"What music is this?"

Translation: 这是什么音乐？

[elmanisero777]

would it be wrong to flip where 音乐 is? Like "这音乐是什么"

[Swansae]

See my comment on this thread :) https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25344777

[Bill496592]

So i saw your comment (which is very helpful indeed!), but doesnt that mean the translation would be "what kind of music is this?"

[Clara604861]

I hear the audio on 音乐 as yīnyuè, but on the single 乐 I hear lǐ ou liǔ or so. Anyone else?

[guillaume988540]

It should be 'yin yue' not 'yin le'!

[CorgiCerberus]

I feel that the problem here is with the English question. The question is too ambiguous. What music is this...is it referring to type (类型), nationality, artist-- there's no telling. This could lead to a variety of Chinese translations with different syntax, emphasizing something different. I'm thinking like 《这是什么音乐？》 (emphasizing manner/kind), and 《这音乐是什么？》 (generalized). Nearly the same thing, but Duo isn't accounting for them.

[lin709549]

why can't we say 这个什么 音乐?

[OneWeekata]

Is 这歌是什么？ not also correct?

[MohammedWang85]

Could I say "這個音樂是什麼"?