Bebop groups used rhythm sections in a way that expanded their role. Bebop musicians explored advanced harmonies, complex syncopation, altered chords, extended chords, chord substitutions, asymmetrical phrasing, and intricate melodies. As bebop was not intended for dancing, it enabled the musicians to play at faster tempos. Bebop developed as the younger generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz beyond the popular, dance-oriented swing style with a new вЂњmusicianвЂ™s musicвЂќ that was not as danceable and demanded close listening. See Commercial Suicide, Fresh From The Underground, The Hippy Campus, Off The Beatle Path.Д«ebop Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States, which features songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales and occasional references to the melody. Examples are Henry Cow and all of their offshoot projects, The Residents and all the 70вЂ™s and early 80вЂ™s work on their label Ralph Records, and more. It is the weirder end of the Art-Rock spectrum, and usually difficult to the layperson to listen to, but this is not always the case. See The Hippy Campus, Virtual Noise.ДЄvant-garde Avant-garde musicВ isВ musicВ that is considered to be at the forefront of innovation in artistic expression for the time period in which it was produced, yet often remains fresh in this regard. It was predominantly spear-headed in the mid 70вЂ™s on Brian EnoвЂ™s rock albums, as well as David Bowie and Roxy MusicвЂ™s mid-70вЂ™s work, and many others. See Adventures In Sound, Around the Town Sounds, International Folk Bazaar, Red River Stomp, The Singer And The Song, TeXchromosome Radio, Under The X In Texas.ДЄrt-Rock The Art Rock genre generally reflects a challenging approach to music, making use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements, yet withВ rock instrumentation and approach. See Fade To Yellow.ДЄmericana Americana is a genre of contemporary music which incorporates elements of various American music styles, including country, rock, folk, bluegrass and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound. Usually quieter than other styles, ambient music describes three dimensional atmospheres with sound, often without a beat. Alternative styles included indie, post-punk, gothic rock, college rock, grunge, and new wave bands, to name a few.ДЄmbient Atmospheric electronic music, sometimes combined with Jazz, New Age and other influences. See The Africa Express.ДЄlternative Coined in the early 1980s, the term вЂњalternative rockвЂќ or вЂњalternative musicвЂќ was used to describe music that didnвЂ™t fit into mainstream genres of the time. As each of AfricaвЂ™s 54 countries lays claim to dozens of distinct languages and musical traditions, Afro-Pop is a blanket description of the continentвЂ™s many diverse styles, from Algerian rai to Senegalese mbalax to East African taarab. See The Africa Express.ДЄfro-Pop Afro-Pop is a catch-all term encompassing the rich variety of contemporary African music styles - typically urban, electric dance music. The term was coined in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who is responsible for pioneering and popularizing the style both within and outside Nigeria. See TeXchromosome Radio.ДЄfrobeat Afrobeat is a music genre which involves the combination of elements of West African musical styles such as fuji music and highlife with American funk and jazz influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion. As a genre it refers to folk, traditional, or singer-songwriter modes of music. Acid Jazz consists of various blends of Jazz, Funk, House and Hip-Hop.ДЄcoustic Created without the use of electricity. So this can never be a complete list, but we hope it can serve as a handy guide on your voyage of discovery.ДЄcid House House music featuring squelching loops from Roland TB-303 synthesizers.ДЄcid Jazz Contrary to its name, this style has little in common with Acid House. Of course, there are many more genres out there, including sub-genres of sub-genres, and all of these are also in constant change. Nonetheless, we hope this can be helpful in discovering many of the shows KOOP offers, which is constantly revolving and changing. It has now been expanded and opened up to the general public by Programmer volunteers to serve as a guide for people to discuss music, which is a feeble attempt at best to describe the indescribable. These definitions were originally compiled to aid Music Library volunteers when writing their reviews and categorizing/labeling music.

Music genres defined