Video game music (VGM) is the music that plays during video games. In the beginning, video game music was limited to sounds created by early technology, such as special chips called programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations helped create a style of music called chiptune, which became the main sound of early video games.
Chen Yupeng (Chinese: 陈宇鹏; pinyin: Chén Yǔpéng; born on January 15, 1984) is also known as Chen Zhiyi (Chinese: 陈致逸; pinyin: Chén Zhìyì). He is a Chinese composer and music producer who is most famous for creating the music for Genshin Impact, an open-world action role-playing video game made by HoYoverse. His music combines traditional Chinese instruments with Western-style orchestral music.
Thai music includes many different types, both old and new. Traditional instruments used in Thailand have influences from many places. These include the klong thap and khim (from Persia), the chakhe (from India), the klong chin (from China), and the klong khaek (from Indonesia).
Kecak, also spelled kécak, ketjak, or kechak, is a traditional Balinese Hindu dance that became popular in the 1930s. For many years, it was performed mostly by men, but the first group of women to perform kecak began in 2006. The dance tells the story of the Ramayana and is often performed in temples and villages across Bali, Indonesia.
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (Kanji: 南無妙法蓮華経) is an important phrase used in all types of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, it means “Devotion to the Mystical Teachings of the Lotus Sutra” or “Homage to the Noble Teachings of the Lotus Sutra.” The words Myōhō Renge Kyō are the Japanese name for the Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra). This phrase is called the Daimoku (題目), which means “title.” It was shared publicly by the Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren on April 28, 1253, on Mount Kiyosumi.
This article explains the main kinds of religious Jewish music from the time of the Temple until today.
Klezmer (Yiddish: כּלי־זמר or קלעזמער, romanized: klezmer) is a type of music played with instruments by Ashkenazi Jews from Central and Eastern Europe. This tradition includes dance songs, religious melodies, and skilled improvisations played for listening. These songs were often performed at weddings and other social events.
Iranian pop music, also called Persian pop music, is a type of music that comes from Iran. The songs are mostly sung in the Persian language and other ways people speak Persian in Iran and nearby areas.
Arabesque (Turkish: Arabesk) is a type of music from Turkey that is also enjoyed in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. This style was very popular in Turkey from the 1960s until the 2000s. Over time, its features have changed and continue to develop into the 2010s.
Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced [re(m)ˈbetiko]), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα [re(m)ˈbetika]), is sometimes spelled as rembetiko or rebetico. It refers to a type of urban Greek music that was once different but became more unified in the 1930s through the blending of musical styles. Rebetiko was the popular music of urban Greeks, especially those with little money, from the late 1800s to the 1950s.