in modern music like hiphop,rap, & pop what is the music theory behind this types of music?

Question

for ex: in music theory, techniques like counterpoint where & what modern style music is it used?

Answer 1

Actually, hiphop, rap, & pop are descendants of Jazz & Blues. Despite being "popular" music, and thus criticized as "being consumer drivel" there is a theory behind writting those types of songs.

Jazz and blues are both usully based on a standard twelve-bar chord progressions (and if you study them, you can see correlations to sonato forms or other classical ties). Likewise, its descendants usually use a standard progression, even if it's a simple "I-IV-V-I" If you have any doubt, listen to some music and see how easily you can predict the base line. There *is* a method behind it all.

Also, there's an accepted standard form for pop music, just like classical music (and I mean classical music as in non-pop music, not just specifically music from the Classical Period.) A sonato form has an Exposition, Devolopment, and a Recapitulation and optional Coda; a ronda has theme, episode, theme, episode, etc. In most pop songs, you have the form of Verse, Refrain, Verse, Refrain, Bridge, Refrain, and optional Coda.

True, a lot of people can make up songs as they go, but quite often, they'll end up following theses guidelines, just because they're ingrained into our musical consiousness. Even improvisation is usually done over standard chord progressions; most people can't escape theory unless they study it, and thus know how to avoid it!

Answer 2

The theory is that the average consumer is dumb enough to buy whatever they are told to buy. The types of music you listed are extremely popular right now but, with the right promotion from the right people, Polkas could be the next big thing. Don't believe me, just remember New Kids On The Black. And David Hasselhoff is huge in Europe!

Answer 3

creativity and expression is a good call. But i think that people want to play it because they cant get good enough to play the good ol rock and roll

Answer 4

There is no theory. It's all about expression and creativity.

Answer 5

no theory but it just about ryming and or just be creative.