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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I feel like the roots of basically all western mudic today are African American, if you consider techno to have come from hiphop/r&b and punk rock.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Except for traditional Folk from various European locations. I think this still counts as "Western Music", even if it isn't that popular.

    If you consider the Western World to be purely Northern America, then I think you're right, since Native American tribes are normally not considered Western.

    Imo, the best music comes from a mix of various cultures, I'm a huge fan of Folk Rock/Metal. (Rock and thus Metal obviously coming from Blues).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Definitly true and fair point, yes i meant pop music in western countries. Also still a lot of new classical music being released. I would be more right if i had said 'almost all genres of western pop music have Afro-American roots'.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    In Germany, we differentiate E- and U-Musik. E (Ernst) means "serious" and is classical music and stuff. U (Unterhaltung) = entertainment and is everything African American inspired (Jazz, Rock, Pop, hip hop, ...). This difference basically exists to devalue everything that isn't central European in origin

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    y'all should stop differentiating them

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    True and it's far less common nowadays I think. I haven't heart it for a while. I remember in school our teacher discussed it critically but not from a CRT perspective but more like "some classical music is quite danceable and some blues can get quite serious", not "this is a eurocentric concept and we should stop it"

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