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This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories.
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A music genre is a conventional category (i.e, genre) that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. [1] [2] [3] However, definitions of music vary depending on culture, [4] though it is an aspect of all human societies and a cultural universal. [5]
Notes. References. Further reading and listening. External links. Rock music. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. [3] .
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
Music is a form of art that uses sound organised in time. Music is also a form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like, find interesting or dance to. Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing musical instruments, such as the piano, guitar, drums or bass .
Some forms are used predominantly within popular music, including genre-specific forms. Popular music forms are often derived from strophic form (AAA song form), 32-bar form (AABA song form), verse-chorus form (AB song form) and 12-bar blues form (AAB song form). Sectional forms. AABA a.k.a. American Popular; AB a.k.a. Verse/Chorus
Beginning. Related pages. Musical genre. A musical genre is how people describe different styles of music. Some of the most common music genres are: Blues. Country. Funk. Gospel. Hip hop. Jazz. Pop. Rock. Rhythm and blues. Soul music. Alternative. Plus there are several more common music genres.