Electronic music refers to music that
emphasizes the use of electronic musical instruments or electronic
music technology as a central aspect of the sound of the music.
Historically, electronic music was considered to be any music created
with the use of electronic musical instruments or electronic
processing, but in modern times, that distinction has been lost
because almost all recorded music today, and the majority of live
music performances, depend on extensive use of electronics. Today, the
term electronic music serves to differentiate music that uses
electronics as its focal point or inspiration, from music that uses
electronics mainly in service of creating an intended production that
may have some electronic elements in the sound but does not focus upon
them.
Contemporary electronic music expresses both art music forms including
computer music, experimental music, musique concrète, and others; and
popular music forms including multiple styles of dance music such as
techno, house,
trance, electro, breakbeat, drum and bass, synth pop,
etc.
A distinction can be made between instruments that produce sound
through electromechanical means as opposed to instruments that produce
sound using electronic components.
Examples of electromechanical instruments are the telharmonium,
Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, whereas examples of electronic
instruments are a Theremin, synthesizer, and a computer..
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