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[edit] Aspects Of Emo Music

  • In Emo music extreme emphasis is placed on raw emotion, which is conveyed through heartbroken and sometimes angry lyrics and through emotionally-charged chord progressions and high-energy beats [1].
  • The music is designed to be highly dramatic, taking the listener through a series of powerful ups and downs with constant lyrical reminders of the heartbreak and pain the music is meant to reflect. Harmony is used a lot in emo, particularly to accent certain words and concepts, and emo music on the whole tends to emphasize melody and lyricism [2].

[edit] Positive Factors In Music

[edit] Guitar Works

List of elements in guitarworks which fall under Emo Music Category

  • soft arpeggiated guitars mixed with heavy distorted guitars within the song [3]
  • One of the most recognizable and universal elements of emo shows up in the guitar sound of the octave chord. Octave chords give this style a high-pitched, driving urgency and a very rich texture [4].
  • Emo often cuts the rhythm guitar suddenly, opting for a more intimate organ, bells or other softer, more contemplation-provoking type of sound [5].

[edit] Drums

List of elements in drum beat which fall under Emo Music Category

[edit] Sound Effects

List of elements in sound effects which fall under Emo Music Category

[edit] Tempo

The overall temp of a song which falls under Emo Music Category

  • drastic change from soft slow melodies into heavy guitarworks (with an increasing temp) and then back to the original quiet part [6].
  • Epic-length songs that build up very slowly to a climax where vocal style resembles crying. Songs of this type can be extremely powerful and moving [7].
  • alternately loud and quiet musical parts, and shifty dynamics also known as "time changes" [8].
  • most of these bands play extremely fast, and introduce the "chaos" concept to hardcore [9].

[edit] Positive Factors In Vocals

[edit] A manner of singing which falls under Emo Music Category

  • soft airy vocals, followed by screaming vocals along with the change in the mood of the song [10].
  • The vocal style is very intense, ranging from normal singing in the quiet parts to a kind of pleading howl to gut-wrenching screams to actual sobbing and crying [11].

[edit] Positive Factors In Lyrics

[edit] Topics which are covered in lyrics of Emo Music bands

  • Emo lyrics are generally very poetic and range from topics of lost love to religious beliefs or other emotional subjects [12].
  • Lyrics tend toward somewhat abstract poetry, and are usually low in the mix and hard to decipher. Record inserts have lyrics, but often so disorganized and haphazard that they're very difficult to read [13].


[edit] Live Shows

  • Live emo bands tend to play with backs to the audience during the quiet parts. During the loud exploding parts, the musicians have a tendency to jump and shake unpredictable and knock things over - especially mic stands. Combine this with the fact that the singers often fail to make it to the mic in time to sing, and decide just to scream at the absolute top of their lungs wherever they are when the time comes, means that often entire shows will pass without the audience being able to hear the vocals. If, however, the band has a lot of screaming during the quiet parts, this can be an extremely powerful tactic [14]..