Popular Music

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Defined as any commercially-oriented music principally intended to be received and appreciated by a wide audience.

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Popular music

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energetic

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Rhythm

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catchy, short and simple

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Melody

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verse and repeated chorus

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Form

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limited

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Harmony

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electric guitar, keyboard, bass guitar

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Instruments used

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derived from the medieval French chanson balladee or ballade dancing song.

Any light, simple expressive song, having two or more stanzas sung to the same melody.

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Ballad

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originated from 1910s, 32 bars in length.

Performed in lounges and bars, and recorded across the world.

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Standard/Pop Standard/American Standards/Jazz Standards

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genre of popular music that originated and evolved during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rock and roll

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Emerged during the mid-1980s.

The genre is considered to be rock because of its folk music, reggae, electronic, and jazz influences.

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Alternative Music/ Underground Music

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genre of dance-oriented pop music with a working two turntables, a mike, and a PA system

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Disco