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TOPIC | Music theory people: help!
Man, I'm clueless as to where I can ask about this. Reddit is usually helpful, but I don't know WHICH subreddit would be best to ask, and gosh golly I don't want to be ripped apart by grumpy redditors lol. To FR we go!
Anyway! I'm trying to figure out if there's a name for a specific music style. The best way I can describe it is (usually) either an acoustic guitar or piano playing a mystical, folk-y melody, in a minor key. What do they have in common, and why am I so obsessed with it?
"Dream Child" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4:15-4:50)
Man, I'm clueless as to where I can ask about this. Reddit is usually helpful, but I don't know WHICH subreddit would be best to ask, and gosh golly I don't want to be ripped apart by grumpy redditors lol. To FR we go!
Anyway! I'm trying to figure out if there's a name for a specific music style. The best way I can describe it is (usually) either an acoustic guitar or piano playing a mystical, folk-y melody, in a minor key. What do they have in common, and why am I so obsessed with it?
"Dream Child" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (4:15-4:50)
"Stay" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (whole song, starts immediately)
(Not a YT link) "The Ice Cave" by Crypt of Insomnia (first 30 seconds)
Slightly different but I still feel like this one belongs:
"Past Tomorrow" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (whole song, starts immediately)
...okay now I'm looking at this list and noticing that TSO has a bit of a monopoly on this style lol
Not a music theory person, but I did study sound engineering
They all have similar effects on the instruments. There's not massive amounts of layering of instruments, there's reverb/delay on it.
I don't know if there's an actual name for the genre.
Solitude by Valhalore (honestly, a lot of their Solace and Solitude EP fits this), but given they're primarily a Viking Metal band, I'm gonna suggest it's something that crops up in folksy music more than anything else.
(If I was still studying, I'd call this a genre convention, something that appears within a genre rather than being a genre itself)
Not a music theory person, but I did study sound engineering
They all have similar effects on the instruments. There's not massive amounts of layering of instruments, there's reverb/delay on it.
I don't know if there's an actual name for the genre.
Solitude by Valhalore (honestly, a lot of their Solace and Solitude EP fits this), but given they're primarily a Viking Metal band, I'm gonna suggest it's something that crops up in folksy music more than anything else.
(If I was still studying, I'd call this a genre convention, something that appears within a genre rather than being a genre itself)
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(If I was still studying, I'd call this a genre convention, something that appears within a genre rather than being a genre itself)
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Agree. Some of those give me the vibes of dungeon synth kinda? (Definitely not the same but you might like that genre)
If ur looking for very specific genres I recommend looking into the website Rate Your Music, there you can search up a band/song and it’ll be very neatly classified. Helps you find lots of similar stuff
(If I was still studying, I'd call this a genre convention, something that appears within a genre rather than being a genre itself)
Agree. Some of those give me the vibes of dungeon synth kinda? (Definitely not the same but you might like that genre)
If ur looking for very specific genres I recommend looking into the website Rate Your Music, there you can search up a band/song and it’ll be very neatly classified. Helps you find lots of similar stuff
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Those kinds of intros are huge motifs in both classic and modern folk rock. Sometimes they're classified as acoustic ballads. I thiiiink the technical term for this are chord progressions. José González, Sufjan Stevens, Pinegrove, Death Cab for Cutie etc. all use very distinct "voicing" for their chords to reproduce a certain mood or vibe.
If you like the sitar/lute and drum sound in particular, maybe look into a new genre like bardcore or dungeoncore (here's a 'medieval' remix of Toxicity!)
Those kinds of intros are huge motifs in both classic and modern folk rock. Sometimes they're classified as acoustic ballads. I thiiiink the technical term for this are chord progressions. José González, Sufjan Stevens, Pinegrove, Death Cab for Cutie etc. all use very distinct "voicing" for their chords to reproduce a certain mood or vibe.
If you like the sitar/lute and drum sound in particular, maybe look into a new genre like bardcore or dungeoncore (here's a 'medieval' remix of Toxicity!)
Also seconding bardcore/dungeoncore. Not sure why, but it scratches an itch in my brain that I tend to like. The niche is definitely growing organically on spaces like TikTok and YouTube as well.
Also seconding bardcore/dungeoncore. Not sure why, but it scratches an itch in my brain that I tend to like. The niche is definitely growing organically on spaces like TikTok and YouTube as well.
@ViewtifulJen @Fishes Omg, the fact that it's an effect/reverb/whatev makes SO much sense! And yeah, I've heard bits and pieces of the bardcore thing, so I'll definitely check it out more!
@ViewtifulJen @Fishes Omg, the fact that it's an effect/reverb/whatev makes SO much sense! And yeah, I've heard bits and pieces of the bardcore thing, so I'll definitely check it out more!
