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Posted November 19, 2021
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100% of Urban contemporary (reggaeton goes there)
wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_contemporary
100% of autotune ,,artists,, (not a genre, but as wishful thinking cannot avoid to mention it)
099% of rap

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dtgreene: Any genre that includes electric guitar. (*especially* heavy metal, which is so pervasive that the topic titled "the metal thread" doesn't seem to say anything about actual metals like iron and steel.)

I would rather listen to aleatoric or other strange modern art music, or to Pokemon glitch music, than listen to electric guitar.

(Note that this includes synthetic sounds that mimic the electric guitar. One of the reasons I like NES chiptune music is that the NES sound chip can't mimic the electric guitar, unlike, say, the Sega Genesis soundchip.)
That's intense! My deepest condolences!
If I understand you correctly, you are depriving yourself of the rock and all it's derivatives & fusions! Rock and roll, blues, R&B, soul, jazz, pop...
wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music
In terms of years, most of the music from 1950 to 2010 maybe?
The electric guitar was the main instrument for several decades... before it, what was it? violin... trumpet... piano?

What genres are left excluding electric guitar?, I mean: Which ones do you like then? (Assuming you are fine with the million rest string instruments electrified: bass, violin, piano, ukulele...)

wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_string_instruments

*Pure curiosity*
Posted November 19, 2021
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Maxvorstadt: Least favorite music genres? Volksmusik and classic music.
By Folk Music, you refer specifically to the good ole' German "Oom-pah" tuba music, rather than Yankee violin & banjo music. None of which I can directly reference because being old folk songs, they have vague titles at best.
Posted November 20, 2021
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tag+: What genres are left excluding electric guitar?, I mean: Which ones do you like then? (Assuming you are fine with the million rest string instruments electrified: bass, violin, piano, ukulele...)

wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_string_instruments

*Pure curiosity*
If such music is re-arranged to not use the electric guitar, I can actually enjoy it.

(For example: Te musical Jason and the Technicolor Dream Coat (I think that's the name) has some songs I just can't listen to. I went to a high school production where they used ecoustic guitar instead and I could actually enjoy those songs.)

As for genres that are left:
* Folk music. (Note that this is a *very* broad category; Klezmer and Japanese folk music sound nothing alike, for example.)
* Classical, which as I've said includes many different styles (the music of Bach and the music of Mahler are completely different, for example).
* Chiptune music, and electronic music that doesn't try to mimic the electric guitar. This includes any music that the NES can produce, for example. (Note that NES music isn't all just one style; Mega Man and Dragon Quest are very different musically, despite using the same sound chip.)
Posted November 20, 2021
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dtgreene: If such music is re-arranged to not use the electric guitar, I can actually enjoy it.

(For example: Te musical Jason and the Technicolor Dream Coat (I think that's the name) has some songs I just can't listen to. I went to a high school production where they used ecoustic guitar instead and I could actually enjoy those songs.)

As for genres that are left:
* Folk music. (Note that this is a *very* broad category; Klezmer and Japanese folk music sound nothing alike, for example.)
* Classical, which as I've said includes many different styles (the music of Bach and the music of Mahler are completely different, for example).
* Chiptune music, and electronic music that doesn't try to mimic the electric guitar. This includes any music that the NES can produce, for example. (Note that NES music isn't all just one style; Mega Man and Dragon Quest are very different musically, despite using the same sound chip.)
Taking for granted you dislike the protagonism of the electric guitar, might be the problem the steel strings then?
I mean, violin is a strings instrument and it is the protagonist in genres like swing and gypsy where there are a bunch of acoustic guitars providing the rythmn and complementary solos.
Example: youtube.com/watch?v=qffZC_dz7sQ

Another -next the limit- case: The electric shamisen. Example:
YOSHIDA BROTHERS -- Kodo
youtube.com/watch?v=MgN_xIHqLUA

Do you like those?

I am sorry if I am considered very inquisitive. It's that is difficult to me to find someone disliking electric guitar. I want to believe is not the -whole- package but a particularity about it :)
Posted November 20, 2021
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dtgreene: If such music is re-arranged to not use the electric guitar, I can actually enjoy it.

(For example: Te musical Jason and the Technicolor Dream Coat (I think that's the name) has some songs I just can't listen to. I went to a high school production where they used ecoustic guitar instead and I could actually enjoy those songs.)

As for genres that are left:
* Folk music. (Note that this is a *very* broad category; Klezmer and Japanese folk music sound nothing alike, for example.)
* Classical, which as I've said includes many different styles (the music of Bach and the music of Mahler are completely different, for example).
* Chiptune music, and electronic music that doesn't try to mimic the electric guitar. This includes any music that the NES can produce, for example. (Note that NES music isn't all just one style; Mega Man and Dragon Quest are very different musically, despite using the same sound chip.)
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tag+: Taking for granted you dislike the protagonism of the electric guitar, might be the problem the steel strings then?
I mean, violin is a strings instrument and it is the protagonist in genres like swing and gypsy where there are a bunch of acoustic guitars providing the rythmn and complementary solos.
Example: youtube.com/watch?v=qffZC_dz7sQ

Another -next the limit- case: The electric shamisen. Example:
YOSHIDA BROTHERS -- Kodo
youtube.com/watch?v=MgN_xIHqLUA

Do you like those?

I am sorry if I am considered very inquisitive. It's that is difficult to me to find someone disliking electric guitar. I want to believe is not the -whole- package but a particularity about it :)
Electric guitar, for whatever reason, gives me headaches, so I can't listen to it for more than short periods..
Posted November 20, 2021
Another thing: I don't generally like music that's in major keys.

I strongly prefer minor keys to major keys.

(There's some situations where the difference matters more. For example, Mozart I strongly prefer in minor (it's a shame that only 2 out of his 41 symphonies are in minor keys; there's a reason my favorite Mozart symphonies are 25 and 40), but with Beethoven the major key parts are not as bad.)
Posted November 20, 2021
nvm, OT
Post edited November 20, 2021 by neumi5694
Posted November 20, 2021
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neumi5694: I'd say that Soul, Rhythm&Blues and 60s/70s classic rock are my favorite.
The topic is about 'your least favourite genre of music'. :)
Posted November 20, 2021
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Trooper1270: The topic is about 'your least favourite genre of music'. :)
Hmmm ... need more coffee. My first answer WAS related to that, but for some reason I thought this was a new topic about the favourite.
Post edited November 21, 2021 by neumi5694
Posted November 20, 2021
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neumi5694: need more coffee.
Double espresso, coming up!... :D
Posted November 20, 2021
My least favorite is rap, hate it. :)
Post edited November 20, 2021 by Ghost Robertson
Posted November 21, 2021
I think I've written all this in some earlier thread of the same subject:

1. Jazz
2, Rap

In that order. I consider both mostly as "anti-music".

I can't say for sure if I've ever heard jazz music that I actually liked (there are so many subgenres there that I might not recognize them all as "jazz"), but for rap music, in case these are considered as rap, I find them at least relatively interesting to listen to:

Porno for Pyros: Streets on Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08I1dzcrYAE

Infinite Mass: Bullet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03_9rc_d2Rk

Missy Elliott: Gossip Folks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYKI8tAELXY

For jazz: if Jamiroquaia's genre is jazz... then I have heard some jazz tunes that I kinda liked.

Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeTFAiYbR9o

Other than those two, I am pretty open to any genre. If I like the song, I like it regardless of its genre.

With jazz specifically (and most of rap I guess), my main problem probably is that they fail to convey any emotion to me, or they are very two-dimensional with it. Like sadness, longing, danger, fear, love, energetic happiness... To my ears, jazz is mostly just about "oobedoobedoobedoo, I am singing here without any emotions, oobedoobedoobedoo", while rap is about "damn we are sooo angry and badass, don't you see?". Too flat and two-dimensional.

Here are some examples on other pieces of music which convey powerful emotions to me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf2JszqmrcQ (happiness, energetic youth etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTcrQXR030Q (uplifting song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK_BcyKOAt4 (ominous)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA (positive longing love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3urbOGLqF8 (sadness, sad longing love)

And so on and so forth... All those examples happen to be in the "rock" genre, but then there is a reason why we say something "rocks", rather than "jazzes" or "raps".
Post edited November 21, 2021 by timppu
Posted November 21, 2021
I basic love all types of music basicly from all cultures expect Opera (if you can call that music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjK30nhy7CU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY (germany) but famous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlGxkI7HcUs (Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfXBNQMj2SE (France)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS68-1RVTNY (india)

only regret the radio station only have the same borring crap each day Ugh
Posted November 21, 2021
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Abishia: I basic love all types of music basicly from all cultures expect Opera (if you can call that music)
Opera is, of course, a diverse category of music.

Of note:
* It is common for operas to have instrumental overtures, many of which have become staples of the orchestral reprotoire (sp?); many of them have been transcribed for concert band. (In fact, I recently performed one in a community band, but I should probably mention that the clarinet parts are often *hard* in those transcriptions.)
* There's a difference between a Mozart opera and a Wagner opera in style. (Wagner even introduced the notion of a leitmotif, when a specific character is given a specific melody; this sort of thing appears again in modern movie and video game music.)
* There's even some more recent operas where the singing style is more like a broadway musical. Perhaps those operas might be more to your liking if you don't like operatic singing.
Posted November 21, 2021
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dtgreene: * There's even some more recent operas where the singing style is more like a broadway musical. Perhaps those operas might be more to your liking if you don't like operatic singing.
I would compare most musicals with very few exceptions to operettas rather than to operas, they have more common ground.
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