Top 5 types of music

 Music is known to ease the soul, set us free, and take away much of our stress. This particularly holds true for the simple fact that there are so many types of music these days that they can accompany all sorts of feelings, moods and emotions. Music actually has the potential to depict much with the help of rhythmic words, story-telling and outstanding instruments. People across the world have different choices in terms of the type of music that they like. Here’s a bit of information about the top 5 types of music that are found these days:

1. Trance

This type of music typically tends to take a rather electronic form of music. It was back in the 1990s that it originated in Germany. On the whole, songs of this type of music are usually soft melodious rhythm tracks. These are basically repeated endless in order to induce what can be considered as being an emotionally high feeling. It has what it takes to tap into the emotions of the listener, and takes them into a totally different state of mind. A major reason as to why this type of music is so different from other types of music is because it features an extremely high BPM or beats per minute. Some of the best artists of this type of music are Tiesto, Skazi, Tosch and Tomcraft.

2. Latin

This type of music is basically inclusive of music from Latin America and a number of other Caribbean countries. On the whole, it is known to share a few of the cultural elements of native America, Africa and Europe. This type of music takes on percussion instruments like the tambora, congas, bongos, cowbells, and clave etc. If truth be told, this form of music is heavily influenced by the Spanish. Not only is it vocal, but rather instrumental as well. Believe it or not, but earlier on in time, it was meant to be played only for religious purposes. However, with the passage of time, it is also being played as dance music.Some of the finest artists of this type of music are Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Belinda and Selena etc.

3. Rock

Rock music actually originated back in the 1950s in the United States of America. Back in the days, rock sounds were more so focused upon string instruments. Generally speaking, this type of music is more so song-based, and takes on a rather verse-chorus form. Amongst the earliest rock stars were Chuck Berry, and Bill Haley. Apart from them, some of the most popular bands of this music type are Nirvana, Metallica, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath etc.

4. Rap

This is an Afro-American style of music that found its origins back in the 1970s. This type of music is typically known for its rhyming lyrics that are chanted to musical accompaniments, quite like spoken poetry. In its dance style, this type of music is known as hip-hop, and some of the best rappers are Usher, Eminem, Snoop Dog etc.

5. Pop

The name of this type of music emerged from the term ‘popular’. In its most modern form, this type of music originated back in the 1950s from the rock & roll style. It has a very eclectic nature and features elements from different types of music like rock, Latin, dance etc. Some well-known pop artists are Madonna, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson etc.