House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of to beats per minute. From its beginnings in the Chicago club and local radio scene, the genre expanded internationally to London , then to other American cities such as New York City and Detroit before becoming a worldwide phenomenon.
House has had a large impact on pop music , especially dance music. Many house producers also did and continue to do remixes for pop artists. House music has remained popular on radio and in clubs while retaining a foothold on the underground scenes across the globe. Hosted by Media Man Deacon doc. In house, the bass drum is usually sounded on beats one, two, three, and four, and the snare drum, claps, or other higher-pitched percussion on beats two and four.
The drum beats in house music are almost always provided by an electronic drum machine , often a Roland TR , TR , [12] or a TR Claps, shakers, snare drum, or hi-hat sounds are used to add syncopation.
Sometimes, the drum sounds are "saturated" by boosting the gain to create a more aggressive edge. House music could be produced on "cheap and consumer-friendly electronic equipment" and used sound gear, which made it easier for independent labels and DJs to create tracks.
The structure of house music songs β or "tracks", as they are more commonly called β typically involves an intro , a chorus , various verse sections, a midsection and a brief outro. Some tracks do not have a verse, taking a vocal part from the chorus and repeating the same cycle.
