popular music
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- noun
- /ˈpɑpjələr ˈmjuzɪk/
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música popular
- As he noted, "The images of possibility provided by films, radio, and popular music represented an accessible form of consumption."
- Brazilian popular music
- contemporary popular music
- popular music in schooling
I might might be wrong and somebody said, well, some some popular music has a lot of counterpoint.
- I might might be wrong and somebody said, well, some some popular music has a lot of counterpoint.
- Also, I was so woefully unaware of of popular music because my dad raised me on classic rock.
- And I think most popular music avoids a lot of that stuff unless it's like a break up song.
- Suddenly popular music was now whole sets of new stuff by The Beatles and by rock bands and so on.
- They come through the TV, they come through the movies, they come through popular music, even anyone else smelt petrol.
Examples
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The question often raised when discussing popular music is, "Should we include pop music study in the schools?"
Academic text (1999) -
Most of our popular music, folk songs and things like that are written in duple meter and in a major key.
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I know what popular music is.
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Well, it concerns itself with modern jazz and other forms of popular music.
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College students are typically very identified with popular music and spend many hours listening to their preferred music.
Academic text (2008) -
The guitar has been the defining musical instrument in American popular music for the past six decades.
Academic text (2011) -
Suddenly popular music was now whole sets of new stuff by The Beatles and by rock bands and so on.
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He's possibly the most famous popular music broadcaster ever.
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Estudiantinas are small ensembles made up of guitar, mandolin, and voice that perform popular music and folk tunes.
Academic text (2008) -
Many teenagers enjoy listening to popular music during the summer parties.
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How Popular
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'music that is liked by many people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'popular' (liked by many) + 'music' (organized sounds). This noun phrase follows a straightforward adjective + noun pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Popular music comes from the idea that popular means 'of the people' and music that ordinary people sang and danced to. That's why today popular music means music 'liked by many people' and often follows what is popular now.