Acoustic music: Difference between revisions

'''Acoustic music''' is music that solely or primarily uses [[Musical instrument|instruments]] that produce sound through [[Musical acoustics|acoustic]] means, as opposed to [[Electric instrument|electric]] or [[Electronic music|electronic]] means. While all music was once acoustic, the [[retronym]] "acoustic music" appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the [[electric guitar]], [[electric violin]], [[Electronic organ|electric organ]] and [[synthesizer]].{{sfn|Safire|2007}} Acoustic string instrumentations had long been a subset of [[popular music]], particularly in [[folk music|folk]]. It stood in contrast to various other types of music in various eras, including [[big band music]] in the pre-rock era, and electric music in the rock era.