Avant Garde (əvánt gárd) when applied to music refers to pieces or styles considered to be ahead of their time. Avant garde music often uses new elements not previously explored in music or will fuse styles that haven’t been combined before. Avant garde classical music typically refers to classical music composed and recorded after the […]

Avant-Garde Jazz (əvánt- gárd ǰǽz) is a style of music that is characterized by the improvisation and the composition of jazz music. This form of jazz differs from the traditional sound of Jazz and allows for a more free-form style of music. While the notes may be planned, they are left open for improvisation to […]

The Baroque (bərók) period of music started in the early 1700s. The term Baroque is actually a deviation of the Italian term barocco which means bizarre. This period is defined by its extremely ornate music. Some of the composers of this musical period include Bach, Vivaldi, and Corelli. This period of music is also defined […]

Chamber Music (čémbər myúzɪk) describes music for a small-sized orchestra, usually of 10 or fewer musicians although it can also refer to orchestras up to 40 players. This style of music is typically played in a smaller or more intimate location, while music for a full orchestra is played in a bigger setting. This style […]

Chant (čǽnt) music features repetitive sounds either sung or played on instruments. This music tends to use only one or two pitches that get repeated throughout the piece. Chants can be simple and repeat a melody, or they can be complex and feature lots of repeating phrases. Gregorian chant may be the most popular type […]

Chicago Blues (Šəkágò blúz) is a subgenre of the Blues Music genre. It is a form of Blues that developed in Chicago through the combination of the basic acoustic guitar Blues and the harmonica-based Blues sounds. This type of music made the harmonica more prominent through the use of a microphone, to amplify the sound. […]

Choral (kɔ́rəl) music is, simply put, music written for a musical group of singers to perform. Choir size can vary, depending on the size of the written piece of music. A group can be as small as twelve, or as large as a thousand. Music such as this has been around since the early Medieval […]

Classic Blues (klǼsɪk blúz) is a subgenre of the Blues Music category. Also known as the Classic Female Blues, this urban form of the Blues was created from the mixture of newer and more commercial Blues pieces with the older and more authentic Blues from the past. Notes of Jazz accompanied the acts that began […]

Classical Crossover (klǽsɪkəl krɔ́sòvər) music is a term used to describe music that has “crossed over” the record charts from one genre of music to another. Classical crossover music can describe, for example, music that occupies a place on the charts of both classical music and popular music. Pachelbel’s work “Canon in D” is an […]