A music genre is a category that identifies pieces of music that share traditions or conventions. It can be distinguished by musical techniques, style, cultural context, and themes. Geographical origin is sometimes used to identify genres, though a single region can include various subgenres. Some popular genres described in the document are folk, country, rock and roll, pop, punk, blues, jazz, and electronic dance music. Each genre listed has associated subgenres, famous artists, and a brief description of common musical ideas or styles.

2. • A music genre is a conventional category that identifies
some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition
or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from
musical form and musical style, although in practice
these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. music
genre or subgenre may also be defined by the musical
techniques, the style, the cultural context, and the
content and spirit of the themes. Geographical origin is
sometimes used to identify a music genre, though a
single geographical category will often include a wide
variety of subgenres. Some popular genres are as
follows:

3. • Sub-genres: Folk; Folk-Pop; Folk-Rock; Acoustic Rock;
Celtic
• Famous Artists: The Chieftains; Peter, Paul & Mary; Bob
Dylan; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Joni Mitchell;
Simon & Garfunkel; Belle and Sebastian
• Idea: In most cases, it is acoustic music by singer-
songwriters with roots in folk, folk-pop and folk-rock
traditions.

5. • Sub-genres: Country; Southern Rock; Honky Tonk;
Cowboy; Western Swing; Bluegrass; Rockabilly
• Famous Artists: Johnny Cash; Randy Travis; Willie
Nelson; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Statler Brothers; Bill Monro;
Stray Cats
• Idea: It ranges from traditional Country to Southern
Swing, this category is made up of Western, Southern
and backwoods sounds.

7. • Sub-genres: Oldies Rock and Roll; Surf; Boogie Woogie
• Famous Artists: Bill Halley; Chuck Berry; The Rolling
Stones; The Beach Boys; The Beatles (1962-65); Tom
Petty; Led Zeppelin
• Idea: Put into simple words, it’s enthusiastic,
straightforward and unpretentious Rock and Roll. This
kind of music would generally have electric guitars and a
4/4 beat. This is what was the dominant form of music
from the 60's to the 90's, being replaced by hip hop as
the dominant form.

9. • Sub-genres: Pop; Pop-Rock; Glam Rock; Teen Idol;
Bubblegum; Boy Bands
• Famous Artists: Michael Jackson; Bon Jovi; Madonna;
Beyonce ; Britney Spears; Justin Bieber
• Idea:Pop music is a subgenre of popular music. Pop
music may be distinguished from classical or art music
and from folk music, but since the term spans many rock,
hip hop, rhythm and blues (R&B), country, dance and
operatic pop acts, it is reasonable to say that "pop music"
is a loosely defined category.

11. • Sub-genres: Punk, Metal Punk; Grunge; Thrash; Goth-
Rock; Emo
• Famous Artists: Sex Pistols; Nirvana; Green Day; Slayer;
The Clash; The Ramones; Billy Idol
• Idea: It is the back-to-basics no-frills garage rock with an
edge; simpler beat and usually more repetitive than Hard
Rock; often low-fidelity production.

13. • Sub-genres: Blues; Blues Rock; Electric Blues; Jump
Blues; Jazz Blues
• Famous Artists: Lead Belly; Muddy Waters; B. B. King;
Eric Clapton; Blues Traveler; Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and
Confused"; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Billie Holiday; Etta
James
• Idea: It is another rock sub genre, its a kind of music with
a sombre sound, which is achieves by using different
music scales called the blues scales. These are scales
which have an extra blues note.

15. • Sub-genres: Jazz; Swing; Big Band; Bebop; Modal;
Fusion; Vocalese-Scat; Dixieland; Ragtime
• Famous Artists: Duke Ellington; Thelonius Monk; Miles
Davis; Pat Metheny; Chic Corea; Weather Report;
Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Idea: It has complex chords, lead/vocal stylings, frequent
syncopations, off-beat and polyrhythms separate jazz
from its roots in blues; often played involving
improvisation.

17. • Sub-genres: Club/Dance; Synth-pop; Techno; Electro;
Disco; Euro-Dance
• Famous Artists: Sign; Orbital; 69; Kraftwerks; Depeche
Mode; Howard Jones; Human League; Autechre;
Squarepusher
• Idea: It is synth, sample and loop driven; more playful
and dancy than the other Electronica genres.