Why do people confuse techno, house, trance, dance and rave?

house: born out of chicago in the mid to late 80s, it usually has a steady upbeat rhythem but can also be serious and reflective, examples: marshall jefferson-move your body(the house music anthem), happy mondays-step on, joe smooth-promised land, in around 88 `acid house` developed, look up mr lee-pump up london and maurice-this is acid.

rave: mostly an english thing,a `rave` is a coming together of people usually in a field or warehouse in the late 80s/ early 90s, rave music consisted of house, acid house, hardcore and jungle (they all stem from house) what most people consider rave music is upbeat, bouncy and fast, quite often with piano solos or intros look up liquid-sweet harmony, new atlantic-i know, shamen-ebeneezer goode amd candi staton- you got the love. raves have connotations with the drug extasy and are mainly illegal in the uk :( lol

trance: the main trance producers are from britain and germany, trance was developed in around 96/97 and is still made today on a smaller scale, the heyday of trance i would say was 98 to 02 anyway trance had a liquid, `trancy` sound, hense the term, the purpose of it was to be played in clubs and raves so a lot of tunes had long intros and big dramatic drops, the beat is literally `boom, boom, boom` lol and the melodies and lyrics tend to be sweet and dreamy, with mainly feemale vocals look up faithless-god is a dj, underworld-born slippy, tiesto-adagio for strings, delerium-silence ppk-resurrection and bk-revolution.
there is a fine line between trance and techno, i would say techno (also known as hardstyle) is a lot more agressive look up the song `one night in hackney` (i dont know who its by) you are more likely to hear techno in a metal club than a rave nowdays.

house is still made today in many forms such as `funky house` the stuff is very mainstream unlike early house and acid house (still good though), in your college paper you may also want to look into the genres of hip-house, happy hardcore, jungle, drum and bass and dubstep, which are all evolutions of electronic music. `electro` is just a term for all the above genres in my opinion and normally used by people who dont know a lot about it lol good luck on your paper and have fun listening to the music :)

When it comes down to it genres are pretty dumb, but sometimes necessary for classification.
But yeah... let's see.

Trance is four-to-the-floor kick-on-every-beat dance music that is supposed to "transcend" and put you in a mental state. It's characterized by huge buildups/breakdowns (dynamics), pads, "huge" synths etc

Techno is like bips and beeps with a rhythm. Usually hardly dynamic, if at all. (Most electronic music you hear is NOT techno, it's usually trance or house)

House is similar to trance, except instead of being transcending and emotional, it's more down-to-earth, clubby, and groovy. It has less dynamics than trance, but has more hi-hats and usually more swing etc

And if interested, here's a few more:

IDM: IDM stands for Intelligent Dance Music, which ironically is hardly danceable. It's basically glitches and bleeps, sometimes lacking a solid rhythm, but very heavy on percussion. Very "electronic" sounding, if I have to bring it to that level.

Ambient: Ambient isn't necessarily completely electronic, but it is often included. It's basically music with no or very little rhythm, aka soundscape or background music. Some ambient is very dark, long, undeveloping, while others can have a slow rhythm, even vocals at times.

Trip-Hop: Trip-hop is basically ambient with a more prominent focus on beats and basslines, and usually has a singer. This music is usually -very slow- compared to other stuff. It's characterized by it's lo-fi effects like purposefully placed record spinning fx and stuff, as well as "seemingly random" samples that fit into place.

Jungle/DnB: Fast, usually dark music that follows a steady bouncing rhythm, made famous by the Amen Break (a drum break recorded from a band a while ago.) It has echoing hihats and such.

There's more but I'm a little tired, but can do more if anyone decides not to google for themselves.

Tiesto! I <3 tiesto!

Because "so many" people dont really listen to any of that music often, and when they hear it all they hear is fast beating music.

all that shity "music" are all the same. it gives hurt ur head

I find trip hop is very different from from the others. especially bands like portishead, zero 7, massive attack and phanotgram.

Go to www.Ishkur.com. Has an in depth breakdown and description of various genres. Also www.di.fm has streaming music organized by genre.

Is this how you research all your homework?

just go to wiki :P

People think it's all the same because it's electronic and made with a keyboard. Sort of like all types of rock music have guitars but emo and alternative isn't the same.

It's completely normal because it happens to me and people just keep on listening to their shitty Top 40. Anyways, house is more classy and funky while trance is more faster. I don't know what rave is, though. And I know that techno has really high basses but it annoys me. Dance is pretty much what Top 40 is.

look its the same with rockpunk/metal and techno/house/blah blah.
When people don't know the difference than they confuse the terms, and it makes sence for you because you know the difference
nice point PiAnt.

Because they're all electronic. I don't listen to much rock. I barely know what grunge is, except that I don't like it.

mmm.. you made me wonder.. I don't listen to those genres.. I'm more into Rock and Metal .. anyway I found this over the internet.. Check it out if you want.. see the best answer

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080319060338AAwjGKy

Google ^_^

Hmm, if I showed you a painting by Renoir and another by Matisse, and asked you to identify which was which, could you?

Well, maybe you could, but I bet it would have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you were midwestern.

Generally speaking, the name for each type is determined by the type of instruments used by the artist, or the particular way in which the instrument is used i.e., elctro would be associated with electronic instruments, synths, electronic drums etc; Trance would be aimed at invoking that kind of state of mind.

Try googling each type and listen to them, or look them up on Wikipedia.

I can vaguely spot the differences but it really isn't that important to me personally.

However it would be interesting to know the distinct differences.

its all in your own head. its all the same.

Techno/Happy hardcore, dumb. Basshunter.

Trance, amazing likee Deadmau5

dirty beats like House or Electro amazingg<3 Paul Anthony

Dubstep, yeahh baby <3 Nero remix

you can hear the differences.

They basically almost all sound the same, I never knew there was any difference between them haha.

Is there any real difference?

because it all sounds the same. duh.

THANK YOU i knew i wasnt the only one asking this

techno is some crap you hear at a gay club with someone singing "dance..move yo bodayyy, feel the beat etc" trance is some shit you sit back to or can go jogging to..it has like a steady rhythm not too many lyrics or atleast lyrics telling you to dance

not sure what house and rave is