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Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence , which exist in ___MASK32___ . The common elements ___MASK91___ music are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ), rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ), dynamics ( loudness and softness ), and the sonic qualities ___MASK91___ timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the " color " ___MASK91___ a musical sound ). Different styles or types ___MASK91___ music may emphasize , de - emphasize or omit some ___MASK91___ these elements . Music is performed with a vast range ___MASK91___ instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek  (" mousike "; " art ___MASK91___ the Muses "). In its most general form , the activities describing music as an art form include the production ___MASK91___ works ___MASK91___ music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ), the criticism ___MASK91___ music , the study ___MASK91___ the history ___MASK91___ music , and the aesthetic examination ___MASK91___ music . Ancient Greek and ___MASK86___ philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as " the harmony ___MASK91___ the spheres " and " it is music to my ears " point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th - century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music , saying , for example , " There is no noise , only sound ." Quiet storm is a radio format and a subgenre ___MASK91___ contemporary R & B music that is characterized by understated , mellow dynamics , slow tempos , and relaxed rhythms . It was pioneered in the mid - 1970s by Melvin Lindsey , while he was an intern at the radio station WHUR - FM in Washington , D . C .. This style ___MASK91___ R & B music is named for Smokey Robinson ' s 1976 single " Quiet Storm ". ___MASK1___ is a state in the New ___MASK40___ region ___MASK91___ the northeast United States . It borders the other U . S . states ___MASK91___ Massachusetts to the south , New Hampshire to the east , ___MASK92___ to the west , and the Canadian province ___MASK91___ Quebec to the north . Lake Champlain forms half ___MASK91___ ___MASK1___ ' s western border with the state ___MASK91___ ___MASK92___ and the Green Mountains run north - south the length ___MASK91___ the state . Adult contemporary music ( AC ) is a form ___MASK91___ radio - played popular music , ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad - heavy music ___MASK91___ the present day , with varying degrees ___MASK91___ easy listening , pop , soul , rhythm and blues , quiet storm , and rock influence . Adult contemporary is rather a continuation ___MASK91___ the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution ___MASK91___ pop / rock music . A census is the procedure ___MASK91___ systematically acquiring and recording information about the members ___MASK91___ a given population . It is a regularly occurring and official count ___MASK91___ a particular population . The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses ; other common censuses include agriculture , business , and traffic censuses . The United Nations defines the essential features ___MASK91___ population and housing censuses as " individual enumeration , universality within a defined territory , simultaneity and defined periodicity ", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years . United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected , official definitions , classifications and other useful information to co - ordinate international practice . A radio station is a set ___MASK91___ equipment necessary to carry on communication via radio waves . Generally , it is a receiver or transmitter , an antenna , and some smaller additional equipment necessary to operate them . Radio stations play a vital role in communication technology as they are heavily relied on to transfer data and information across the world . WIXM ( 102 . 3 FM ) is a radio station licensed to serve Grand Isle , ___MASK1___ . The station is owned and operated by Radio Broadcasting Services , Inc . It airs a hot adult contemporary music format as `` Mix 102 . 3 '' . Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry . These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training . It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or " folk " music . Art music was historically disseminated through the performances ___MASK91___ written music , although since the beginning ___MASK91___ the recording industry , it is also disseminated through recordings . Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally , or to smaller , local audiences . Grand Isle is a town on Grand Isle in ___MASK54___ , Vermont , United States . The population was 2 , 067 at the 2010 census . Rhythm and blues , often abbreviated as R & B or RnB , is a genre ___MASK91___ popular African - American music that originated in the 1940s . The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans , at a time when " urbane , rocking , jazz based music with a heavy , insistent beat " was becoming more popular . In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical ___MASK91___ the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually consisted ___MASK91___ piano , one or two guitars , bass , drums , saxophone , and sometimes background vocalists . R & B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African - American experience ___MASK91___ pain and the quest for freedom and joy . Lyrics focus heavily on the themes ___MASK91___ triumphs and failures in terms ___MASK91___ relationships , freedom , economics , aspirations , and sex . Communication ( from Latin " commnicre ", meaning " to share ") is the act ___MASK91___ conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use ___MASK91___ mutually understood signs and semiotic rules . Easy listening is a popular music genre and radio format that was ___MASK90___ popular during the 1950s to 1970s . It is related to middle - ___MASK91___ - the - road ( MOR ) music and encompasses instrumental recordings ___MASK91___ standards , hit songs and popular non - rock vocals . It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety ___MASK91___ styles , including a percentage ___MASK91___ vocals , arrangements and tempos to fit various day parts during the broadcast day . Soft ___MASK48___ ( or lite ___MASK48___ ) is a subgenre ___MASK91___ ___MASK48___ music with a more commercial and less offensive sound . Originating in the early 1970s in southern California , the style smoothed over the edges ___MASK91___ singer - songwriter and pop , relying on simple , melodic songs with big , lush productions . Soft ___MASK48___ dominated radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into the synthesized music ___MASK91___ adult contemporary in the 1980s . Radio waves are a type ___MASK91___ electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum longer than infrared light . Radio waves have frequencies as high as 300 GHz to as low as 3 kHz , though some definitions describe waves above 1 or 3 GHz as microwaves , or include waves ___MASK91___ any lower frequency . At 300 GHz , the corresponding wavelength is , and at 3 kHz is . Like all other electromagnetic waves , they travel at the speed ___MASK91___ light . Naturally occurring radio waves are generated by lightning , or by astronomical objects .