A Music Genre is the process of music being categorized and identified into different musical categories, this is usually done through the instruments, vocals and the lyrics.
In today's modern society there are 100's of different musical genres, for example Rock, Indie, G-funk, pop, classical, rap etc…
Here are a few examples of different genres and what distinguishes them from the other genres. Throughout each genre there are many different sub genres e.g. When rock n' roll first started it was its own genre but then different sub genres came out from it and has expanded the whole genre in to many different styles. For example Metal, Heavy Metal, Pop Punk, Punk Rock etc...
Pop Music:
Pop Music is perhaps the most well known music genre with most of the popular music starts of today being categorized with them such as Beyonce, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. It is the music know most by the public as it is played on many different music video channels and different radio stations.
Dance Music -
Dance Music is also in a way, smart to Pop Music as the a large range of people who like pop music also like dance music. Dance Music is interments that have been put in mainly by a computer music editing software ti create the songs e.g. fruity loops. Some examples of Dance Music artists are Casacada, Scooter and Basshunter
RnB -
RnB is similar to Pop Music as it is a very well known musical genre. It uses a strong vocal line over a strong musical beat with rhythm, repetition of them and many different range of notes in the voice. Some examples of RnB artsists are Justin Timberlake, Destiny's Child and Neyo
Rock Music -
Rock music is very different from other styles of music. The musicians play their instruments fast and heavier. A very common element of rock music is distorted guitar which specifically identifies a song as a rock song and places it into that specific genre. Such artists who are part of the rock music genre are Elvis Presley, Metallica, Green Day and Blink 182.
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