Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electronic means. Given that electronic instruments are a very recent invention in the history of music, almost all musical instruments are acoustic and subsequently almost all music. An electronic musical instrument is a Musical instrument that produces its sounds using Electronics. Music is found in every known Culture, past and present varying wildly between times and places The term "acoustic music" is a retronym, coined after the advent of electric instruments, such as the electric guitar, Hammond organ and the synthesiser. A retronym is a type of Neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else is no longer unique or is otherwise inappropriate An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company [1]
Acoustic music may still be amplified using electronic amplifiers. An electronic amplifier is a device for increasing the power and/or Amplitude of a signal. However, these amplification devices must be separate from the amplified instrument and need to reproduce its natural sound accurately.
Following the popularity of the MTV Unplugged television show, acoustic (though in most cases still electrically amplified) performances by artists who usually rely on electronic instruments have become colloquially referred to as "unplugged" concerts. MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing Acoustic instruments It was produced by Viacom and was directed by Beth
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- ^ Safire, William, "On Language: Retronym", New York Times Magazine, January 7, 2007
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