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History of Pop

Pop music originated from 1950s rock and roll music. During the 1960s, pop music was seen as the opposite of rock music, which sought to push musical boundaries. Pop music was produced on a large commercial scale for profit rather than individual artistic expression and appealed to a mass audience. While seen as just the singles charts, pop music is actually eclectic and often borrows from other styles like urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country music. Core elements of pop music include songs that are generally short to medium length using common structures like verse-chorus, as well as repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

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History of Pop

Pop music originated from 1950s rock and roll music. During the 1960s, pop music was seen as the opposite of rock music, which sought to push musical boundaries. Pop music was produced on a large commercial scale for profit rather than individual artistic expression and appealed to a mass audience. While seen as just the singles charts, pop music is actually eclectic and often borrows from other styles like urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country music. Core elements of pop music include songs that are generally short to medium length using common structures like verse-chorus, as well as repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

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History of pop music

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Although pop music is seen as just profit and commercial reward ...
the singles charts, it is not the sum and, in musical terms, it is
of all chart music. Pop music is essentially conservative". According
eclectic, and often borrows to Frith, characteristics of pop music
elements from other styles such as include an aim of appealing to a
urban, dance, rock, Latin, and general audience, rather than to a
country; nonetheless, there are core particular sub-culture or ideology,
elements that define pop music. and an emphasis on craftsmanship
Identifying factors include generally rather than formal "artistic"
short to medium-length songs qualities. Music scholar Timothy
written in a basic format (often the Warner said it typically has an
verse-chorus structure), as well as emphasis on recording, production,
common use of repeated choruses, and technology, rather than live
melodic tunes, and hooks performance; a tendency to reflect
existing trends rather than
progressive developments; and aims
to encourage dancing or uses
dance-oriented rhythms.

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