Essay Comparion and Contrast

Listening Pop Music or Rock Music

            Music is one of the important thing in this life. The world will be so silent without music. There are too many kinds of music such as Pop, Rock, Jazz, Dangdut, Reagee, Country and Keroncong. Most of people usually interested to listen kinds of pop and rock music. So, I would like to compare two these kinds of music.

            I am going to discuss about pop music first. Pop music is a genre of music that is often regarded as the softer alternative to rock. Pop music usually play the songs that are soft with mellow music and song that is easy listening. Pop music lyrics almost always talk about love which means it is something almost can relate to all people in usual. It constitutes the type of songs that are relatively short and aimed at commercial recording.

            Rock music is a genre of music that hard and full of melody instruments. The typical sound of rock music often has three chords are formed by a rhythm section of bass guitars which are the strong, the insistent back beat and a catchy melody. A rock band member usually has good skill in playing and creating new melodies instrument music.

            Then, the similarities and different from pop and rock music. The similarities are both of them bring the listener into the song and make the listener felt what the song purpose about. The different is about the instrument and beat from that genre’s. Pop music has a soft music and mellow song, but rock music have a hard music and full of melody instruments.

            In conclusion, the pop and rock music is just different with instrument and the beat from the song. Pop music has a slow song and soft music, rock music has hard song and full with melodies. So, what do you prefer to listen? pop music or rock music?