop music of the 50s would be called rock'n'roll now. Wikipedia has this to say on what usually constitutes a pop song at the current time: Such include generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), as well as the common employment of ...
2). There is a lot of contemporary movie soundtrack and video game soundtrack music that consciously emulates the Baroque style and Baroque instruments. You can find this in particular in genres like fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and any movies or video games set in an "ancient" setting.
In country music a common pattern is the bass playing chord roots and fifths in quarter notes in common time. Descriptions of accompaniment patterns like that are important for defining a style. But patterns can involve other musical elements. It all depends on the particular style of music.
In keyboard style, you write three-voice chords in the upper staff and a single bass voice in the lower staff; this is an attempt to mimic a standard keyboard texture: This is in contrast to chorale style, sometimes called SATB style, where you mimic the soprano–alto–tenor–bass orchestration of a choir. Oftentimes chorale style simply ...
Music theory or engineering won't teach you how to write good music. That all comes internally and we are just the translator or the vessel. I believe many composers to have been gifted 1. The ability to hear a melody in their head and 2. Having a great ear to translate into existence. Reading a book won't teach you to write great music.
But on the other hand, no matter what style you choose, you should use the method that you feel is more comfortable and better-sounding. The main differences between picking and fingerstyle: this is a broad question, but put very simply, fingerstyle allows you to more easily play in an arpeggiated style.