What is the difference between Western classical music and Western contemporary music
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Contemporary music is the current generation of music (mostly after 1900). Classical music is ideally everything before that.
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Vennkateshh Malladi
Instrumentalist- Vocalist
Western classical music is just like raw gold. Western contemporary music is just like gold ornaments in which designs will change time to time.
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Casper Abraham
The are different genres.
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different genres
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Ramya Thiyagarajan
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Western classical broadly has music from these eras: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, late Romantic/turn of the century, 20th century. 1950s onwards is considered contemporary classical. More generally, contemporary refers to genres like pop, rock, metal, blues.
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Western Classical is Traditional Style of Music. More elaboratively : It has enormous flexibility in rhythm. Homophonic textures consisting of melody + accompaniment.. Melodies are generally balanced and symmetrical. There is a widespread use of dynamics. Major-minor tonality provides the structural...
read more Western Classical is Traditional Style of Music. More elaboratively : It has enormous flexibility in rhythm. Homophonic textures consisting of melody + accompaniment.. Melodies are generally balanced and symmetrical. There is a widespread use of dynamics. Major-minor tonality provides the structural framework. Strings The Strings form the most important group (and still are the foundation of the modern orchestra). The first violins carry main melody. The lower strings play accompaniment. Woodwind The purpose of the Woodwind section is to add contrasting tone colours to the accompaniment and to provide occasional melodic solos. Brass The Brass give power to the music and fill out the harmonies. Percussion Timpani give rhythmic bite and emphasis. Western Contemporary is Modern Styles of Music. Elaboratively : Fewer lyrical melodies than other periods. Dissonant Harmonies Complex rhythms Percussiveness Greater use of percussion,brass,and woodwind. Uses synthetic and electronic sounds read less
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