Music genres can be classified in several ways based on their purpose and the instruments used. The main genres discussed are vocal genres (voice without accompaniment), instrumental genres (pure or descriptive music played solely on instruments), vocal and instrumental genres (combining voices and instruments), and religious genres including liturgical music for ceremonies and non-liturgical music for religious purposes. Other genres mentioned are profane or secular music which includes popular music styles like folk, light, and cultured music, as well as functional music and cinematographic soundtracks. Specific genres of pop music and heavy metal are also defined.

1. MUSICMUSIC GENRESGENRES

2. INDEX
-Vocal genre.
-Instrumental genre.
-Vocal and instrumental genre.
-Religious genre.
-Profane genre.
-Functional genre.
-Cinematographic genre.
-Pop music.
-Heavy metal.

3. MUSIC GENRES
Music gernes are the different types of
music that are classify according to their
purpose. Depending on the intention and
the instruments, we can distinguish several
different genres:

4. Vocal genre
This is a type of genre which is
created to the human voice
without accompaninent.

5. Instrumental genre
·Pure music:
this genre applies
to music that is
composed to be
played as music
and nothing else.
·Descriptive
music: this genre
refers to music
which
represents extra-
musical contexts
that aren't directly
related to music.

6. Vocal and
instrumental genre
Music that requieres a combination of
voices and instruments together.

7. Religious genre
·Liturgical
music:
music composed
to be played in
religious
ceremonies.
·Non-liturgical-
music:
music composed for a
religion purpose.

8. Profane genre
This comprises any composition that
serves no religious purpose, whether
liturgical or non-liturgical, and which
is used for entertainment or of a
cultural or educational purposes.

9. We can divide profane music
as:
·Popular music: this can be:
*Folk music: includes popular folk music, ballads and
local legends ans history, handed down from one generation to
the next.
*Light music: includes any simple,
easy-to-understand, mainstream music of a marked commercial
character, generally intented for leisure. Ex.: pop music,
rock,blues...

10. ·Cultured music:
Intended for a cultural context, these
compositions are written in a specific
period. They reflect the cultural context
of the time and the composer's
personal throughs. Cultured music is
also know as “serious music”.

11. Functional genre
This genre applies to music that
serves as a backdrop to important
events. Ex.: the Olympic hymn.

12. Cinematographic
genre
When motion picture sound tracks are used to reinforce
the film's message, maximising the sentiments and
emotions in the script.

13. Pop music
Pop music is the abbreviation of
popular music.
Pop music is an ample and imprecise
category of modern music not defined
by artistic considerations but by its
potential audience or prospective
market. Pop is music composed with
deliberate intent to appeal to the
majority of its contemporaries.

14. Heavy metal
(Heavy) Metal is a genre of rock
music that developed in the late
1960s and early 1970s. With roots in
blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the
bands that created heavy metal
developed a thick, heavy, guitar-and-
drums-centered sound, characterized
by highly amplified distortion and fast
guitar solos.