This document defines and categorizes different music genres: - Vocal music is composed for the human voice without accompaniment. Instrumental music is composed for a solo instrument. - Sacred music is composed for religious contexts and can be liturgical, meant for ceremonies, or non-liturgical. - Secular music comprises any composition without religious purpose and includes popular music (folk and light music) and cultured music intended for cultural contexts. - New genres have emerged with different artistic expressions, including ceremonial music, film scores, stage music, and advertising jingles.

2. This genre is for music created for human
voice without accompaniment.

3. This genre applies to any music played with any
instrument alone.
-PURE MUSIC: This genre applies to music
that is composed to be played as music.
-DESCRIPTIVE MUSIC: This genre refers to
music that represents extra-musical context.

4. This genre applies to music that requires a
combination a voice and instruments.

5. This is music composed to be played in a
religious context.
- LITURGICAL MUSIC: composed for
religious ceremonies.
- NO-LITURGICAL MUSIC:
composed for religious purpose but it´s
not part of the liturgy.

6. This genre comprises any composition that
serves no religious purposes, whether liturgical
or non-liturgical, and which is used for
entertainment or for cultural or education
purposes.
Depending on these two possibilities we can
divide profane music in two categories:

7. POPULAR MUSIC: We can divide in two:
-Folk music: music from a specific area from
anonymous sources, ballads and local legends
and history, handed down from one generation
to the next.
-Light music: includes any simple, easy-to-
understand and mainstream music (pop, rock,
blues …)

8. CULTURED MUSIC:
Intended for a cultural context, these
composition are written in a specific period.
They reflect the cultural context of the time and
the composer´s personal thoughts.

9. Currently, music is part of a great number of
different artistic expressions. This means that
new genre emerge. Some of these new genres
are:

10. This genre applies to music that serves as a
backdrop to important events.
(commemorations, shows, and opening
events)

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

12. Stage music is used in artistic expressions
acted out on a stage. (opera, musicals,
ballets…)

13. Used for radio and Tv ads.