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Techno

Meaning in music, with examples

nounCommon term

In music, techno means: An electronic dance music style that developed in Detroit, typically using repeated beats, synthesized sounds and gradual changes in texture.

In Turkish: tekno

How it is used

Used in electronic production and club programming. Producers often develop a techno track by changing layers and sound colour over repeated patterns.

Example sentences

  1. The techno track adds a brighter synth layer after every sixteen bars.

    Repeated sections develop through changes in texture rather than new sung verses.

  2. She removed the long vocal melody to keep the techno set focused on rhythm.

    The selection favors rhythmic continuity for this particular set.

Common collocations

  • techno track
  • techno producer
  • techno set
  • genreA category of music with shared features such as rhythm, instruments, harmony or history, for example jazz, rock, hip-hop or classical music.
  • grooveThe rhythmic feel of a piece that makes people want to move, created mainly by the drums and bass locking together.
  • DAWShort for digital audio workstation: software used to record, edit, arrange, mix and produce music on a computer, such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live or Cubase.

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