The most complex music genre

Progressive Rock/Metal. Any debating that?

Mathcore?

Wagnerian 12-tone?

Classical...avant-garde jazz, fusion jazz, and yes some forms of metal/rock can be very complex/technical as well.

Aphex Twin.

Choral Symphonic Metal sounds pretty scary

Oh nonononononono. Metalcore is the simplest genre I've ever heard.

Oh nonononononono. Metalcore is the simplest genre I've ever heard.

DmadFearmonger

No, mathcore.

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

Sorry, misread. What's mathcore?

Sorry, misread. What's mathcore?

DmadFearmonger

Basically a complicated style of metalcore with unusual or changing time signatures. I don't really listen to it though.

Maybe, but if you listened to some Dream Theater. Progressive metal. The complexity of it is insane.

Probably classical music. I think I would make a good conductor because I'm good at flailing my arms around. :P

Classical, no competition.

Jazz...

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

Aphex Twin.THE_DRUGGIE

Electronic. The music itself does not make any sense whatsoever. You need to be extremely talented and innovative in order to produce something amazing. Also, the way they mix stuff, I dunno but it feels different.

Electronic. The music itself does not make any sense whatsoever. You need to be extremely talented and innovative in order to produce something amazing. Also, the way they mix stuff, I dunno but it feels different.

GazaAli

Electronic is a very broad term, however it's much to do with production and sound engineering. Also you can automate a lot of effects with certain tools so what may sound complex may have simply been generated by the program you're using, or even a sample which you can **** around with to sound nothing like its original form.

Certain electronic music really only makes sense when played on a large rig whilst you're 'under the influence' as well. In a lounge setting it may be pointless, but in a club it all comes together...

[QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"] Aphex Twin.poseidonwest

I would say he makes fairly straightforward music - he used to be able to knock out several tunes in a day no problem. He's talented no doubt - genius to many - but not one recognised for the complexity of his productions...

Maybe, but if you listened to some Dream Theater. Progressive metal. The complexity of it is insane.

DmadFearmonger

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]

Electronic. The music itself does not make any sense whatsoever. You need to be extremely talented and innovative in order to produce something amazing. Also, the way they mix stuff, I dunno but it feels different.

poptart

Electronic is a very broad term, however it's much to do with production and sound engineering. Also you can automate a lot of effects with certain tools so what may sound complex may have simply been generated by the program you're using, or even a sample which you can **** around with to sound nothing like its original form.

Certain electronic music really only makes sense when played on a large rig whilst you're 'under the influence' as well. In a lounge setting it may be pointless, but in a club it all comes together...

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

Classical music and then death metal.

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

Well, it depends on your opinion of whats sophisticated.

Baroque/classical/romantic pieces had a huge range of difficulty, so you cant really pin those down. They were hard to play, but the music theory behind them wasn't all that complicated. A lot of composers used the same "tricks".

There are a lot of bands today (atleast that I listen to)thathave sophisticatedarrangements, but aren't technically demanding to play.ex. Radiohead, The Killers...

I consider a piece sophisticated depending on if there are accidentals, chords/notes outside of a key, how the melody works with the harmony... Is the rhythm tricky, isthe harmonymulti-layered ect.

Overall it has to be classical or jazz.

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

What does how great it is have to do with how complex it is?

It seems rather evident to me that coordinating dozens of instruments to bring them together to make a cohesive whole is most certainly more complex than music with only a few instruments.

[QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"]

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

GabuEx

What does how great it is have to do with how complex it is?

It seems rather evident to me that coordinating dozens of instruments to bring them together to make a cohesive whole is most certainly more complex than music with only a few instruments.

+1 as far as musical complexity and technicality jazz and classical really rule the roost.
it is up to the composer to make the song "complex"genre really has nothing to do with it.

industrial music because it has so many styles to it.

Maybe, but if you listened to some Dream Theater. Progressive metal. The complexity of it is insane.

[QUOTE="-Tish-"][QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"]

Maybe, but if you listened to some Dream Theater. Progressive metal. The complexity of it is insane.

Shmiity

com·plex
–adjective
1.composedofmanyinterconnectedparts;compound;composite:acomplexhighwaysystem.
2.characterizedbyaverycomplicatedorinvolvedarrangementofparts,units,etc.:complexmachinery.

Please explain how a progressive metal song performed by four or five musicians can be more complex than this.

Aphex Twin.

THE_DRUGGIE

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

Maybe, but if you listened to some Dream Theater. Progressive metal. The complexity of it is insane.

DmadFearmonger

Noise music because it's not easy making noise sound good.

It's a whole lot of similar sounding instruments all playing together. It's all just so similar.

It's a whole lot of similar sounding instruments all playing together. It's all just so similar.

DmadFearmonger

Classical really isn't that complex, there might be a lot of preperation to it and a lot of people playing at the same time. But the end result isn't too great

DmadFearmonger

It's a whole lot of similar sounding instruments all playing together. It's all just so similar.

DmadFearmonger

Also, if you think these instruments all sound the same, please get ear dentures (ahha, what a silly though!) and just pray you can hear all this crap.

[QUOTE="DmadFearmonger"]

It's a whole lot of similar sounding instruments all playing together. It's all just so similar.

Symphonycometh

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