Characteristics of western music periods

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Medieval

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

Impressionist

Modern

1900
1910
1920
1930
1940
1950

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Post-Modern/Contemporary

1960: Beachy, cute/innocent feel and lyrics. Lots of harmonies and choirs. Guitars and "muted" microphones. Black and white videos.

1970: Trippy, psychedelic and melancholic. Sometimes disco and Motown-ish. Very orange/brown/yellow clothing and distinct rounded 70's fonts.

1980: Lots of emotion, power and reverb. Either slow drums or really fast drums. New wave. Androgynous looks, everyone had wild hair, tight clothes and makeup on. Neon lights and teal and magenta.

1990: Stuttering keyboards and black ladies or men screaming. Boy bands and girl groups. Very often rap pops in. Another trend is the emo/angsty/grunge music. Very little reverb on the music; kind of gritty period in music.

2000: Lots of samples, I guess. Strings and piano often used. Mixing genres and different artists. iTunes and iPods.

2010: ???