Let's Get Started: Classical Music

By classical music, I am referring to the famous western classicals -classical music of European countries, often called western classical. European classical music differs from any other non-European countries for its use of 'musical notation'. Musical notation is system which represents aurally perceived music through the use of written symbols. European composers use this system to instruct the performer the pitch, speed, meter, rhythm and exact execution of of a piece of music. Classical music has its roots from early 9Th century however the term 'classical music' is used to refer to the golden age of Bach to Beethoven.

Now what is classical music ? We generally have given the name 'classic' to anything that is old. We also terms 'Old is Gold'. Classical music has no specific definition. Vaguely, it can be described any music 'that lasts for a long time'. Classical music can be further observed by comparing to 'Popular music'- music of present, music of our time like rock, pop, jazz, country, trance etc. Though, we refers to a highly successful artist of our time as classic. In this sense, his music can be called classical which is wrong. According to Wiki, "Given the extremely broad variety of forms, styles, genres, and historical periods generally perceived as being described by the term "classical music." Some of the genre or style of classical music are like symphony, sonata, etude, concerto, opera etc.

You can know more about classical music here.