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AVANT GARDE MUSIC

Specialty Definition: Experimental music

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Experimental music, or Avant-garde music, is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. It may do this by trying new harmonies or adding other new sounds, and by using new forms and structures, for example. Experimental music often sounds unpleasant or abrasive to people who are not used to hearing it.

See also:

• Contemporary music
• Free jazz
• Free music
• Noise music
• Electronic music
• Electronic art music
• Computer music
• Aleatoric music

  Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Experimental music."

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