Meaning of ambient music | Babel Free
Definitions
A genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.
Equivalents
Suomi
ambient-musiikki
Examples
“There’s this old French composer I love⟳ named Erik Satie who wanted to compose what he called furniture music, by which he meant background music, music not meant to be noticed but to kind of just fill⟳ the room, which would now be called ambient music, but this was in the late 1800s, so pretty far ahead of his time, I’d say⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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