This document outlines and describes various musical genres. It discusses vocal and instrumental genres, as well as genres that combine both vocal and instrumental music. Religious genres include liturgical music used in ceremonies and non-liturgical music. Profane genres do not have a religious purpose and include popular music styles like folk and light music as well as cultured music. Functional genres are used for commemorations and ceremonies. Cinematographic music enhances emotions in films, while theatre genres include opera, ballet and dance music. Finally, publicity genres are used in advertising on radio and television.

1. MUSICAL GENRES
● Vocal genre
● Instrumental
genre
● Vocal and
instrumental
combined genre
● Religious genre
● Profane genre
● Functional genre
● Cinematographic
music
● Theatre genre
● Publicity genre

2. VOCAL GENRE
● VOCAL MUSIC is a type of music
performed by one or more singers. A
choir is group of singers. It is not
combined with instruments.

3. INSTRUMENTAL
GENRE
● INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC is all the
music performed by one or more
instruments. There are a lot of types of
instrumental agrupations.

4. ●VARIATIONS OF INSTRUMENTAL GENRE
Pure music
● This type of music
is composed only to
be played as music.
For example, a
symphony.
Descriptive music
● This type of music
represents extra-
musical contextthat
are not directly
related to music.

5. RELIGIOUS GENRE
● It is a type of music composed for performance
as part of religious ceremonies. It can be played
by an instrument or by an human voice.

6. ●VARIATIONS OF RELIGIOUS GENRE
Liturgical music
● This type of music is
composed
exclusively for
religious
ceremonies, as a
part of liturgy, for
example the
Gregorian chant.
Non-liturgical music
● It is almost the same
that liturgical music
but it isn´t part of
the liturgy.

7. PROFANE GENRE
● It is a type of music that doesn´t have a religious
porpuse. It can be played with a musical
instrument or with a human voice.

8. VARIATIONS OF RELIGIOUS GENRE
Popular music
Folk music: it is a type of
music from a specific area
and from anonymous
sources.
Light music: it is a type of
music that is simple and
easy to understand music.
Cultured music
● It is a type of music that
are written in a specific
period. They reflect the
cultural context of of the
time and the composer´s
personal thoughts.

9. FUNCTIONAL GENRES
● It is a type of music usedin important events,
such us commemorations and opening
ceremonies, for example the Olympic hymn.

10. CINEMATOGRAPHIC GENRE
● It ais a type of music used in the films to
maximising the sentiments and emotions in the
script.

11. THEATRE GENRE
● It is a type of music used in artistic expressions,
such as operas, ballet and dance. It is has the
same puropose as the cinematographic genre.

12. PUBLICITY GENRE
● It is a type of music that is used in the radio and
in the TV, that tries to catch the attention of
potential buyers.

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