Music genres and the different types of musical genres.

1. MUSIC GENRES
By Agustín
Maldonado Caballero

2. INDEX
● Vocal genre.
● Instrumental genre.
● Vocal and instrumental genre.
● Religious genre.
● Profane genre.
● Functional genre.
● Cinematographic genre.
● Rock genre.
● Flamenco genre.

3. VOCAL GENRE
This genre is for music created for the human
voice without accompaniment.It's known as
a capella voices.Example: a choir.

4. INSTRUMENTAL GENRE
This genre applies to any music played with
instruments alone.We can divide this into two
variants:
-Pure music.
-Descrptive music.

5. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL
GENRE
This genre applies to music that requires a
combination of voices and instruments. Example: a
rock band.

6. RELIGIOUS GENRE
This music composed to be played in religious
context. There are two modes of religious music:
- Liturgical music. Music composed for religious
ceremonies.
- Non-liturgical music. Music of a religious character
composed for religious purpose.

7. PROFANE GENRE
This comprises any composition that
serves no religious purpose. Depending on these two
possibilities:
- Popular music. In turn this can be divided into: folk
music and light music.
- Cultured music. Intended for a cultural context,
these compositions are written in a specific period.

8. LIGHT AND FOLK MUSIC
Light music. Wich includes any simple, easy-to-
understand, generally intented for leisure.
Folk music. Which includes popular folk music
from a specific area.

9. FUNCTIONAL GENRE
This genre applies to music that serves as a
backdrop to important events, such as
commemorations.

10. CINEMATOGRAPHIC GENRE
This is when motion picture sound tracks
are used to reinforce the film´s message.

11. THEATRE GENRE
Stage music is used in artistic expressions acted
out on a stage.

12. ADVERTISING GENRE
Used for a radio and TV ads, this genre employs
in the same way films do.

13. ROCK GENRE
A type of pop music that developed out of rock
and roll in the 1960s and 1970s. It is based around
amplified instruments, especially the electric guitar
and electric bass.

14. FLAMENCO GENRE
Is a Spanish musical genre. Flamenco embodies
a complex musical and cultural tradition. Although
considered part of the culture of Spain in general.

15. THE END