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Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking composition, beat, and/or structured melody, [5] ambient music uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening, [6] and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.
Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics , or singing , although it might include some inarticulate vocals , such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.
Musical technique is the ability of instrumental and vocal musicians to exert optimal control of their instruments or vocal cords in order to produce the precise musical effects they desire. Improving one's technique generally entails practicing exercises that improve one's muscular sensitivity and agility.
A lullaby (/ ˈ l ʌ l ə b aɪ /), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition.
Grime is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) [4] that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of the earlier UK dance style UK garage, [5] and draws influences from jungle, dancehall, and hip hop. [2]
Bill Cosby did a parody version, "Just the Slew of Us", as the theme music for his movie Bill Cosby: Himself. Ralph MacDonald was the writer/producer. Ralph MacDonald was the writer/producer. In 1992, the New York City R&B vocal trio Around the Way sampled the song in "Really Into You".
The Mozart effect is the theory that listening to the music of Mozart may temporarily boost scores on one portion of an IQ test. Popular science versions of the theory make the claim that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter" or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development .
Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. (by subscription) Essay on the Jiahu flutes from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; A selection of historic flutes from around the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walking Stick Flute and Oboe, Georg Henrich Scherer, Butzbach, c. 1750 ...