1, Disco
Disco appeared in the 70s, the BPM is about 120 beats up and down.Disco 70s dominated the dance music style, characterized by strong rhythms and lively string arrangements, Disco's great proliferation, so that the dance, stores, record publishing and sales and popular fashion related to this became the most popular fashion after 1978.
Disco's popularity should be attributed to the masterpiece of the movie: the 70's movie used a lot of disco dance music, due to the disco dance music itself rhythm is simple, the melody is positive and upward easy to be accepted, which in the whole United States to the world set off a wave of disco. disco is not just a dance music style, it is today's revered clothing `fashion `trend original starting point. Disco is more than just a style of dance music, it is the origin of today's fashionable clothing and trends. If there is no Disco, our life is still in black and white.
2, House
House originated in the late 70's, the Chinese translation of the "House Dance Music". It originated in the Gay Bar in Newyork and Chicago in the United States, and only flourished in the United Kingdom. To say that it is synonymous with European dance music is an understatement. It's a culture of music and the birthplace of many forms of music, house, mostly made up of DJs remixing existing tunes. It's called house music, probably because it's something the DJ can do alone in the mixing room, and the house technique is to use simple, strong beats over and over again to give the listener a sense of rhythm.
Today house is one of the most popular and widely recognized forms of dance music today, and there are so many offshoots of it that almost every category of dance music is related to house in some way or another. house uses electronic instruments to form its musical form. house's registered trademark - the sustained 4/4 beat - has become a common feature of dance music. -House music is mostly characterized by sweet, high or soulful female vocals, simple but lively piano playing (or sampling), and monotonous drums that make your ears perk up, and the tempo is maintained between 110-130 BPM. House was quite popular in our dance clubs in the 90's, full of weird electronic synthesizers and sound effects. Its BPM is also more suitable for young people's passion and crazy devotion, and in the pursuit of life's hedonistic city house music is also more in line with modern tastes. Generally speaking it's a happy music with a blood-curdling flow of lust in the lyrics and vocals, a full-on dance music for young and old alike.
3. Techno
Generally speaking, most electronic music can be said to be techno, which originated in Detroit and Chicago in the mid-80's. Techno could only be considered an underground niche music during the period of 1984~1989, because pure techno itself does not have any lyrics, and at most, it is intermittent shouting a few phrases, but 1989~1992 it became the American rave music. 1989~1992 but became the dominant American rave trend and the main combatant of the global music revolution. Techno is characterized by the strong electronic sounds of synthesized keyboards and Belgian-style bass percussion, and often combines male tongue twisters and female vocals to create a tight, frenetic sound. The tempo is usually maintained between 130-150 BPM.
FunkFunk rhythms are a type of blues that first originated in black music, and were later embraced by most white people because of the freewheeling rhythms and intensity of this music, which is full of musicians playing live. Nowadays, funk music draws on Hip-Hop, Soul and many other elements to become more fascinating. Dance music originated in the 60s, with a BPM of about 120 beats or less, which translates to "funk music" in Chinese. I don't know if you have ever played the game Interstate'76 "Intercontinental Storm", the story background of the 70's, driving in the desert of the western United States, accompanied by the player is a piece of funk music, funk dance music is also a kind of original belongs to the black people's music, funk dance music in the electric bass accounted for a very large proportion, the chords and rhythms of the electric bass became the main line of funk. Funk was popular in the 70's and 80's, but due to the fusion with other music, funk has now become a hybrid in terms of speed and musical composition. Due to the fact that funk's musical tastes are too typical and heavy, it is not too popular at the moment, and is only found in a few pieces of music.
4, Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop, in the late 1970s and early 1980s was first created in New York City's poor working-class black culture, in the beginning of the founding of the word Hip-Hop consists of four major elements: Rap (rhythmic, rhyming speech), Break Dance (breakdancing performed by boys in the streets), DJ ( Rap (rhythmic, rhythmic speech), Break Dance (breakdancing performed by guys on the street), DJing (playing records and turntables), Graffiti Writing (graffiti art) plus related clothing and attitudes to life make up the complete Hip-Hop culture. Its BPM is around 90-110 beats, which is translated as Hip-Hop in Chinese. Hip-Hop's predecessor is Rap and a little bit of R&B, plus a variety of grinding sound effects, belonging to the 80's young people love to play the music. This period of Hip-Hop is called Old School Hip-Hop (Old School Hip-Hop).
New School Hip-Hop appeared in the early 1990s and is still popular today. Unlike Old School Hip-Hop, this type of Hip-Hop is characterized by faster beats and more complex lyrics. The new school of Hip-Hop entered today's international pop series due to the accomplishments of musicians such as Jay-Z,2 Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. The new school of Hip-Hop is also known as "The New School of Hip-Hop". Recently, rap superstars Will Smith and Eminem have made a big splash at awards shows, which has brought the craze to a boiling point.
While Hip-Hop was a big hit in the 90s, a number of different styles emerged in the new school era, and Hip-Hop became not only the music of the urban ghetto, but also the voice of the urban ghetto. Rap musicians began to describe their lives and the lives of the people around them. The term "Hip-Hop" is an emerging category of music genre that has evolved since its inception to represent more than just a single category of music. Hip-Hop has evolved at the turn of the century in the 2000's to become synonymous with a new way of life that includes music, clothing, and behavior.
Hip-Hop dance literally Hip is hip; Hop is hopping on one foot, Hip-Hop is a light twisting and swaying of the hips, you can see where it comes from. Hip-Hop includes rap rap and more R&B complex rhythms as well as the sound effects of a jukebox, in addition to graffiti on the wall is an extension of the culture of Hip-Hop. It's easy to make friends at a casual and healthy party if you have hip-hop to cheer you up.
5, Pop
Pop means pop, is a kind of danceable love songs, has a beautiful melody, upbeat rhythm and catchy lyrics. The reference is to a form of dance music that blends with pop music and dance rhythms. There are also a lot of DJs who change Pop Dance into Pop Dance with various types of percussion, at a speed of 80-140BPM, Pop's creative inspiration comes from its own real emotions, and its affinity is reflected in its celebration of all that is true, good, and beautiful.
Pop Dance is very simple, that is, you can dance to the love song, with a beautiful melody and easy to remember the lyrics, there are many people to the pure POP plus percussion changed to Pop Dance, which is also the most popular form of dance music in mainland China, the most typical representatives of PET SHOP BOYS, etc., the speed of 80-140BPM. 140BPM.
6, Progressive
Progressive is the evolution of the House after the summary, mixed with Trance, Acid, Techno and other musical elements, BPM more than 120-125 between the sound effect is a little bit psychedelic, but the whole feeling is still unique to the House sense of pleasure. Basically, it doesn't emphasize on high female vocals, nor does it emphasize much on sampling, and it doesn't have much to do with hip-hop culture. It focuses more on instrumental arrangements and melodic progressions, sometimes sounding a bit like acid jazz. Currently progressive is the most popular rave music in the California area. Representatives: 20 Fingers, Nightcrawlers, Way Out West, BT...
In addition to what is detailed above, in fact, DJ's Music Type also includes Disco House, Techno House, High Energy, Deep House, Acid House, Trance, P&H, Ambient, Tribal, D&B, Reggea, Dub, Trip-Hop, Break Beat, Rap, Soul, Acid Jazz, Jungle, etc.