Electric Guitar Dominance

Electric guitar serves as the primary lead, riff, and rhythmic instrument, often defining the song's character and energy.

Acoustic Drum Kit Drive

Full acoustic drum kit provides a driving rhythmic pulse, percussive energy, and foundational rock beats.

Electric Bass Foundation

Electric bass guitar establishes the low-end harmonic and rhythmic groundwork, working in tandem with the drums.

Rock music featuring a standard band setup (electric guitar, bass, drums) where the electric guitar is the most prominent and defining instrumental element.


Four-on-the-Floor Kick Drum

A steady, metronomic kick drum pattern hitting on every beat (1, 2, 3, 4), providing a foundational rhythmic pulse.

Synthesizer Lead Melodies

Main melodic themes and prominent musical lines are consistently performed by synthesized electronic instruments.

Trance Music Sonics

Characterized by arpeggiated synth lines, uplifting or driving melodic progressions, atmospheric pads, and a fast tempo, typical of trance subgenres.

Fast-tempo electronic dance music with core trance characteristics: prominent synthesizer leads, four-on-the-floor kick drums, and arpeggiated textures.


Sustained Electric Guitar

Electric guitar notes or chords characterized by extended duration, often incorporating vibrato.

Resonant Metallic Decays

Sounds of metallic origin, whether percussive or drone-like, defined by strong resonance and lengthy decay.

Sustained Acoustic Tones

Acoustic instruments, such as wind or strings, producing notes held to highlight their natural sustain and resonance.

Modulated Sustained Notes

Musical tones held for extended periods, featuring expressive pitch or amplitude modulation like vibrato or tremolo.

Extended duration sounds; emphasis on timbre, resonance, decay; minimal rhythmic complexity.


Clear Beat/Pulse

A distinct, regularly recurring emphasis or beat is clearly perceptible.

Organized Rhythmic Figures

Rhythmic content structured through repetition, sequences, or defined patterns.

Explicit Rhythmic Articulation

The rhythmic pulse and patterns are audibly manifested by distinct sound events.

Explicitly articulated beat/pulse and organized rhythmic figures as a fundamental characteristic.


Programmed Drum Beats

Core rhythmic structure built with electronically sequenced drum machine sounds or samples, providing a consistent pulse.

Synthesizer Presence

Use of electronic synthesizers for basslines, melodies, textures, or distinct sound effects.

Rap Vocal Delivery

Rhythmic and rhyming speech patterns forming the primary vocal element in several tracks.

DJ Scratching

Turntablism technique creating rhythmic sounds and textures by manipulating vinyl records or emulated digitally.

High-Tempo Electronic Drive

Fast, energetic rhythms and prominent synthesized elements characteristic of various electronic dance music subgenres.

Prominent Bass Frequencies

Strong emphasis on low-end frequencies, often carried by synthesized basslines or impactful kick drums.

Music fundamentally constructed upon electronically produced beats and rhythmic patterns, often utilizing drum machines or synthesized percussion.


Instrumental Composition

Music primarily or entirely lacking vocals, focusing on instrumental performance and arrangement.

Ambient Soundscapes

Sustained, evolving, or atmospheric textures creating a sense of space or mood.

Melancholic Tonality

Musical expression evoking sadness, pensiveness, or somber reflection.

Sparse Arrangements

Compositions with limited instrumental layers or voices, emphasizing openness or minimalism.

Textural Emphasis

Prioritization of timbral and textural qualities, sometimes over distinct melodic or harmonic development.

Electronic Elements

Inclusion of synthesizers, electronic pads, or other electronically generated sounds.

Instrumental compositions characterized by mood-setting atmospheres, often featuring sparse textures and melancholic or introspective tonalities.


Dominant Synthesizers

Synthesizers provide melodies, harmonies, basslines, and textures, forming the core instrumentation.

Electronic Drum Machine Beats

Rhythms consistently produced by electronic drum machines, featuring distinct kick, snare, and hi-hat sounds.

Synth Arpeggiation

Common use of arpeggiated figures played by synthesizers, contributing to melodic and rhythmic movement.

Layered Synth Pads

Prominent use of sustained, atmospheric synthesizer chords (pads) for harmonic and textural depth.

Retro 80s Electronic Sound

Overall sound palette, including synth timbres and drum sounds, strongly evokes 1980s electronic music genres.

Electronic music characterized by dominant 1980s-style synthesizers, drum machine beats, arpeggiation, and atmospheric pads.


Berimbau Grooves

Twangy, percussive string sounds forming rhythmic patterns, often with shaker accompaniment.

Synthesized Rhythmic Sequences

Electronically generated, repeating patterns of short notes creating rhythmic drive and ostinatos.

Assorted Percussion Rhythms

Rhythmic patterns from various percussion sources: wood blocks, shakers, metallic idiophones, drum machines, and clicks.

Beatboxing

Vocal percussion creating drum-like sounds and rhythmic patterns.

Dominant rhythmic drive; clear pulse; prevalence of percussive timbres or sounds with sharp attacks.


Fast Tempo

High beats per minute (BPM), typically 130 BPM or higher, imparting an energetic and driving quality.

Prominent Synthesizers

Electronically generated sounds from synthesizers forming key melodic, harmonic, and textural elements.

Electronic Drum Beat

Rhythmic backbone provided by synthesized or heavily processed drum sounds, often with machine-like precision and repetitive patterns.

Driving Rhythmic Pulse

Strong, persistent, and propulsive beat, emphasizing rhythmic energy and often featuring a prominent kick drum.

EDM Genre Markers

Sonic and structural characteristics typical of electronic dance music subgenres, such as repetitive phrasing, synthesized textures, and high energy.

Fast-tempo, synthesizer-driven electronic music with programmed, driving drum beats, characteristic of various dance subgenres.


Arpeggiated Synthesizers

Synthesizer-generated melodic and rhythmic patterns created by playing chord notes in rapid, repeating sequences, often forming primary motifs.

Electronic Music Production

Music created predominantly with electronic instruments like synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines.

Driving Rhythmic Pulse

Consistent, often fast-paced rhythmic foundation, typically from synthesized drums, creating a sense of movement and energy.

Synth Leads and Basslines

Prominent melodic lines and foundational bass parts played by synthesizers, defining the harmonic and melodic structure.

Electronic music characterized by the pervasive use of arpeggiated synthesizer patterns and synthesized instrumentation.


Slow and Tranquil Pacing

Deliberate slow tempo and gentle dynamics fostering a tranquil, meditative, or serene quality.

Atmospheric Background Layers

Ubiquitous background sound layers (environmental recordings like water/rain, or synthesized atmospheres) creating depth and immersion.

Synthesizer-Based Ambience

Sustained, evolving synthesizer pads or drones as a primary textural element for spacious, immersive soundscapes.

Gentle Acoustic Instrumentation

Acoustic instruments (piano, guitar) played gently, often with reverberation, for a soft, spacious character.

Slow tempo, tranquil mood; pervasive atmospheric background textures.


Dominant Lead Melody

A single, clearly defined melodic line as the central musical element.

Distinct Lead Timbre

The lead melodic voice (instrumental or vocal) possesses an identifiable, characteristic sound.

Soloistic Melodic Presentation

Musical presentation emphasizes a primary melodic voice, giving it solo-like prominence above any accompaniment.

Dominant melodic lines; distinct, solo-emphasized lead voices (instrumental or vocal).


Sustained Tones / Drones

Predominance of long, held notes or continuously sounding textures forming the musical foundation.

Atmospheric Soundscapes

Creation of immersive, spacious environments through sound, emphasizing texture and mood.

Low Register Dominance

Significant presence and emphasis of sounds in bass and sub-bass frequency ranges.

Minimalist Development

Sparse arrangements with slow, subtle evolution of textures and timbres rather than complex melodic or harmonic changes.

Sustained, atmospheric music, often low-pitched and minimalist, emphasizing texture and mood.


Electric Guitar Presence

Dominant use of electric guitars, showcasing a range of tones from clean to heavily distorted, performing riffs, chord progressions, and melodic lines.

Acoustic Drum Kit Rhythm

Consistent rhythmic foundation provided by a standard acoustic drum kit, typically featuring kick, snare, hi-hats, and cymbals.

Electric Bass Guitar Support

Presence of electric bass guitar providing low-frequency harmonic and rhythmic support to the ensemble.

Consistent core instrumentation of electric guitars, electric bass guitar, and acoustic drums, characteristic of various rock music subgenres.


Ostinatos and Loops

Short melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic patterns repeated persistently, often forming the foundation of the musical texture; includes looped phrases and riffs.

Arpeggiated Patterns

Melodic figures created by playing the notes of a chord in sequence, often repetitively, prominent in various instrumental textures.

Cyclical Sustained Textures

Use of sustained sounds, like string beds or ambient synth layers, that evolve or cycle in a repetitive manner, creating an atmospheric backdrop.

Music predominantly structured around repeated melodic, rhythmic, and textural elements such as ostinatos, arpeggios, loops, and evolving cyclical patterns.


Bass Instrument Presence

Audible bass instrument (acoustic, electric, or synth) providing low-frequency harmonic and rhythmic support.

Percussive Beat

Clear rhythmic pulse and groove from drum kit (acoustic or electronic) or programmed percussion.

Bass and percussion providing core rhythmic and harmonic structure.


Solo Piano

Music performed exclusively or predominantly on an acoustic piano.

Classical/Romantic Era Style

Compositions exhibiting harmonic language, melodic construction, and expressive qualities typical of the Classical or Romantic musical periods.

Prominent Arpeggiation

Frequent use of arpeggios or broken chord patterns as a significant textural or melodic element.

Solo acoustic piano music in a Classical or Romantic style, often characterized by arpeggiated textures and expressive melodies.


Solo Acoustic Wind Timbre

Distinctive sound of solo acoustic woodwind instruments like saxophone or clarinet, often in short melodic phrases.

Orchestral Brass Timbre

Characteristic sound of orchestral brass instruments, whether solo or in ensemble, presented as fanfares, sustained notes, or impactful stabs.

Percussive Attack Timbre

Sound defined by sharp attacks and often non-pitched or uniquely resonant character, from hand drums or mechanical clicks.

Synthesized Electronic Timbre

Sounds generated by electronic oscillators or digital synthesis, encompassing theremin-like wails, basic keyboard synth tones, and chiptune effects.

Amplified Electric Instrument Timbre

Characteristic sounds of electrically amplified instruments such as distorted electric guitar or mellow electric piano.

Brief musical excerpts, each prominently featuring a distinct instrumental or synthesized timbre.


Orchestral String Textures

Lush, layered arrangements for bowed string ensembles; emotive, often cinematic soundscapes.

Folk-Derived Instrumental Melodies

Melodies on characteristic folk instruments; distinctive timbres, modal inflections.

Electric Guitar Driven Rock

Rock music centered on amplified, often distorted, electric guitar riffs and lines.

Emotive Melodic Phrasing

Melodies delivered with dynamic/articulative shaping for emotional expression.

Universal presence of clear, pitched lines forming primary melodies or distinct melodic motifs.


Hand-Played Drum Grooves

Rhythmic core established by various hand-played drums (e.g., congas, djembe, tabla), creating distinct grooves.

Layered Rhythmic Textures

Interwoven parts from multiple percussion sources or distinct rhythmic lines, building complex textures.

Global Instrumental Timbres

Percussion palette featuring instruments and characteristic sounds from diverse world music cultures.

Organic Percussion Sound

Predominance of natural, acoustic-sounding percussion, emphasizing authentic instrumental resonance and attack.

Centrality of rhythmically complex, acoustic percussion ensembles drawing on diverse global instrumental timbres and styles.


Electric Guitar Lead & Rhythm

Dominant presence of electric guitars playing both lead melodies/solos and rhythm parts like riffs and chords.

Rock Drum Kit Grooves

Driving rhythmic foundation provided by a standard rock drum kit, featuring kick, snare, and cymbals.

Guitar Distortion & Overdrive

Frequent application of distortion and overdrive effects to electric guitars, creating heavy, powerful, or gritty textures.

Rock Band Ensemble

Core instrumentation of electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums, characteristic of typical rock band performances.

Rock band instrumentation; prominent electric guitars, often distorted; driving drum rhythms; bass guitar foundation.


Clean Electric Guitar

Electric guitar with a clean tone, playing melodies, arpeggios, or rhythmic patterns; minimal heavy distortion or aggressive effects.

Steady Rhythmic Foundation

Drums (often with a clean, possibly programmed sound) and bass guitar providing an unobtrusive, typically mid-tempo, rhythmic underpinning.

Keyboard Layering

Piano or other keyboard instruments providing chordal support, atmospheric pads, or secondary melodic lines, adding fullness.

Positive and Uplifting Mood

Consistently bright, optimistic, and often motivational atmosphere, frequently achieved through major keys and hopeful melodic contours.

Background Music Production Style

Polished, balanced instrumental arrangements suitable for unobtrusive background use, often featuring repetitive structures and a clear mix.

Instrumental tracks featuring clean guitars, steady rhythms, often keyboard elements, and a consistently optimistic, motivational mood; polished production suitable for background or corporate use.


Slow Tempo

Consistent use of unhurried musical pacing, establishing a calm or reflective mood.

Instrumental Focus

Music is primarily or exclusively instrumental, without prominent vocal melodies.

Smooth Articulation and Flow

Musical elements generally feature smooth attacks, sustained sounds, or flowing lines, rather than sharp, percussive, or aggressive delivery.

Slow-paced, instrumental music characterized by a generally smooth, flowing, and often atmospheric quality.


Full Orchestral Instrumentation

Consistent use of a symphony orchestra, including strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion sections, creating a rich and powerful sound.

Prominent Brass Themes

Brass instruments, such as trumpets and horns, frequently deliver strong melodic themes, fanfares, and heroic statements.

Lush String Arrangements

Extensive use of string sections (violins, cellos, etc.) for soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and driving rhythmic textures.

Cinematic and Epic Character

Music characterized by a grand, dramatic, and emotionally evocative style, typical of film scores, game soundtracks, or trailer music.

Dynamic Percussion Accents

Orchestral percussion (timpani, snare, cymbals) provides impactful accents, rhythmic drive, and enhances dramatic tension.

Grand, dramatic, and powerful music featuring full orchestral instrumentation, with prominent brass and string sections, characteristic of epic film or game scores.


Abrasive Friction Textures

Sounds characterized by scraping, grinding, or rubbing actions, producing harsh, granular, or noisy timbres.

Sustained Resonant Drones

Continuous or slowly evolving sounds, often low-pitched, creating atmospheric beds with a focus on timbral color.

Object & Material Sonification

Sounds derived from the inherent sonic properties of physical objects and materials, often through direct manipulation or unconventional instrumental use.

Exploration of unconventional timbres, noise, drones, and textural sound events using physical objects and materials.


Synthesizer Dominance

Synthesizers as primary sound source; fulfilling melodic, harmonic, bass, and textural roles.

Electronic Rhythms

Electronically generated rhythmic elements; often featuring drum machines, synthesized percussion, and sequenced patterns.

Repetitive Musical Structures

Music frequently built upon repeating melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic loops and ostinatos.

Atmospheric Synth Soundscapes

Use of synthesizers to create evolving pads, drones, or ambient background textures.

Synthesizer-centric electronic music; pervasive synthesizers for diverse roles; common electronic rhythms, atmospheric textures, repetitive structures.


Audience Sounds

Audible crowd sounds (cheering, applause, general hubbub) indicating a live event context.

Heavy Audio Distortion

Significant, often harsh, signal distortion (clipping, fuzz, overdrive) on musical elements or overall mix.

DJ Scratching Effects

Rhythmic sounds from vinyl record manipulation on a turntable, typical in energetic DJ sets.

High-Energy Electronic Music

Fast-tempo electronic music with intense, distorted beats and abrasive textures, often found in live settings.

Lack of studio polish; prevalent ambient noise (especially audience sounds), signal distortion, and artifacts of non-ideal recording conditions.

Raw Audio Quality and Live Event Ambience


Noise Integration

Noise (static, hiss, crackle, textural) as a fundamental sonic element, not just background artifact.

Pervasive Distortion

Widespread use of audio distortion, creating gritty, saturated, and aggressive timbres.

Dark, Ominous Mood

Consistent evocation of a dark, unsettling, tense, or ominous atmosphere through sound design.

Synthetic Sound Sources

Predominance of sounds that are clearly electronic, synthesized, or heavily processed beyond recognition of acoustic origins.

Integrated noise, pervasive distortion, synthetic sound sources, creating dark and unsettling atmospheres.


Sustained Sonorities

Notes or sonic events characterized by extended durations, slow decays, or continuous presence.

Atmospheric Textures

Soundscapes evoking space, ambience, or mood, typically through reverberation, drones, and layered, evolving sounds.

Resonant Timbres

Sound qualities exhibiting prominent ringing, vibration, or echo, often associated with metallic, glass, or synthesized sources with long natural decays.

Predominance of sounds with extended durations or long decays, creating spacious and atmospheric soundscapes.


Fast Electronic Beat

High BPM electronic drum patterns creating a driving, energetic rhythm.

Dominant Synth Leads

Synthesizers playing prominent, often arpeggiated or repetitive, melodic lines.

Trance Music Elements

Uplifting melodies, rhythmic build-ups, and characteristic synth timbres common in trance.

Four-on-the-Floor Kick

Steady, accented kick drum on every beat, providing a strong rhythmic foundation.

Repetitive Musical Phrases

Short, looping rhythmic and melodic motifs forming the core structure.

High-energy electronic dance music; driving four-on-the-floor rhythms; prominent, often arpeggiated, synth melodies; repetitive structures; strong trance genre characteristics.


Heavily Distorted Guitars

Predominant use of electric guitars with heavy distortion, executing fast and aggressive riffs.

Extreme Drumming Techniques

Rapid and forceful drumming characterized by blast beats and extensive double bass pedal work.

Harsh Vocalizations

Non-melodic and aggressive vocal delivery, including growls, screams, and shrieks.

Fast Tempos

Consistently high beats per minute (BPM) driving the music's intensity.

Extreme heavy metal defined by fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, aggressive drumming (blast beats, double bass), and harsh vocalizations.


Lead Electric Guitar

Electric guitar performing prominent melodic lines and solos.

Rock Instrumentation

Ensemble typically features electric guitar(s), bass guitar, and drums.

Varied Electric Guitar Timbres

Use of diverse electric guitar sounds, ranging from clean to heavily distorted.

Guitar-Driven Instrumental Passages

Significant instrumental sections centered around electric guitar performances.

Music characterized by the central role of the electric guitar, often as the lead melodic and solo voice, within rock-based ensembles and employing a range of timbres.


Instructional Spoken Word

Articulate speech delivering explanations or instructions on sound, music, or audio technology.

Narrative Spoken Word

Monologue or storytelling speech, presented in a non-English language, suggesting cultural or personal accounts.

Rap Vocals

Rhythmic, stylized vocal delivery of lyrics over a hip-hop instrumental backing.

Supporting Percussion

Acoustic or electronic rhythmic elements accompanying and contextualizing vocal performances or explanations.

Direct Vocal Production

Vocal recordings presented with clarity, a close-miked quality, and minimal ambient effects.

Human vocalizations (speech, narration, rap) as the central feature across diverse audio contexts.


Melodic Basslines

Bass guitar parts featuring distinct, tuneful, and often complex melodic figures beyond simple root notes.

Prominent Bass Guitar

Electric bass guitar consistently forward in the audio mix, playing a central, driving role in the arrangement.

Funk/Soul Groove

Rhythmic feel built on syncopation, active bass, and drum patterns characteristic of funk, soul, or related genres.

Instrumental Focus

Musical compositions without vocals, where instruments carry all melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements.

Electric Guitar Layering

Use of electric guitar, typically clean-toned or subtly effected, for rhythmic, harmonic, or secondary melodic contributions.

Music characterized by a dominant, melodic electric bass guitar, creating funk-infused, groovy instrumental textures.


Aggressive Distorted Guitars

Electric guitars processed with heavy distortion, creating a thick, powerful, and often aggressive timbre central to the music's energy.

Synth-Dominated Texture

Musical arrangement where synthesizers form the core of melody, harmony, and timbre, defining the track's electronic character.

Articulate Electric Guitar

Electric guitars played with clean, lightly crunched, or moderately overdriven tones, emphasizing melodic lines, riffs, or solos with clarity.

Electronic Drum Rhythms

Rhythmic foundation built using synthesized drum sounds, often from drum machines, characterized by precise and electronic timbres.

Core sound derived from electronic instruments or amplified electric instruments.


Bell-like & Crystalline Tones

Clear, high-frequency pitched sounds, often metallic or glass-like in timbre, reminiscent of bells, chimes, music boxes, or glockenspiels.

Sustained Resonant Textures

Sounds characterized by long decay and prominent resonance, often creating drone-like, atmospheric, or meditative effects from sources like singing bowls, gongs, sustained synth pads, or heavily reverberated instruments.

Ethereal Atmosphere

A pervasive spacious, dream-like, or mystical mood created through resonant timbres, reverberation, and often slow-moving or arpeggiated melodic/harmonic content.

Resonant timbres (bell-like, sustained textures) creating ethereal, atmospheric soundscapes.


Drum Machine Rhythms

Rhythmic foundation consistently provided by programmed electronic drum sounds (kick, snare/clap, hi-hats).

Synthesizer Sound Palette

Melodic, harmonic, and bass elements primarily generated using various types of synthesizers.

Loop-Based Structures

Musical ideas presented as repeating patterns and looped phrases, forming the structural basis.

Instrumental Focus

Complete absence of vocals; all musical expression conveyed through electronic instrumentation.

Instrumental electronic music built on drum machine rhythms, synthesizer-generated sounds, and repetitive loop-based structures.


Atmospheric Pads

Sustained, often lush, synthesized or processed sounds providing harmonic and textural background, characterized by slow attack/release and creating a spacious feel.

Drone Elements

Continuous or slowly evolving sustained tones, often low-pitched, forming a foundational sonic texture and contributing to a meditative or immersive quality.

Ambient Textures

Soundscapes prioritizing mood, spaciousness, and evolving timbres over distinct melodic or rhythmic structures, often using synthesizers and effects.

Slow Pacing / Pulseless Rhythm

Music characterized by a slow tempo or an absence of a strong, defined rhythmic beat, emphasizing sustained sounds and gradual textural changes.

Extensive Use of Reverb and Delay

Prominent application of reverberation and echo effects to create a sense of depth, vastness, and to blend sounds into a cohesive atmospheric whole.

Synthesizer-heavy, slow-moving, atmospheric soundscapes emphasizing sustained pads, drones, evolving textures, and prominent spatial effects like reverb and delay.


Acoustic Guitar Timbre

Characteristic sound of acoustic guitars, often fingerpicked, contributing melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic elements.

Low-Register String Foundation

Harmonic and rhythmic underpinning by bass-range string instruments (e.g., double bass, upright bass, electric bass).

Bowed String Texture

Lush or dramatic textures created by ensembles of bowed string instruments like violins and cellos.

Percussive String Timbre (Piano)

Resonant sound produced by the striking of a piano's internal strings by hammers.

Sound originating from vibrating strings; plucked, bowed, or struck mechanisms.


Sustained Resonance

Predominance of sounds with long durations and rich, lingering reverberation or decay.

Metallic/Crystalline Timbre

Sounds exhibiting qualities of metal or crystal, such as ringing, shimmering, or bell-like characteristics, often rich in overtones.

Drone-Based Texture

Musical foundation built upon continuous or slowly evolving sustained tones, creating a hypnotic or atmospheric effect.

Ethereal Soundscape

Creation of a spacious, otherworldly, or dream-like auditory environment, often through high frequencies, reverb, and slow harmonic movement.

Sustained, resonant sounds with metallic or crystalline timbres, forming drone-based, ethereal soundscapes.


Acoustic Drum Grooves

Live-sounding acoustic drum kits providing varied hip-hop, funk, and jazz-influenced rhythmic foundations.

Prominent Basslines

Dominant bass presence, frequently from upright bass with a warm tone, or electric bass in funkier styles, anchoring rhythm and harmony.

Instrumental Hip-Hop Style

Predominantly non-vocal hip-hop compositions focusing on beats, basslines, and instrumental textures, often with a sampled or looped quality.

Jazzy Keyboard & Guitar Textures

Melodic and harmonic layers from instruments like electric piano, vibraphone, or clean/funky electric guitar, often with jazz voicings or funk rhythms.

Boom-Bap Rhythms

Hip-hop drum patterns characterized by a prominent kick and snare, often with a laid-back, swung feel.

Turntable Scratching

Rhythmic, percussive sounds created by vinyl record manipulation, a distinctive hip-hop production technique.

Instrumental pieces built on acoustic drum grooves and strong basslines, exhibiting a core hip-hop rhythmic feel, enriched by jazz-influenced keyboards or funk guitar elements.

Instrumental Hip-Hop with Jazz/Funk Flavors


Orchestral Instrumentation

Consistent use of a large symphonic ensemble, prominently featuring strings, brass, and percussion.

Dominant String Section

String instruments (violins, cellos, etc.) are consistently at the forefront, playing melodies, ostinatos, and providing rich harmonic textures.

Epic Cinematic Character

Music evokes a grand, dramatic, and often heroic atmosphere, characteristic of film scores or epic trailer music.

Impactful Brass Section

Brass instruments deliver powerful fanfares, swells, and melodic lines, enhancing the music's grandeur and intensity.

Dynamic Rhythmic Percussion

Percussion provides a strong rhythmic drive and dramatic emphasis through powerful hits, rolls, and often complex patterns.

Grandiose orchestral compositions featuring dominant strings, impactful brass, and dynamic percussion, creating an epic and cinematic soundscape.


Orchestral Percussion Drive

Dominant orchestral percussion (timpani, snare, bass drum, cymbals) providing strong rhythmic drive and impactful accents.

Heroic Brass Fanfares

Bold, powerful melodic statements and fanfares delivered by a prominent brass section, often conveying grandeur or heroism.

Sweeping Cinematic Strings

Lush and dynamic string orchestrations, featuring soaring melodies, rhythmic ostinatos, and dramatic swells, contributing to a filmic atmosphere.

Tension and Climax Building

Musical structures characterized by escalating intensity through rising dynamics, increasing rhythmic density, and harmonic development, leading to powerful climactic moments.

Grandiose orchestral compositions with a strong cinematic character; features powerful percussion, heroic brass themes, sweeping string arrangements, and dynamic builds to dramatic climaxes.


Synthesized Pads & Leads

Use of synthesizer-generated sustained chordal textures (pads) or melodic lines (leads), often with electronic timbres.

Electric Piano Timbre

Sounds resembling an electric piano (e.g., Rhodes, Wurlitzer), often featuring sustained chords and a mellow quality.

Synthesized Bell & Mallet Sounds

Electronically generated or sampled sounds emulating bells, chimes, or mallet percussion instruments like marimbas or vibraphones.

Dominance of electronic keyboard and synthesizer instrumentation, encompassing electric pianos, synthesized pads, leads, and bell/mallet sounds.


Plucked String Timbre

Predominance of sounds produced by plucking strings, common in various world music, folk, and guitar-based genres.

Electric Guitar Distortion

A sound processing technique applying heavy gain and clipping to an electric guitar signal, creating a thick, often aggressive tone characteristic of rock and metal.

Driving Rhythmic Pulse

Music characterized by a strong, often complex, and forward-propelling rhythmic foundation, typically provided by percussion instruments.

Melodic Vocal Performance

Musical expression where the human voice carries a primary melodic line, ranging from solo singing to choral arrangements.

Fast Tempo Execution

Musical pieces performed at a high speed (allegro, presto, or equivalent), contributing to an energetic or urgent character.

Synthesized Lead Lines

Melodic phrases prominently featuring timbres generated by electronic synthesizers, common in electronic music genres.

Bowed String Ensemble Sound

The characteristic rich, sustained, and often layered sound produced by a group of bowed string instruments (e.g., violins, cellos) playing in unison or harmony.

A musical characteristic where a distinct and easily perceivable primary melody serves as the central focus, regardless of genre or specific instrumentation.


Chanter-led Melody

Melody carried by a bagpipe chanter; reedy, often ornamented, played against drones.

Sustained Drones

Continuous, fixed-pitch low notes forming a harmonic foundation; characteristic of bagpipes.

Reedy Aerophone Timbre

Bright, penetrating sound quality from reed-vibrated air columns, typical of bagpipes.

Idiomatic Pipe Ornamentation

Rapid gracenotes and embellishments (e.g., doublings, birls) specific to bagpipe playing.

Dominant bagpipe sound: chanter melodies over sustained drones, reedy timbre, idiomatic ornamentation.


Ringing Timbres

Sounds characterized by a clear, resonant, and often metallic or bell-like quality that sustains or rings out after initial attack.

Prolonged Sound Events

Musical phrases or individual sounds marked by extended durations, achieved through sustain, long decays, or significant reverberation.

Ambient Sound Design

Emphasis on creating atmospheric soundscapes using sustained textures, reverberation, and slowly evolving sonic elements.

Dominance of ringing timbres with prolonged durations, creating immersive, ambient soundscapes.


Synthesizer Dominance

Predominant use of synthesizers for core musical elements like melodies, harmonies, bass, or atmospheric textures.

Electronic Beat Production

Rhythmic frameworks built with drum machines, synthesized percussion, or heavily processed sampled drum sounds.

Acoustic Sound Processing

Acoustic sound sources (vocals, guitars, drums) featuring timbres audibly modified by electronic effects or the recording/reproduction chain.

Amplified and Effected Guitars

Electric or acoustic-electric guitar sounds characterized by electronic amplification and tonal shaping through effects.

Sample-Based Sound Design

Use of recorded audio snippets (samples) or distinct synthesized sound effects as key timbral or percussive components.

Timbres and sound textures generated or audibly shaped by electronic instruments, processing, or reproduction methods.


Clean Guitar Sonority

Dominant use of acoustic or electric guitars with clear, bright, minimally processed tones, often arpeggiated or strummed.

Articulate Piano Melodics

Piano employed for distinct melodic lines or clear chordal structures, maintaining a polished and often uplifting sound.

Understated Rhythmic Pulse

Consistent, light rhythmic accompaniment from drums, bass, or percussion, providing a steady but non-intrusive groove.

Glossy Production Finish

Professional, high-fidelity audio production characterized by clarity, balance, and a smooth, commercially-oriented sound.

Instrumental; clean guitars and/or pianos; uplifting or neutral tone; polished, commercial sound; background/corporate application.


Synthesizer Timbres

Varied sound colors and textures created by electronic synthesis, forming melodic, harmonic, or atmospheric elements.

Electronic Drum Rhythms

Percussive beats and patterns generated by drum machines or synthesized drum sounds.

Static Noise Element

Presence of harsh, broadband electronic noise, either as a primary sound source or a textural layer.

Sequenced Musical Patterns

Repetitive melodic, rhythmic, or arpeggiated phrases characteristic of electronic sequencing and programming.

Predominance of sounds created or manipulated by electronic devices and processes, encompassing synthesized tones, electronic percussion, and noise.


Minor or Modal Tonality

Prevalent use of minor keys, modes, or dissonant harmonies creating somber, tense, or unsettling moods.

Synthesized and Processed Timbres

Dominance of synthesizers, heavily processed instruments (e.g., distorted guitars), or sample-based sounds shaping non-acoustic soundscapes.

Somber and Evocative Atmospheres

Creation of distinct, often dark, melancholic, ominous, or tense sonic environments.

Music characterized by minor/modal tonalities, synthesized/processed timbres, and a prevailing dark, tense, or melancholic atmosphere.


Electric Guitar

Ubiquitous presence of electric guitars, performing rhythm, lead melodies, or solos, often with varying degrees of distortion.

Drum Kit

Consistent use of an acoustic drum kit (kick, snare, hi-hats, cymbals, toms) driving the rhythm.

Bass Guitar

Electric bass guitar providing foundational low-frequency harmonic and rhythmic content.

4/4 Time Signature

Music structured within a 4/4 time signature, providing a common rhythmic framework for all pieces.

Core rock band instrumentation (electric guitar, bass, drums) and 4/4 time signature, defining a consistent rock music character.


Deep Drones

Sustained, very low-pitched sounds, often rumbling or vibrating, forming a textural foundation.

Unsettling Atmospheres

Creation of eerie, mysterious, tense, or ominous moods through sound.

Textural Focus

Emphasis on the qualities of sound (timbre, density, evolution) over melodic or harmonic content.

Non-Traditional Sonorities

Use of abstract, processed, or unconventional sound sources, including metallic, scraping, or synthesized elements.

Sustained low-frequency sounds, unsettling atmospheres, textural emphasis, non-traditional sonorities.


High-Frequency Emphasis

Strong presence in upper frequency spectrum, causing brightness or sharpness.

Distortion and Noise

Heavy audio distortion, overdrive, or prominent noise textures creating harshness.

Penetrating Reed Instruments

Wind instruments with naturally sharp, cutting, reedy timbres (e.g., bagpipes, shawms).

Bright Electronic Leads/Textures

Electronic lead melodies or textures with a distinctly bright, cutting, or trebly quality.

Dominance of sharp, cutting, high-pitched, and/or distorted timbres as core sonic elements.


Sustained Harmonic Pads

Long, held chords or notes creating continuous harmonic beds, produced by synthesizers or string ensembles.

Slow Pacing

Unhurried tempo and gradual harmonic or textural development, fostering a reflective or spacious mood.

Atmospheric Sound Design

Sound elements creating distinct mood, environment, or spaciousness, often via reverb and evolving sustained tones.

Slow-paced, atmospheric music; defined by sustained harmonic pads (synthesizers or string ensembles).


Acoustic Piano Performance

Dominant presence of an acoustic piano, typically playing solo or as the primary instrument.

Arpeggios and Broken Chords

Widespread use of notes of a chord played sequentially, creating flowing, often lyrical or atmospheric textures.

Tonal Harmony and Melody

Music structured around traditional major/minor keys with clear, often singable, melodic lines.

Expressive or Reflective Character

General mood is often introspective, melancholic, romantic, serene, or lyrical.

Solo acoustic piano music characterized by arpeggiated patterns or broken chords, clear tonal melodies, and an expressive or reflective emotional quality.


Solo Piano

Music performed exclusively or predominantly by a piano, without other accompanying instruments.

Arpeggiated Piano Figures

Piano textures characterized by notes of chords played sequentially rather than simultaneously, creating flowing harmonic and melodic movement.

Lyrical Melodies on Piano

Expressive, song-like melodic lines prominently featured and played on the piano, often supported by arpeggiated accompaniment.

Reflective Musical Mood

A predominant emotional quality conveying introspection, pensiveness, or gentle sentimentality, often achieved through moderate to slow tempos and expressive harmony.

Solo piano compositions characterized by extensive use of arpeggiated figures, lyrical melodies, and a generally reflective or melancholic mood.


Acoustic Piano Timbre

Predominant sound of an acoustic piano as the core instrumental element.

Arpeggiated Piano Textures

Consistent use of broken chords and arpeggios in piano parts across all snippets.

Lyrical and Expressive Performance

Emphasis on song-like melodies and an emotionally expressive quality in the piano playing, often with dynamic variation.

Acoustic piano music characterized by pervasive arpeggiated textures and a lyrical, expressive performance style.


Drum Kit Grooves

Consistent use of a standard drum kit (kick, snare, cymbals, toms) to establish and maintain rhythmic drive and groove across various styles.

Bass Guitar Foundation

Audible electric bass guitar providing foundational low-frequency harmonic content and rhythmic support, often interlocked with the drum patterns.

Core rhythm section (drum kit and bass guitar) providing the fundamental groove and harmonic underpinning.


Camera Shutter SFX

Distinct mechanical sound of a camera shutter, commonly used as a sound effect.

Short Musical Ident

Brief, memorable musical phrase, often synthesized or orchestral, serving as a sonic logo or cue.

Synthesized Melodic Snippet

Short melodic figure played by electronic instruments, such as synthesized bells.

Minimalist Electronic Ambience

Atmospheric sound characterized by sparse, subtle electronic tones or near-silence.

Pitched Percussion Motif

Concise melodic phrase from a clear-toned pitched percussion instrument, like vibraphone, often presented cleanly as if sampled.

Electronic Drum Pattern

Short, self-contained rhythmic sequence from synthesized or sampled drum sounds.

Processed Vocal Cue

Brief, unaccompanied vocal line with audible signal processing, such as reverberation.

Audio characterized by synthesized timbres, use of digital samples, and/or audible electronic signal processing.


Suspenseful Atmosphere

Pervasive feeling of anticipation, unease, or impending drama.

Dark and Ominous Timbres

Sound colors evoking serious, threatening, or unsettling moods (e.g., low frequencies, distortion, heavy percussion, processed sounds).

Cinematic Tension Underscore

Instrumental music primarily focused on establishing and maintaining a tense, dramatic mood suitable for underscoring film, game, or trailer sequences.

Dynamic Intensity

Variations in loudness, textural density, or rhythmic activity creating builds, swells, or sustained high drama.

Dark, suspenseful, ominous instrumental music; cinematic tension; dynamic intensity.


Synthesized Sound Sources

Primary instrumentation and textures generated by synthesizers.

Electronic Music Production

Creation and arrangement using electronic instruments, sequencing, and studio techniques typical of electronic genres.

Reverb Application

Reverberation effects applied to create spatial depth or atmosphere.

Synth Pads

Sustained, often atmospheric, synthesizer sounds providing harmonic or textural layers.

Synthesizer-based instrumentation; electronic production; atmospheric pads and reverb common.


Harsh Electronic Noise

Sustained, abrasive, and complex electronic sound with a dense, buzzing, or grinding texture, rich in inharmonic content.

Reedy and Breathy Timbres

Sound quality of wind instruments or vocals that includes audible breath, reed vibration, or fricatives, adding a noise-like or buzzy component.

Percussive Attack Noise

Aperiodic sound components prominent in the initial transient of percussive events, such as drum hits, bell strikes, or string plucks.

Distortion and Saturated Harmonics

Audio characterized by dense harmonic and inharmonic content due to overdrive, clipping, or intense sound sources, resulting in a 'thick,' 'fuzzy,' or 'chaotic' quality.

Synthesizer Noise and Textured Waveforms

Electronic sounds utilizing noise generators or complex non-sinusoidal waveforms (e.g., sawtooth, square) that contribute textured, buzzy, or noise-like characteristics to the timbre.

Sounds characterized by timbral complexity arising from the inclusion of aperiodic components, distortion, or noise-like textures.


Metallic & Crystalline Resonances

Bright, clear, ringing timbres from metallic, glass-like, or synthesized sources like bells, cymbals, or chimes, with significant decay.

Sustained Foundational Tones

Long-held or slowly decaying notes, often in low to mid frequencies, forming drones, pads, or continuous harmonic/melodic elements.

Resonant Drum & Percussion

Drum and percussive elements characterized by noticeable decay, ringing, or added reverberation, avoiding abrupt, dry hits.

Dominance of sounds with significant sustain, decay, or reverberation, resulting in a lingering and resonant sonic character.


Instrumental Jazz

Jazz music performed exclusively by instruments, emphasizing melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic interplay without vocals.

Improvisation

Spontaneous melodic and rhythmic invention by musicians, often featured in extended solo passages.

Core Jazz Rhythm Section

Ensemble foundation of drums, a bass instrument (acoustic, electric, or organ bass), and a chordal instrument (piano, organ, or guitar) providing harmonic and rhythmic drive.

Instrumental jazz characterized by improvisation and a core rhythm section (drums, bass, chordal).


Acoustic Piano

Music performed exclusively or predominantly on an acoustic piano, serving as the sole melodic and harmonic instrument.

Arpeggiated Textures

Prominent and pervasive use of arpeggios or broken chord patterns, forming a primary characteristic of the musical texture.

Solo acoustic piano performances consistently featuring extensive arpeggiated figures and broken chord textures.


Plucked or Percussive Timbre

Sounds with a sharp attack and often a relatively quick decay, characteristic of plucked instruments (e.g., ukulele), struck instruments (e.g., piano), or percussive sound effects and clicks.

Short Repetitive Rhythmic Patterns

Brief rhythmic or sonic figures that are repeated, emphasizing a cyclical, pulsed, or ostinato-like quality.

Isolated Single Sonic Events

Presentation of individual, distinct sounds such as a single chord, a short vocal note, a brief sound effect, or a standalone tone, often clearly demarcated.

Prominent Synthesized Sounds

Significant use of electronically generated timbres, including instrument emulations (strings, plucks), abstract synth tones, and electronic sound effects.

Music and sounds characterized by clearly defined onsets, individual notes or events, or short, distinct gestures, rather than continuous or heavily blended textures.


Loop-Based Composition

Musical structure built upon the repetition of short rhythmic and/or melodic phrases.

Drum Machine Rhythms

Rhythmic foundation created with synthesized or sampled percussion, characteristic of drum machines and programmed beats.

Prominent Synthesizers

Extensive use of synthesizers for melodies, basslines, harmonies, and textural sound design.

Electronic Sound Palette

Predominant use of sounds generated or heavily processed electronically, creating a distinct non-acoustic timbral character.

Music characterized by electronically generated sounds, programmed rhythmic patterns, and repetitive loop-based structures.


Solo Piano

Acoustic piano as the sole or primary featured instrument.

Arpeggiated Figures

Chords played as successive notes, forming a dominant keyboard texture.

Classical/Romantic Piano Idiom

Compositional style, harmony, and piano writing reminiscent of classical and romantic era repertoire.

Expressive Melodic Lines

Presence of clear, often lyrical and emotionally evocative melodies.

Solo acoustic piano performances; prominent arpeggiated figures; expressive, melodic classical/romantic style.


Acoustic Guitar Strumming

Rhythmic chording on an acoustic guitar, providing harmonic and rhythmic drive.

Acoustic Guitar Arpeggiation

Playing individual notes of chords sequentially on an acoustic guitar, creating melodic or textural patterns.

Pop/Folk Harmony

Chord progressions and melodic structures characteristic of pop and folk genres, often diatonic.

Clean Production

Audio production emphasizing clarity of individual instruments, minimal heavy effects or distortion.

Rhythm Section Accompaniment

Common inclusion of drums and bass guitar forming a rhythmic and low-end foundation.

Acoustic guitar as primary sonic and structural element.


Exclusive Synthesizer Timbre

All audible sounds possess electronically generated timbres characteristic of synthesizers; absence of acoustic instruments.

Atmospheric Synth Layers

Prominent use of sustained, evolving synthesizer pads or drones to create ambient textures and harmonic foundations.

Sequenced Rhythmic Elements

Presence of rhythmically defined synthesizer lines, including arpeggios, basslines, or melodic sequences, often driving the music.

Exclusively synthesizer-generated sounds; no acoustic instruments.


Synthesizer Timbrality

Sound palette dominated by electronically generated or synthesized timbres for melody, harmony, bass, and texture.

Electronic Rhythms & Sequences

Rhythmic drive from drum machines or synthesized percussion; melodic, harmonic, and textural content often built from sequenced or programmed patterns.

Processed & Layered Sound Design

Extensive use of audio effects (e.g., reverb, delay, distortion), synthesis techniques, and layering to create complex, atmospheric, or immersive soundscapes.

Dominant synthesizer timbres; structured via electronic rhythms and sequences; characterized by processed and layered sound design.


Pervasive Reverberation

Dominant reverberation effects on instruments and vocals, creating a sense of large acoustic space or a 'wash' of sound.

Atmospheric Sound Design

Emphasis on immersive and moody soundscapes, often characterized by sustained tones, slow development, and spatial depth.

Processed Vocals (Reverb/Delay)

Vocals consistently treated with significant reverberation and/or delay, imparting a distant, ethereal, or blended quality.

Electronic Sound Elements

Frequent inclusion of synthesizers (pads, textures, arpeggios) or prominent electronic processing applied to acoustic or vocal sources.

Pervasive reverberation and delay creating spacious, atmospheric, ethereal soundscapes.


Isolated Sound Effects

Non-musical, distinct sonic events: mechanical, percussive, brief vocalizations.

Micro-Musical Phrases

Extremely brief melodic/rhythmic musical statements, often synthesized; jingle or alert-like.

Fragmented Audio Structure

Discrete sound events with abrupt starts/ends; frequent silence between clips; indicative of edited samples.

Brief, self-contained sonic units: non-musical sound effects and concise musical motifs, presented as discrete, edited samples.


Electric Guitar Timbre

Centrality of the electric guitar, showcasing diverse tones from heavily distorted to cleaner sounds, often with various effects.

Guitar-Driven Performance

Electric guitar performing both lead melodic/solo roles and foundational rhythmic/harmonic parts, consistently being the focal instrument.

Rock Genre Context

Music operating within the stylistic conventions of rock and its subgenres (metal, blues-rock), featuring characteristic guitar usage and energy.

Articulated Guitar Techniques

Prominent use of expressive and technical electric guitar articulations such as string bending, vibrato, palm-muting, fast alternate picking, and arpeggios.

Dominant electric guitar across various rock-based instrumental performances, showcasing diverse techniques and tones.


Piano Arpeggios

Sequential playing of chord notes on piano, creating flowing harmonic or melodic lines.

Guitar Arpeggios

Sequential playing of chord notes on guitar (acoustic or electric), often via fingerpicking or clean patterns.

Lyrical Arpeggiation

Expressive, song-like melodies or flowing harmonic progressions built from broken chords.

Predominant use of arpeggiated figures forming the core harmonic and textural foundation across various instrumental settings.


Atmospheric Textures

Sustained sounds, reverberation, and often sparse arrangements creating a strong sense of space or mood.

Evocative Mood Setting

Primary focus on eliciting emotional responses like melancholy, mystery, tension, or introspection.

Slow to Moderate Tempos

Unhurried prevailing pulse contributing to a reflective, tense, or deliberate character.

Significant Reverberation

Audible natural or artificial reverberation enhancing spaciousness and atmosphere.

Repetitive Rhythmic/Melodic Elements

Use of ostinatos, arpeggios, or repeated rhythmic motifs for structure and hypnotic effect.

Atmospheric music creating somber, mysterious, or suspenseful moods; characterized by slow tempos, reverberation, and often repetitive figures.


Distorted Electric Guitar Rock

Slow to mid-tempo rock featuring heavily distorted electric guitar, power chords, and often a heavy or melancholic mood.

Ambient Electronic Soundscapes

Evolving synthesizer pads and atmospheric textures, often lacking strong percussion, creating an immersive or ethereal feel.

Groove-Oriented Ensemble Playing

Full band ensemble (guitar, bass, drums) focused on rhythmic interplay and groove, in styles like funk or blues-jazz.

Pervasive Reverberation

Consistent, significant use of reverberation effect on instruments or overall mix, creating space, depth, or atmosphere.

Universal application of reverberation; spacious, atmospheric sound quality across diverse musical styles.


Synth Pads

Electronically synthesized sustained sounds providing harmonic foundation and atmospheric texture.

Drone-like Textures

Long, continuous, often evolving sounds creating a persistent harmonic or textural bed.

Atmospheric Reverb

Significant reverberation creating space, depth, and an enveloping sound quality, enhancing sustained elements.

Continuous, often synthesized sounds and reverberation building immersive harmonic textures and spacious soundscapes.


Acoustic Percussion Timbre

Impactful rhythms and distinct timbres from unamplified, struck instruments like drums, wood, or metal.

Vocal Percussive Articulation

Human voice creating percussive sounds, clicks, and rhythmic patterns, differing from traditional vocalization.

Synthetic Sound Generation

Electronically produced sounds forming textures, melodies, or rhythms with characteristic artificial timbres.

Unconventional Sound Material

Unique timbres and rhythmic uses from non-standard instruments or everyday objects.

Diverse sound production methods yielding a wide range of timbres, generally structured rhythmically or as sequences of distinct sonic events.


Synthesized Chime Motifs

Short melodic patterns; bright, synthesized bell/chime timbres; notification sound character.

Mechanical Shutter SFX

Non-pitched mechanical click; characteristic camera shutter sound.

Brief Synthesized Stabs

Very short, impactful synthesized instrumental sounds (e.g., brass, string emulations); accent/alert function.

Minimal Electronic Percussion

Isolated, synthesized drum machine hits; brief rhythmic elements.

Reverberant Vocal Phrase

Short spoken vocal segment; prominent reverberation/delay processing; atmospheric quality.

Collection of short, distinct audio occurrences: synthesized melodies, mechanical sound effects, instrumental stabs, electronic percussion, and processed vocals, presented as individual cues.


Slow Tempo

A notably unhurried musical pace, often featuring elongated notes or spacious phrasing between musical events.

Sparse Texture

Minimalist arrangements with few simultaneous sonic layers or active instruments, creating an open and uncluttered sound.

Melancholic Mood

A common feeling of pensiveness, introspection, or gentle sadness, often conveyed through harmony, melody, and timbre.

Raw Recording Characteristics

Presence of audio qualities suggesting unpolished production, such as audible ambient noise, microphone handling sounds, or limited fidelity.

Consistently slow tempos and predominantly sparse musical textures.


Harmonica Timbre

The distinct reedy, metallic, and often bright sound characteristic of the harmonica.

Melodic Harmonica

Harmonica employed to play primary melodies or significant melodic phrases.

Expressive Harmonica Articulation

Use of techniques like note bending, vibrato, and dynamic variations in harmonica performance for expressive effect.

Blues Harmonica Elements

Incorporation of blues scales, characteristic note bends, and phrasing styles typical of blues harmonica.

Consistent presence of the harmonica as a central timbral and melodic feature.


Ostinato-Driven Composition

Musical structure heavily reliant on continually repeated rhythmic or melodic phrases (ostinati) across various instrumentations, creating a strong, driving pulse.

Programmed Drum Beats

Rhythmic foundation from synthesized or sampled drum sounds (kick, snare, hi-hats) arranged in repetitive loops, characteristic of electronic music.

Synthesizer Textures

Dominant use of electronic synthesizers for melodic lines, basslines, and harmonic pads.

Music fundamentally constructed around persistent, repeated rhythmic and/or melodic figures (ostinati), creating a strong pulse and often a driving or hypnotic effect.


Extreme Brevity

Exceptionally short duration, typically a few seconds per audio event.

Isolated Musical Elements

Musical content often presented as single instrumental lines, short motifs, or sparse textures, rather than full arrangements.

Sound Effect & Stinger Characteristics

Functional resemblance to non-melodic sound effects, brief musical cues (stingers), or isolated percussive/textural elements in many instances.

Predominance of Synthetic/Electronic Timbres

High proportion of electronically generated, synthesized, or heavily processed sound sources.

Universal characteristic of audio presented as very short, incomplete segments, excerpts, or isolated sound events.


Slow Tempo

Music characterized by a generally unhurried pace, often below 100 BPM, emphasizing elongated musical phrases and a reflective mood.

Sustained Sonic Elements

Predominance of sounds that are held, resonate, or decay slowly, such as synth pads, long guitar notes, legato vocals, or reverberant percussion, contributing to a flowing texture.

Spacious or Reverberant Sound Design

Use of reverberation, delay, atmospheric synth textures, or naturally resonant sounds to create a sense of depth, openness, and an immersive listening environment.

Music characterized by slow tempos, prominent use of sustained sounds, and spacious, often reverberant, production creating an immersive and reflective atmosphere.


Penetrating Melodic Timbre

Primary melodies are delivered by instruments possessing a sharp, clear, reedy, or nasal sound quality that stands out.

Sustained Note Articulation

Melodic construction emphasizes notes held for extended durations, fostering legato flow and continuous sound.

Ornamented Melodic Content

Melodic lines are frequently embellished with decorative figures, trills, or rapid note sequences, adding expressive complexity.

Prominent instrumental melodies characterized by penetrating timbres, sustained note phrasing, and frequent ornamentation.

Embellished Sustained Instrumental Leads


Melodic Content

Prominent and discernible melodic lines or themes are a core feature across the musical segments.

Tonal/Modal Framework

Harmonic structures are predominantly based on tonal or modal systems, establishing a sense of key or harmonic center.

Predominance of clear melodic elements situated within tonal or modal harmonic structures.


Synthesized Music Elements

Sounds created or heavily modified by electronic means, including synthesizers, drum machines, and electronic soundscapes.

Acoustic Instrument Sounds

Recordings of non-electronic musical instruments such as orchestral strings, brass, and various forms of percussion.

Rhythmic Loops and Patterns

Short, often repetitive, rhythmic phrases typically from drum machines, percussive sequences, or instrumental grooves.

Melodic Motifs

Short, distinct pitched sequences forming a recognizable tune or musical idea.

Sound Effects and Textural Audio

Audio primarily characterized by its unique timbre, atmospheric quality, or as a distinct sound event, rather than conventional melodic or harmonic progression.

Brief, self-contained audio excerpts exhibiting diverse timbres, musical roles, and production styles.


Rudimental Snare Drumming

Performance emphasizing snare drum rudiments like rolls and precise, often complex, rhythmic patterns, typically in a solo or prominent context.

Solo Hand Percussion

Unaccompanied performance on hand-played drums (e.g., congas, doumbek), highlighting intricate rhythms and distinct timbral colors.

Drum Kit Grooves and Fills

Rhythmic patterns (grooves) and short improvisational breaks (fills) played on a standard drum set, forming the rhythmic backbone or providing embellishments.

Extended Drum Kit Solo

A longer, developed solo passage played on the full drum kit, showcasing a range of techniques, rhythmic ideas, and coordination.

Low-Pitched Drum Emphasis

Focus on the sounds of deep-tuned drums such as tom-toms, bass drums, or timpani, used for powerful accents, foundational rhythms, or resonant tones.

Music exclusively showcasing percussion instruments, characterized by rhythmic complexity, soloistic performances, and diverse drum timbres, without melodic or harmonic accompaniment.


Instrumental Lead Melodies

The main melodic line is predominantly carried by a musical instrument, not the human voice.

Synthesizer-Voiced Melodies

Electronic synthesizers are frequently used to articulate the primary melodic content.

Lyrical and Song-like Melodies

Melodies often exhibit a flowing, singable character with clear phrasing and expressive contours.

Music consistently featuring a distinct, easily discernible, and central melodic line as its primary element.


Percussive Rhythmic Foundation

Percussion instruments establish the core rhythmic layer, defining beats, sustained textures, or grooves.

Repetitive Percussive Motifs

Recurring rhythmic patterns in percussion parts provide structure and propulsive energy.

Percussion for Rhythmic Drive and Emphasis

Percussion generates forward momentum and highlights key rhythmic moments through accents and dynamic changes.

Universal reliance on percussion instruments to define, animate, and propel the rhythmic character of the music.


Synthesizer Timbre

Distinctive sounds generated by electronic synthesizers, forming melodic, harmonic, bass, or textural layers.

Processed Electric Guitars

Prominent use of electric guitars whose sound is shaped by amplification and electronic effects like distortion, wah-wah, or delay.

Electronically Enhanced Rhythms

Percussive elements characterized by electronic generation (e.g., drum machines) or significant electronic processing of acoustic drums.

Electronic Soundscapes and Effects

Use of electronically generated ambient textures, noise, drones, or distinct sound effects not tied to traditional instrumental roles.

Music characterized by the integral use of electronic technology for sound creation, signal processing, or defining timbral qualities.


Synthesizer-Based Soundscapes

Musical environments and structures heavily reliant on diverse synthesizer timbres for melody, harmony, and texture.

Prominent Electric Guitar

Feature of electric guitars, utilizing clean, distorted, or lead tones as central melodic, rhythmic, or timbral elements.

Electric & Synthesized Bass

Low-frequency foundation provided by electric bass guitars or bass synthesizers, defining rhythm and harmony.

Keyboard-Driven Melodies & Harmonies

Primary melodic and harmonic material originating from various keyboard instruments, including synthesizers and electric organs.

Predominance of electronically generated or electrically amplified instrumentation across all examples.


Distorted Guitar Riff

Short, heavy, repetitive electric guitar phrase with significant distortion, suitable as a loop or sample.

Simple Synth Lead

Brief, monophonic melody played with a basic, clean synthesizer tone, often as a short motif.

Oral Percussive SFX

Short, dry, rhythmic clicks or pops, likely produced vocally or with the mouth, used as sound effects.

Chiptune Loop

Short, looping 8-bit style synthesized music segment with characteristic retro video game sounds.

Camera Shutter SFX

Distinct, brief sound of a mechanical camera shutter mechanism, a common sound effect.

Synth Hit SFX

Short, impactful, percussive synthesized sound for accentuation, resembling an orchestral or brass stab.

Solo Wind Instrument Phrase

Brief, clear melodic phrase from a single unaccompanied wind instrument.

Metronome Clicks

Regular, sharp percussive sounds marking a steady tempo, often as a rhythmic guide or element.

Drum Machine Pattern

Short, repetitive rhythmic beat created with synthesized electronic drum sounds.

Electric Piano Groove

Brief, loopable musical segment with electric piano chords and melody, often with a jazzy or funky feel.

Diverse, brief, isolated sound events; musical motifs, rhythmic patterns, instrumental licks, and characteristic sound effects.


Bowed String Instruments

Features instruments like violins, cellos, or bowed double bass, characterized by sustained tones produced by drawing a bow across strings.

Plucked String Instruments

Includes instruments such as acoustic/electric guitars, bass guitars, sitar, or plucked double bass, where sound is made by plucking strings.

Synthesized String Timbres

Employs electronic synthesizer sounds, often pads or leads, designed to emulate or evoke the sonic characteristics of string instruments.

Universal incorporation of acoustic (bowed/plucked) or synthesized string timbres.


Clear Rhythmic Pulse

Underpinned by a distinct and continuous rhythmic pulse, providing a foundational temporal framework.

Pattern-Based Rhythms

Rhythmic content largely built from repeating figures, motifs, or established genre-specific beat structures.

Forward Momentum

Consistent projection of movement and progression, driven by rhythmic elements, irrespective of specific tempo.

Characterized by a strong, often repetitive, rhythmic pulse or beat as a core structural element.


Pitched Musical Material

Core sonic information based on identifiable pitches, forming melodies, harmonies, or tonal centers.

Rhythmic Organization

Presence of organized temporal patterns, including pulses, note durations, and phrasing, providing structure.

Spatial Audio Processing

Application of effects like reverberation and delay creating acoustic space, depth, or atmosphere.

Widespread use of reverberation and delay effects enhancing sonic depth and atmosphere across diverse styles.


Camera Shutter Sound Effect

Distinct mechanical camera shutter sound, used as a recurring non-musical cue, often preceding a synthesized stab.

Impactful Synthesized Stab

Brief, forceful synthesized accent, often with an orchestral or brassy quality, frequently cued by a sound effect.

Synthesized Mallet Melody

Short, bright, bell-like synthesized melodic phrases, resembling a vibraphone or glockenspiel.

Low-Amplitude Ambient Segments

Brief sections characterized by very low audio levels or near silence, implying edited segments of quietness or subtle room tone.

Sustained Synthesized Drone

Continuous, low-pitched atmospheric synthesized texture, presented as a short segment.

Short Digital Percussion/SFX

Brief, sharp, synthesized percussive hits or abstract digital sound effects, akin to UI sounds.

Reverberant Vocal Snippet

A short sung vocal line with noticeable studio reverberation, indicating signal processing.

Brief, distinct audio events, predominantly synthesized or featuring signal processing such as editing, reverberation, or sound effects.


Guitars (Acoustic, Electric, or Bass)

Music prominently featuring various types of guitars (acoustic, electric, bass) for melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic roles.

Folk/World String Instruments

Presence of traditional plucked string instruments from diverse global musical cultures, such as the oud or tanpura.

Synthesized String Textures

Utilization of electronic synthesis to generate timbres resembling or evoking orchestral string sections or atmospheric string pads.

Consistent incorporation of sounds originating from various string instruments (guitars, traditional folk strings) or synthesized timbres designed to emulate strings.


Theremin Glissando

Expressive, continuous pitch slides, a hallmark of the theremin, creating an ethereal and vocal-like melodic quality.

Pure Electronic Tones

Fundamental electronic timbres, often sine-wave-like or simple waveforms, used for melodies, sustained notes, or short percussive sounds, characteristic of theremins and early synthesizers.

Single-line melodies or arpeggiated figures played by electronic instruments, emphasizing clarity and often using timbres reminiscent of basic electronic oscillators.

Music characterized by sounds intrinsic to the theremin or early electronic synthesis: pure electronic timbres, monophonic melodic lines, and signature pitch glissandi.


Synthesizer Tonality

Sounds generated by electronic synthesizers, including chiptune and abstract textures.

Drum Machine Grooves

Rhythmic patterns and percussive sounds created by electronic drum machines.

Electric Guitar Timbre

Amplified, often processed (e.g., distorted, clean), sounds of electric guitars.

Studio-Processed Acoustic Percussion

Acoustic drum sounds (snare, kick) captured and shaped by studio recording and production techniques.

Electric Piano Sonority

Timbre characteristic of an electric piano, where sound is generated mechanically/electromechanically and amplified electronically.

DJ Scratching Effect

Turntable manipulation of vinyl records creating rhythmic or textural sounds as a musical element.

Timbres primarily generated, amplified, or significantly shaped through electronic processes and technologies.


Arpeggiation

Chords frequently broken into sequentially played notes, creating a flowing texture on various instruments like piano, synthesizer, and guitar.

Harmony-Driven Melodic Lines

Melodic content, whether arpeggiated, riff-based, or through voice-leading in chord changes, is primarily constructed from the notes of the underlying chord progressions.

Prominent Chordal Instrumentation

Keyboards (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) and guitars are the dominant instruments carrying melodic and harmonic information across the set.

Exclusively Instrumental

All musical examples are purely instrumental, containing no vocal elements.

Chordal harmony articulated through flowing melodic lines, arpeggios, and sequential note patterns.


Melodic Human Whistling

Clear, pitched whistling as the primary melodic voice.

Bagpipe Lead Melody

Bagpipe chanter playing a distinct, continuous melody, often over drones.

Expressive Reed Instrument Melody

Prominent, often ornamented melody from a reed aerophone (e.g., shehnai, oboe).

Dominant Vocal Melody

Sung human voice carrying the central, clear melodic line.

Flute Lead

Primary melodic line played by a transverse flute, often agile and breathy.

String Ensemble Lead

Unified melodic line carried by a bowed string section.

Electric Guitar Lead

Melodic focus on an electric guitar, often with distortion or effects.

Synthesizer Lead

Electronically generated sound forming a distinct, primary melodic line.

Fipple Flute Lead

Clear, bright melodic line played on a fipple flute (e.g., recorder).

Diverse instrumental and vocal sources delivering clear, dominant melodic lines.


Hand Percussion

Hand-played drums (e.g., djembe) creating distinct timbres and clear rhythmic patterns with sharp articulation.

Electronic Drum Machine Rhythm

Synthesized percussion sounds (kick, snare, hi-hats) forming structured, often repetitive, rhythmic beds with precise articulation.

Atmospheric Pad Textures

Sustained, evolving synthesized sounds generating ambient, spacious textures, characterized by softer, gradual articulation of layers and harmonic shifts.

Incidental/Found Percussion

Rhythmic or textural sounds from non-traditional percussive items or environmental recordings (e.g., water, metallic objects), often with distinct, sharp articulations.

Spoken Word Elements

Integrated human speech, contributing to the sonic landscape through its inherent rhythmic articulation and informational content.

All audio segments exhibit clear temporal articulation; sounds possess defined onsets and dynamic evolution, rather than being purely static or unchanging.


Dominant Percussive Layer

Key rhythmic layer built from prominent sounds of percussive instruments (acoustic, electronic, or orchestral).

Patterned Rhythmic Organization

Rhythmic structure built on distinct, often repeated, percussive patterns or motifs.

Clear Rhythmic Pulse

Evident and consistent beat or pulse, primarily articulated by percussive elements.

Centrality of percussive instruments; patterned rhythmic construction; strong, articulated pulse.


Core Jazz Rhythm Section

Keyboard (piano or organ), bass (acoustic or electric), and drum kit consistently forming the ensemble's rhythmic and harmonic backbone.

Instrumental Melodic Leads & Solos

Various instruments (wind, guitar, or keyboard) delivering primary melodies and improvisational solos.

Pervasive Improvisation

Spontaneous melodic and harmonic invention by soloists as a central performance element.

Jazz Rhythmic Feel

Rhythmic drive characterized by swing patterns or strong syncopation typical of jazz music.

Extended Jazz Harmony

Complex chord structures (e.g., 7ths, 9ths, altered chords) and characteristic jazz chord progressions.

Instrumental jazz performances by small ensembles, characterized by a core rhythm section, melodic improvisation, swing or syncopated rhythms, and complex harmonies.


Heavy Guitar Distortion

Electric guitars processed with significant audio distortion, yielding a thick, aggressive timbre characteristic of rock and metal.

Synthesizer-Based Melodies and Harmonies

Principal melodic themes and harmonic content articulated by electronically generated synthesizer sounds.

Accordion as Melodic and Harmonic Core

The accordion serves as a primary instrument for both melodic lines and harmonic foundation in folk-influenced styles.

Prominent Rhythmic Percussion

A strong presence of drum kits or electronic percussion providing a clear rhythmic framework and drive.

Consistent structuring with multiple simultaneous musical elements, creating harmony and textural depth beyond monophony.


Foundational Bass Element

Consistent presence of a distinct musical element in the bass register, played by electric bass guitar or synthesizer, providing harmonic and/or rhythmic foundation.

Percussive Rhythmic Drive

Use of drum kits or electronic drum machines to establish a clear and often driving rhythmic pulse.

Vocal Melodic Content

Feature of sung melodies, by male or female voices, often serving as a central musical element.

Synthesizer Timbre Usage

Incorporation of sounds generated by synthesizers for various musical roles including bass lines, melodies, or atmospheric pads.

Prominent bass register part via electric bass or synthesizer; harmonic/rhythmic groundwork.


Improvisational Jazz Combo

A small jazz group, typically featuring a lead instrument (e.g., saxophone) with rhythm section accompaniment, characterized by improvisation and syncopated rhythms.

Heavy Guitar Distortion

An electric guitar timbre heavily altered by distortion effects, creating a thick, sustained, and harmonically rich sound common in rock and metal genres.

Lush String Ensemble with Reverb

Music featuring a full string orchestra, often with prominent reverberation, creating a spacious, emotive, and often cinematic soundscape.

Synthesizer-Based Electronic Music

Music primarily constructed using electronically generated sounds from synthesizers and drum machines, often characterized by repetitive patterns and distinct electronic timbres.

Processed Vocal Effects

Vocals treated with electronic effects such as reverb, delay, or sampling and manipulation, altering their natural timbre and acoustic presence.

Universal presence of electronic processes in sound generation or modification, including synthesis, electric instrument amplification, signal processing (effects, EQ), and recording/mixing techniques, fundamentally shaping the timbre and presentation of the audio.


Brief Melodic Motifs

Short, memorable pitched phrases; musical cues or stings.

Transient Sound Effects

Distinct sounds with sharp attacks; impacts, alerts, or foley.

Environmental Ambience & Textures

Sounds establishing environment or mood; field recordings or textural instrumental layers.

Elemental Rhythmic Components

Simple, foundational rhythmic units; isolated drum sounds or basic ostinatos.

Short, distinct audio events; sound effects, musical cues, isolated components for production.


Electronic Sound Generation

Use of synthesizers or other purely electronic means to create sound elements.

Audio Signal Processing

Application of effects like reverberation, equalization, or dynamics processing to shape the sound.

Sound Recording and Mixing

Capture of acoustic or electric sound sources and their combination or manipulation into a presented audio form.

Recording, synthesis, editing, or signal processing evident across all items.


Camera Shutter Click SFX

A non-melodic, sharp mechanical click sound effect, characteristic of a camera shutter, often used for punctuation or realism.

Synthesized Musical Stings

Brief, impactful synthesized melodic or harmonic phrases, functioning as alerts, jingles, or transitional sounds.

Bell-like Melodic Cues

Short, gentle melodic phrases played on a clear, resonant percussive instrument (e.g., vibraphone/glockenspiel), suitable as notifications or gentle alerts.

Subtle Ambient Beds

Low-volume segments of indistinct background noise or room tone, providing quiet atmospheric texture.

Reverberant Vocal Sting

A short, isolated male a cappella vocal phrase with prominent reverberation, functioning as an atmospheric or dramatic cue.

Minimal Electronic Rhythm Loop

A concise, repetitive rhythmic pattern using basic electronic drum sounds, suitable as a short loop or rhythmic cue.

Varied, short audio events including sound effects, musical stings, ambient textures, and brief loops, suitable for use as cues or sound design elements.

Diverse Audio Cues and Sound Design Elements


Ambient Recording Noise

Audible background hiss, hum, or room tone; indicative of raw recordings or a lo-fi aesthetic.

Camera Shutter Sound Effect

Distinct non-musical sound of a mechanical camera shutter; used as a recurring sound effect.

Short Synthesized Musical Stings

Brief, simple melodic or harmonic phrases played on synthesized instruments; function as alerts or jingles.

Very brief audio events characterized by minimalist musical content (if present), distinct sound effects, and common recording artifacts like noise.

Collection of Short Audio Cues & Artifacts


Tension-Building Percussion and Rhythms

Impactful, often repetitive, drumming or rhythmic motifs (e.g., large drums, pizzicato ostinatos, ticking sounds) creating suspense and drive.

Ambient Synthesizer Textures

Layered synthesizer pads, drones, and evolving arpeggios forming ethereal, dark, or melancholic soundscapes.

Sparse and Reverberant Sonics

Arrangements with few elements, significant use of space, and prominent reverberation, enhancing vastness or isolation.

Lo-Fi and Noise Aesthetics

Incorporation of recording artifacts (vinyl crackle, hiss, distortion) or intentionally degraded sound quality as a textural or atmospheric element.

Prioritizing timbre, texture, and sonic environment over prominent melody to evoke strong, often dark or suspenseful, moods.


Synthesizer Prominence

Significant use of synthesizers for melodies, arpeggios, atmospheric pads, or bass lines.

Electric Guitar Melodics

Features electric guitar playing melodic leads, solos, or distinct riffs.

Groove-Based Rhythmic Structure

Music characterized by a clear rhythmic pulse from drums/percussion, often accompanied by articulated bass lines.

Ambient Atmospheric Textures

Soundscapes emphasizing sustained sounds, evolving pads, and immersive moods, often with minimal percussive drive.

Instrumental Compositions

Musical pieces performed entirely by instruments, without any vocal elements.

All musical examples feature significant instrumental content in the low-frequency range, providing essential harmonic grounding, whether as distinct bass lines or sustained foundational tones.

Consistent Low-Frequency Harmonic Foundation


Mechanical Shutter SFX

Recorded sound of a camera's shutter, used as a distinct, non-melodic audio event.

Brief Synthesized Jingle

Very short, synthesized melodic-harmonic phrase, often for notification.

Clear Melodic Mallet/Bell Tones

Short musical phrases with resonant, distinct pitches from mallet or synthesized bell-like instruments.

Low-Level Ambient Sound

Continuous, unobtrusive background audio, like room tone or subtle hum, lacking prominent musical features.

Concise Electronic SFX

Singular, brief, synthesized sound, often percussive or abstract, for emphasis or feedback.

Reverberant A Cappella Fragment

Isolated solo vocal segment without instruments, characterized by prominent artificial reverberation.

Predominance of brief audio segments, often synthesized or digitally processed, including sound effects, short melodies, and vocal excerpts.


Distortion as Timbral Color

Use of electronic distortion, fuzz, or overdrive to create saturated, harmonically rich, and often aggressive instrumental timbres.

Synthesizer-Generated Sounds

Prominent use of sounds created by electronic synthesizers, encompassing leads, basses, pads, and percussive elements.

Reverberation for Atmosphere

Use of reverberation effects to create a sense of acoustic space, depth, or specific atmospheric qualities for instruments or the overall mix.

Prominent Electric Guitar

The electric guitar featured as a primary melodic, harmonic, or textural element, its sound shaped by amplification and often effects.

Electronic Dance Rhythms

Beats constructed from synthesized or sampled drum sounds, often forming repetitive and driving patterns typical of electronic dance music.

Electronically generated or modified sounds; amplification, synthesis, effects processing defining sonic character.


Impactful Percussion

Dominance or clear presence of struck or percussive sounds, including drum kits, electronic percussion, and percussive sound effects, defining rhythm or creating sharp sonic events.

Staccato or Accented Articulation

Musical notes from melodic or harmonic instruments delivered with brevity or emphasis on their attack, creating a detached or punctuated character.

Fast-Attack Sound Design

Sounds, including synthesized tones and effects, characterized by a rapid onset (fast attack envelope), contributing to a sharp or percussive quality.

Audio characterized by sharp sound onsets, percussive impacts, or staccato articulations across diverse sound types.


Distorted Electric Guitar

Electric guitars with distortion, characteristic of rock/metal genres.

Synthesizer Timbre

Sounds from electronic synthesizers used for melody, harmony, percussion, or texture.

Acoustic Drum Kit Rhythm

Rhythmic foundation from an acoustic drum kit, common in many popular music genres.

Spoken Word

Audio primarily featuring human speech, without significant musical accompaniment.

Prominent Sound Effects

Audio segments where non-musical sound effects are the primary focus, often for narrative or atmospheric purposes.

Melodic Content

Presence of discernible, organized sequences of pitches forming tunes or melodic phrases.

Solo Instrumental Focus

Segments highlighting a single instrument carrying the primary musical material.

Temporal patterning or pulse across musical, speech, and sound effect segments.


Acoustic Plucked Strings

Natural, resonant timbre of plucked acoustic string instruments, primarily guitar.

Electric Guitar Timbre

Amplified and often processed sound of plucked electric guitar strings, encompassing clean to heavily distorted tones.

Bowed String Ensemble Timbre

Rich, sustained collective sound of multiple bowed string instruments, or a high-quality synthesized representation.

Synthesized String Emulation

Electronically generated timbres designed to mimic or evoke the sustained, lush textures of string ensembles, often for harmonic pads.

String Instrument Drone

Continuous, resonant tonal foundation from a physical string instrument (e.g., tanpura) or string-like synthesis.

Sound originating from vibrating strings: acoustic, electric, bowed, or synthesized emulations, consistently present across all examples.