What is disco?

Answer 1

Popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

Answer 2

Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music. Disco was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and disco styles subsequently dominated mainstream pop for the rest of the decade. Disco songs usually have soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver (8th note) or semi-quaver (16th note) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a heavy, syncopated electric bass line. Strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars create the background sound (lead guitar is rarely used).

Major mid-1970s disco performers included Donna Summer, The Jackson 5, Barry White, The Bee Gees, and ABBA. Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of its popularity. Films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity. While disco music declined in popularity in the early 1980s, it was an important influence on the development of the 1980s and 1990s electric dance music genres of house and techno.

Answer 3

Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music. Disco was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and disco styles subsequently dominated mainstream pop for the rest of the decade. Disco songs usually have soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver (8th note) or semi-quaver (16th note) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a heavy, syncopated electric bass line. Strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars create the background sound (lead guitar is rarely used).

Answer 4

Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music. Disco was first popularized in dance clubs (discothèques) in the mid-1970s, and disco styles subsequently dominated mainstream pop for the rest of the decade. Disco songs usually have soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady four-on-the-floor beat, a quaver (8th note) or semi-quaver (16th note) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a heavy, syncopated electric bass line. Strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars create the background sound (lead guitar is rarely used).

Major mid-1970s disco performers included Donna Summer, The Jackson 5, Barry White, The Bee Gees, and ABBA. Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of its popularity. Films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity. While disco music declined in popularity in the early 1980s, it was an important influence on the development of the 1980s and 1990s electric dance music genres of house and techno.

Disco
Stylistic origins: Funk and soul music
Cultural origins: Britain (Scotland & England), Early 1970s
Typical instruments: Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Electric piano, Keyboard, Drums, Drum machine, horn section, string section
Mainstream popularity: Most popular in the mid-1970s and early 1980s Now really popular
Derivative forms: Hi-NRG, House, Euro, Italo Techno


Late 1960s soul
Jerry Butler’s 1969 "Only the Strong Survive"[1] may be the first instance of the combined musical elements which would later become disco music. This song brings together Philly and New York soul, both evolutions of the Motown sound. The Philly Sound is typified by lavish percussion.Manu Dibango's 1972 "Soul Makossa" is considered one of the early disco songs. However, the term disco was not coined until an article by Vince Aletti in the September 13th 1973 edition of Rolling Stone Magazine titled "Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty!"

Disco club scene
By the late 1970s many major US cities had thriving disco club scenes which were centered around discotheques, nightclubs, and private loft parties where DJs would play disco hits through powerful PA systems for the dancers. The DJs played "... a smooth mix of long single records to keep people “dancing all night long” "[1] Some of the most prestigious clubs had elaborate lighting systems that throbbed to the beat of the music.

Some cities had disco dance instructors or dance schools which taught people how to do popular disco dances such as "touch dancing", the "hustle" and the "cha cha." There were also disco fashions that discotheque-goers wore for nights out at their local disco, such as sheer, flowing Halston dresses for women and shiny polyester Qiana shirts for men with pointy collars, preferably open at the chest, often worn with double-knit suit jackets. Disco clubs and "...hedonistic loft parties" had a club culture which had many African American, gay" [2] and hispanic people.

Answer 5

A basic rhythm in 4/4 time that is upbeat and danceable. Became popular in 70s.

Answer 6

Something with pretty lights & psychadellic patterns & big spinning ballsof light,that I used to have a darn good time dancing to!

Answer 7

y u wanna noe the meanin of disco??

Answer 8

Rock'n Roll

Answer 9

it's music and dance back in the 70's

Answer 10

disco mean where there is wine, dine and dance.