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Music vs Dubstep - What's the difference?

music | dubstep |

As nouns the difference between music and dubstep

is that music is musician while dubstep is a genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass.

music

English

(wikipedia music) ("music on Wikiquote")

Alternative forms

* musick (archaic) * musicke (obsolete) * musique (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-11-22, author= Ian Sample
    • , volume=189, issue=24, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Music lessons in early childhood may improve brain's performance , passage=Music lessons in early childhood lead to changes in the brain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researchers say.}}
  • (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
  • An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using and sometimes singing
  • A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

    • Synonyms

    * melody * vibe

    Derived terms

    * background music * chamber music * chin music * concrete music * country music * elevator music * face the music * fill music * hillbilly music * incidental music * musical * musicality * musically * music box * music drama * music hall * musician, muso * musicing * musicless * music of the spheres * music to someone's ears * musicologist * musicology * pop music * program music * set to music * sheet music * soul music * world music

    See also

    * * MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia *

    Verb

    (musick)
  • To seduce or entice with music.

    • Statistics

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    References

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    dubstep

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A genre of electronic music descended from 2-step garage, characterised by its dark mood, sparse, half-step and two-step rhythms, an average bpm of 140 and an emphasis on sub-bass.
  • * 2002 , Tricia Romano, "Electro Trash," Village Voice , July 16
    • "Genres are so boring," said Scotsman Broon, one-half of the tech-house duo, as he scanned the cover of XLR8R magazine hyping "Dubstep " while shopping at Etherea record store.
  • * 2006 , Mary Gaitskill, Daphne Carr, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006
    • ...of course, a lot of grime producers and dubstep producers freely admit to FL being their primary tool, and the software is increasingly being used...
  • * 2007 , Michael E Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae?
    • ...reflect broader class strategies within English society, and the same can be said for more recent genre mutations such as dubstep and grime.
  • * 2008 , Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
    • Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}