This document outlines and describes 9 different music genres: Vocal genre involves singing with or without instruments. Instrumental genre features only instruments, divided into pure music and descriptive music. Vocal and instrumental genre combines voices and instruments. Religious genre is for religious contexts and is liturgical or non-liturgical. Profane genre serves no religious purpose and is popular or cultured. Functional genre provides background music for events. Cinematographic genre enhances film messages. Theatre genre includes opera, ballet and musicals. Advertising genre uses music in ads to enhance branding through entertainment and memorability.

1. MUSIC GENRESMUSIC GENRES
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Vocal genre
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Instrumental genre
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Vocal and instrumental genre
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Religious genre
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Profane genre
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Functional genre
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Cinematographic genre
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Theatre genre
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Advertising genre

2. Vocal genreVocal genre
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It is a type of music usually performed by
one or more singers.It could be with or
without instrumental accompaniment
(what is known as 'a cappella'), in which
singing provides the main focus of the
piece

3. Instrumental genreInstrumental genre
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It is a musical composition without lyrics, or
singing.The music is primarily or exclusively
produced by musical instruments.
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We can divide it in two types:
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Pure music: music that is composed to be played
as nusic,and nothing else.
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Descriptive music: refers to music that represents
extra-musical contexts that aren't directly related
to music

4. Vocal and instrumental genreVocal and instrumental genre
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This genre applies to the music that
requires a combination of voices and
instruments.

5. Religious genreReligious genre
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Religious music is music composed to be
played in a religious context.
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There are two types of religious music
depending if they are liturgical or not.
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-Liturgical music: it's composed for religious
ceremonies,as part of liturgy.
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-Non-liturgical music: composed for a
religious purpose,but it is not a part of the
liturgy.

6. Profane genreProfane genre
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Profane genre is any music that serves no religious
purpose,whether liturgical or non-liturgical and it
is used for entertainmentor or for cultural or
educational purposes.
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We can divide it in two categories:
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-Popular music: folk music which includes popular
folk music from a specific area,handed down from
one generation to the next;light musi c that
includes any simple,easy-to-
undersatnd,mainstream music of a marked
commercial character.
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-Cultured music: it is a cultural context,these
compositions are written in a specific period.

7. Functional genreFunctional genre
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It applies to music that serves as a backdrop
to important events,like
commemorations,shows and opening
ceremonies. With ‘functional’ music we refer
to music where it’s effect is used with a
purpose.

8. Cinematographic genreCinematographic genre
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It's when the motion picture sound tracks
are used to reinforce the film's
message,maximising the sentiments
and emotions in the script. It also
refers to the method of categorizing
films based on similarities in the
narrative elements from which films
are constructed.

9. Theatre genreTheatre genre
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Theatre music refers to a wide range of music
composed or adapted for performance in
theatres. Genres of theatre music include
opera, ballet and several forms of musical
theatre, from pantomime to operetta and
modern stage musicals and revues.

10. Advertising genreAdvertising genre
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Music in advertising refers to music integrated in (mass) electronic media
advertisements in order to enhance its success. Music in advertising
affects the way viewers perceive the brand by different means and on
different levels.
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“Music can serve the overall promotional goals in one or more of several
capacities.”[1] Amongst these are six primary categories:
entertainment, structure and continuity, memorability, lyrical language,
and targeting and authority establishment.