1) What is Genre? 2) Sub-Genres 3) Pop Music 4) Rock Music 5) Country Music 6) Jazz Music 7 & 8) Audience

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What Is Genre?
Music genres are conventional categories that identify some pieces of music as belonging to
a shared tradition or set of conventions. Music can be divided into different genres in many
different ways.
The fundamental genres of music are:
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Sub-Genres
However, each genre of music can then be split up again into sub-genres to be more specific
about the style of music. There are hundreds of sub-genres to choose from and so it can be
difficult to place a piece of music into just one sub-genre. This is why most pieces of music
have multiple sub-genres that apply to them.
For Example:
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Electro Pop
Indie Pop
Pop Punk
Pop Rock
Britpop
Synth Pop

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Pop Music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in the Western world during the 1950s
and 1960s as a softer alternative to rock and roll. Pop music is electric, and often borrows
elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country.
Sub-genres of pop music are - Alternative Pop, Boy Band, Britpop, Electro Pop, Experimental
Pop, Indie Pop, K-Pop, Orchestral Pop, Pop Punk, Pop Rock and Synth Pop.
e.g. Billboard, Top of the Pops

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Rock Music
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Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States
in the 1950s.It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by
blues, rhythm and blues and country music.
Sub-genres of rock music are - Alternative Rock, Emo, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Rock,
Metal, Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, Roots Rock, Soft Rock and Southern Rock.
e.g. Kerrang, MOJO

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Country Music
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Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the Southern
United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of United States,
such as folk music and blues music.
Sub-genres of country music are - Alternative Country, Country Folk, Country Pop, Country
Rap, Country Rock, Rural Blues, Southern Rock and Western Swing.
Country
e.g. Maverick Magazine

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Jazz Music
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Jazz is a music genre that originated from African American communities of New Orleans in
the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sub-genres of jazz music are - Big Band, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Jazz Fusion,
Latin Jazz, Mainstream Jazz and Smooth Jazz.
JAZZ
e.g. Jazzwise Magazine

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Audience
Pop Rock
Pop music is typically targeted towards a
female demographic. Younger people in
their early teens to early twenties are more
likely to be active listeners of pop music
than the older population. Pop music is the
most popular genre of music and so
reaches a bigger audience than any other
genre. This means that it probably has
more diversity within its audience.
Traditionally pop music has been most
popular in the Western world, however as
the genre continues to grow, other places
such as Korea have created their own sub-
genre called K-Pop.
Rock music is typically targeted towards a
male demographic. Both the younger
population and older population are likely
to listen to rock music. People in their late
teens to late twenties might typically enjoy
the heavy metal, emo and punk rock sub-
genres. Whereas an older population might
typically enjoy the classic rock, roots rock
and glam rock sub-genres because this is
the music that was popular when they were
growing up.
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Audience
Country Jazz
Country music is a genre typically enjoyed
by both genders equally. Middle aged
people in their 30s, 40s and 50s are most
likely to listen to this genre of music.
Country music is significantly more popular
in the United States where 38% of
American adults are fans of country music.
This is no surprise as the genre originates
from the southern states of the US such as
North Carolina and Tennessee. These
types of people are likely to be
traditionalists who believe in the American
Dream which many country songs
reference to.
Jazz music is a less mainstream genre and
so doesn’t reach a very large audience. It
was most popular in America during the
1920s before the Great Depression. Jazz
can appeal to a demographic of both
genders. It is typically enjoyed by the older
generation of middle aged people and
pensioners. Young people don’t tend to be
fans of jazz because there aren’t many
modern jazz artists out there.
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