The Emergence Machine

Pop Music

abstract · Music · Level 9 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

pop-music emerges from music. It requires sound.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “pop music” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “pop music”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
pop
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L3L2L1L0Pop MusicPopular MusicMusicRhythmSoundAppealCellGenre… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBritish InvasionL10Dance PopL10Dunedin SoundL10Russian PopL10Sophisti PopL10Pop MusicL9AppealL3Popular MusicL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Appeal L3 (requires)
    Popular music appealing to a wide audience, characterized by catchy melodies and simple structures.
  • Popular Music L8 (requires)
    Popular music appealing to a wide audience, characterized by catchy melodies and simple structures.

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