what are the characteristics of contemporary r&b?
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The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel (mostly common in contemporary R&B songs prior to the year 1995) and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement.
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Artists and repertoire (A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists and songwriters.
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['an emphasis on elegance and balance.', 'short well-balanced melodies and clear-cut question and answer phrases.', 'mainly simple diatonic harmony.', 'mainly homophonic textures (melody plus accompaniment) but with some use of counterpoint (where two or more melodic lines are combined)', 'use of contrasting moods.']
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R&B is characterized by the use of steady rhythm only that it is not as straight and steady like that of the classical music. Jazz is a form of music that relies heavily on improvisation and rhythm. ... Rhythm and blues, on the other hand, is a style of American music which emerged from the merging of jazz and blues.
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['Futuristic. ... ', 'Mega Ran. ... ', 'Sincerely Collins. ... ', 'Trap House. ... ', 'Respect The Underground. ... ', 'Vee Tha Rula. ... ', 'RoQy TyRaiD. ... ', 'Felix Da Gato.']
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Those qualities include the ability to swing, the ability to interact in a creative and musical way with improvising musicians, and the ability to transform quality songs into something distinctive and personal. The vocal jazz tradition extends back to the early decades of the 20th century.
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Flow – Most traditional services have a stop-and-start rhythm. Music is broken up into segments sandwiched around prayers, welcome, announcements, and other items. Contemporary services are usually (though not exclusively) more fluid.
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Soul is a collection of sub-genres of R&B, differentiated from the other sub-genres by a greater influence from gospel music. When an R&B song sounds like it would be at home in the church if you swapped out the subject with God, Jesus, or Mary, then it is probably soul music.
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['Whitney Houston Pop music, Dance-pop. ... ', 'Aretha Franklin Pop music, Rock music. ... ', 'Celine Dion Adult contemporary music, Pop music. ... ', 'Mariah Carey Pop, Contemporary R&B. ... ', 'Karen Carpenter Pop music, Soft rock. ... ', 'Ella Fitzgerald Ballad, Swing music. ... ', 'Christina Aguilera Hip hop music, Bubblegum pop. ... ', 'Adele Pop, R&B.']
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['Texture. Density and arrangement of musical lines that make up a musical composition.', 'Timbre. The character or quality of a musical tone .', 'Rhythm. The organization of musical sounds in time.', 'Melody. A series of notes forming a distinctive recognizable unit.', 'Form. ... ', 'Harmony.']
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['Less complicated texture than Baroque (more homophonic).', 'Emphasis on beauty, elegance and balance.', 'More variety and contrast within a piece than Baroque (dynamics, instruments, pitch, tempo, key, mood and timbre).']
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['trad, New Orleans or Dixieland jazz - style originating from music played in New Orleans in the early 20th Century.', 'bebop - style from the 1940s featuring fast tempo , complex harmonies and lots of improvisation.', 'cool jazz - a more laid back style from the late 1940s.']
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New Edition is an American R&B group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978. The group reached its height of popularity in the 1980's. During the group's first experience with fame in 1983, its members were Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe and Ralph Tresvant.
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['blues is usually in 4/4 time.', 'there is syncopation to emphasise the weak beats.', 'swing rhythms are heard- quavers are uneven and give a triplet feel to the beat.', 'early blues music was very slow but got faster as the style developed.', 'walking bass lends a steady rhythm to the music.']
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In terms of the focus of its technique, contemporary dance tends to combine the strong but controlled legwork of ballet with modern that stresses on torso. It also employs contract-release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation characteristics of modern dance.
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['Modernism.', 'Nationalism.', 'Microtonal music.', 'Neoclassicism.', 'Experimental music.', 'Minimalism.', 'Contemporary classical music.', 'Bluegrass music.']
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['Calypso.', 'Extempo.', 'Kont.', 'Soca.', 'Zouk.', 'Dancehall.', 'Dub.', 'Reggae.']