Electrophones Role in Music

With technology becoming more advanced there are many new additions to how music is being composed and performed. The addition of electrophones has changed music a lot. While listening to 4 different types of music I was able to hear electrophones in three out of the four types of music. I didn't think I would be able to hear as many as I did. Many of the instances when I thought I was hearing a violin or symphony-like sound, I believe I was probably hearing a sound made by a synthesizer. This occured in alternative-rock and pop music. Another sound that I heard frequently in the music was bell-like tones. I was able to hear these distinctly in alternative-rock and pop music as well. The majority of the songs from these two groups used some type of electrophone in their music, which was somewhat surprising to me. While listening to rap, I heard nearly all of the music being produced by an electrophone. There were hardly any real instruments in the songs that I listened to. The last type of music that I chose to listen to was country. I was not able to hear any electrophones in this type of music, but I was not expecting to. Overall, I was surprised by the number of songs that use electrophones. The same concept holds true to this instrument as well: when you are not consciously looking for a certain type of instrument, the listener often overlooks exactly what instruments make up the songs they are listening to.