Music Genres Requiring the Most Skilled Artists
This list is about the art in music and how skilled good artists of the genres have to be to make a good song. This contains the complexity, creativity and variety of the composition, the skill of playing of the instruments and the deepness of the lyrics.
Metal can be called contemporary classical music for many reasons. Most metal subgenres are even more demanding than classical. A classical singer and voice teacher once said that many metal singers "sustain much higher and much longer than operatic singers are ever required to. It's not just the microphone that makes this possible. These guys are singing their guts out with incredible commitment. Intention is a very powerful thing."
I know this is true. I haven't even started talking about metal drumming and guitar playing.
Good classical music is balm for the soul. In today's mainstream music, complexity and variety have unfortunately been lost. However, this genre showcases polyphonies, tempo and scalar transpositions, arrangements of patterns, musically impressive instrumental performances, and overall harmony and beautiful sound.
It's similar to metal, but not as loud and aggressive.
I am a metalhead, and metal has always been my favorite genre. But I have to give this one to classical because it took me 9-10 years of violin playing to become a first violinist in an orchestra. My friend who plays guitar and another who plays drums can do almost any solos or beats after about 5 years of playing.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Jazz is at the forefront of musical innovation. When you look into the Jazz community, you find some of the most technical musicians in history. Artists like Jacob Collier are changing harmony for everyone, and his music is among the most complex to understand. Outstanding players like Wynton Marsalis and the entire Marsalis family are incredibly talented individuals leading the Jazz community.
All in all, why is this not #1? Jazz has been and will always be the foundation for the complex music of today and tomorrow.
Rock music is a music genre that was created in the 1940s. The genre was popular during the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Rock bands generally consists of a guitar player, a drummer, bass player and singer. There are many rock subgenres - such as heavy metal, alternative, hard rock, grunge, and more... read more
Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. Eric Clapton, anyone? This needs to be at least in the Top 5!
Hard Rock is a subgenre of rock music known for having heavier guitar riffs/solos. It originated around 1964-1965 with various Garage Rock bands.
Progressive rock is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s. I like to call progressive rock nerd rock because you have to be very invested in your art to be able to mess with the time signatures and create epics about various topics that Tolkien would probably get into. Also, a lot of these songs are 10+ minutes long. That's dedication.
Which is harder on guitar: Through the Fire and Flames or Fracture?
I love metal, but generally speaking, progressive rock is far more complicated.
Early basic structure aside, finger-style guitar work and intricate, poetic lyrics make folk music and its American counterpart, 'Americana,' much more technical than current versions of the genre.
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I think the music itself (except the beat) isn't very talented. However, there are artists whose deep lyrics make this genre incredible.
But there are also artists whose lyrics seem to come straight out of someone's posterior. I'm no fan of this genre, but it has its advantages.
Bad Hip-Hop is easy, like 6IX9INE and Lil Pump. Good Hip-Hop, like Tupac, is not as easy.
This genre obviously requires the most talent.
Really, just combine all metal subgenres and rock subgenres into one and say rock/metal.
Classically trained performers (most often operatic superstars) sing popular songs, folk music, show tunes, or holiday songs. Example: Jackie Evancho.
I feel like dancing to Latin music for just 10 minutes would make you burn hundreds of calories.
A style in which you push the boundaries of music. It may not always be hard to play, but composing it requires talent at its fullest.
It's not just noise and pressing buttons! I think live DJing doesn't require much talent, but producing is really hard. I know many DJs are good, but some, like Skrillex, even prerecord their sets! By the way, I love Skrillex.
A nightcore edit (also known as a sped-up song, sped-up version, sped-up remix, or simply sped-up) is a version of a music track that increases the pitch and speeds up its source material by approximately 35%. This effect is almost identical to playing a 33⅓-RPM vinyl record at 45 RPM... read more