How do you tell when music is a certain style? (LttP, MC, etc)

Jeod Team Dekunutz, Doubleteam	How do you tell when music is a certain style? (... « on: February 11, 2009, 12:21:32 am »
Reputation: +3/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1675	I know there are tempos like 3/4 time and whatnot, but I have no idea how to tell when a piece is on the spot or a bit off...of course there are many more factors like the instrument chips used when composing, timing of the piece, and the area it's being played in. I suppose this is more of a question for Darklight, but it's open season. Logged
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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 01:08:05 am »

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Mainly the instruments.
Though the musical style (i.e. rock, ambience, contemporary, classical, whatever) and the choice of a musical scale (ex.: major-minor, whole-tone, modes, pentatonic, chromatic, etc.) can change a lot of the atmosphere of the music.
Time signature isn't sufficient to determinate the style, but it can change the "mood" of the piece sometimes.

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Wasabi	Re: How do you tell when music is a certain styl... « Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 05:41:12 am »
Reputation: +3/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 3374	In the case of GBA music and whatnot, it's mostly the combination and sound of the instruments that are used. Each composer generally has characteristics that nearly always find their way into a piece they've made, anything from slow to fast tempo to the key of the piece. I think around half my pieces are in B major/relative minor which makes a pain to play on my flute . Rythm and melody is another trait, especially amongst the zelda titles there are a few melodies and rythms that are used over and over. Anyway, what sjegtp said Logged
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Jeod Team Dekunutz, Doubleteam	Re: How do you tell when music is a certain styl... « Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 01:25:37 pm »
Reputation: +3/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1675	Don't think I'd be able to make sense of it when composing LA>LttP remixes. Logged
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