Electronic musical instrument actual musical instruments is often unclear. In the 2010s, electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music. In popular music styles such as electronic dance music, almost all of the instrument sounds used in recordings are electronic instruments (e.g., bass synth, synthesizer, drum machine). Development of new electronic musical instruments, controllers, and synthesizers continues to be a highly active and interdisciplinary field of research. Specialized conferences, notably the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, have organized to report cutting-edge work, as well as to provide a showcase for artists who perform or create music
English terms with diacritical marks associated with specific fields (especially cooking or musical terms) are less likely to lose their accents (such as the French "soupçon", "façade" and "entrée"). Some Spanish words with the Spanish letter "ñ" have been naturalised by substituting English "ny" (e.g. Spanish "cañón" is now usually English "canyon", Spanish "piñón" is now usually English "pinyon pine"). Certain words like "piñata", "jalapeño" and "quinceañera" are usually kept intact. In many instances the "ñ" is replaced with the plain letter "n". In words of German origin, the letters with umlauts "ä, ö, ü" may be written "ae, oe, ue". This could be seen