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Line 18: {{Portal\|Music}} '''Acoustic music''' is music that solely or primarily uses [[Musical instrument\|instruments]] that produce sound through [[Musical acoustics\|acoustic]] means, as opposed to [[Electric instrument\|electric]] or [[Electronic music\|electronic]] means~~; typically the phrase refers to that made by acoustic [[string instrument]]s~~.~~{{Citation needed\|date=July 2019}}~~ While all music was once acoustic, the [[retronym]] "acoustic music" appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the [[electric guitar]], [[electric violin]], [[Electronic organ\|electric organ]] and [[synthesizer]].{{sfn\|Safire\|2007}} Acoustic string instrumentations had long been a subset of popular music, particularly in [[folk music\|folk]]. It stood in contrast to various other types of music in various eras, including [[big band music]] in the pre-rock era, and electric music in the rock era. Music reviewer Craig Conley suggests, "When music is labeled acoustic, unplugged, or unwired, the assumption seems to be that other types of music are ''cluttered'' by [[Audio technology\|technology]] and [[Overproduction (music)\|overproduction]] and therefore aren't as ''pure''".<ref>{{cite web\| url= http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/aug-16-99/unwired.html\|title= Review: ''Unwired: Acoustic Music from around the World''\|accessdate=November 17, 2008\|last= Conley\| first = Craig\|date= August 16, 1999\|publisher = Splendid\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081225091421/http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/aug-16-99/unwired.html\| archivedate=December 25, 2008 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

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