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Techno vs Electro - What's the difference?

techno | electro |

As nouns the difference between techno and electro

is that techno is a style of music characterized by repetitive instrumental music produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note while electro is an electrotype.

techno

English

(wikipedia techno)

Noun

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  • A style of music characterized by repetitive instrumental music produced for use in a continuous DJ set. The central rhythmic component is most often in common time (4/4), where time is marked with a bass drum on each quarter note pulse, a backbeat played by snare or clap on the second and fourth pulses of the bar, and an open hi-hat sounding every second eighth note.

    • See also

    * techno- * house * trance ----

    electro

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, obsolete) An electrotype
  • (uncountable, music) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk

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