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All the pages of EMC: a four levels music taxonomy systems with related internal and external links

EMC Music Classification

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Ten sets defining the largest cultural movements in popular music since 50s. Frames are all standard definitions except Rock Frame.

Music Frames

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Standard terms to define a wide "umbrella" of Genres with common sound rules and a pivotal movement

Broad Genres

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Paths of styles, periods, markets or radio formats with very well-known terms as Alternative Rock.

Music Clusters

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More than one thousand standard sets defining the units of the EMC Music Classification System.

Main Genres

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Taxonomy

Info

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Level name

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Taxonomy

Description

Articles

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Music Clusters

Paths of styles, periods, markets or radio formats with very well-known terms as Alternative Rock.

EML Articles

In-depth articles on the contents and topics of all sections. In the test version these articles are limited to general topics such as the definitions of taxonomic systems, classification, what are the standard statistic systems used in music industry , in content industry, what means musical taxonomy etc..

Classification Features

Method, parameters used in the current test version of taxonomy systems.

Updates , corrections and implementation of current entries and other necessary changes or required assessments.

Results

Info Articles

Page guides or content in-depths related to the current section. 

You can find the full list in Info Articles (/info) . If you are in a Level Page, click  the tab "Article" to open to the related page of this list. 

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Generalities

Level 3- Music Clusters :  these almost two hundred groups of genres are intermediate steps between two standard EMC Levels (L2 and L4). They  represent artists and repertoires following different kind of musical paths within the same Broad Genre. Radio Format as Classic Rock, Alternative Rock, Traditional pop are Clusters. Geographic-based movements as French Rock or Japanese Traditional Music, age-based styles or variation of the same genres as Classic Pop, Contemporary Folk, or specific cultural movements as Gangsta Rap , Jungle or House Music are also Clusters. 

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