There are many different musical genres that can be grouped based on similar characteristics or functions. The document outlines several main genres including vocal music, instrumental music, religious music, profane or popular/cultured music, functional music for events/cinema/theater, and advertising music. Musical genres help classify different types of music based on factors like whether they include vocals or instruments, their purpose, and cultural influences.

1. MUSICAL GENRES
By: Marta Rufo

2. MUSICAL GENRES
• Vocal genre.
• Instrumental music: Pure and descriptive music.
• Vocal and instrumental genre
• Religious genre: Liturgical and non-liturgical music.
• Profane genre: Popular and cultured music.
• Functional genre: Events music.
• Cinematographic genre: Motion picture music.
• Theatre genre: Stage music.
• Publicity genre: Advertisement music

3. MUSICAL GENRES
There are many types of music, we listen to music many times a day
even if we don’t do it with consciousness, so we have to classify this
music in different groups, this groups are called genres, genres classify
music depending on similar characteristics or on their functions.

4. VOCAL GENRE
Vocal music is a genre of music
performed by one or more singers,
with or without instrumental
accompaniment, in which singing
provides the main focus of the
piece.
Music without any non-vocal
instrumental accompaniment is
referred to as a cappella.
Barbershop
Doo-wop
Standards
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Vocal Pop

5. INSTRUMENTAL
GENRE
DESCRIPTIVE MUSIC:
This genre refers to music that
represents extra-musical
contexts that are not directly
related to music.Ex:Pacific
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PURE MUSIC:
This genre applies to music
that is composed to be played
as music, and nothing else.
Ex: symphony

6. VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL
GENRE
Is a fussion between
vocal and instrumental
music, its the most
common music because
it is made up off an
intrumental part
combined with a vocal
part

7. RELIGIOUS GENRE
Religious music or sacred music, is
music performed or composed
for religious use or through religious
influence. Ritual music is music, sacred
or not, performed or composed for or
as ritual. There are different types of
religious music:
·Christian music.
·Hindu music.
·Sikh music.
·Jewish music.
·Islamic music.
·Rastafarian music.
·Buddhist music.
·Zoroastrian music.

8. RELIGIOUS GENRE
LITURGICAL MUSIC NON-LITURGICAL MUSIC
• Music compoused with a
religious purpose.
• Music composed for religious
ceremonies.

9. PROFANE GENRE
PROFANE GENRE: this are all the compositions that doesn’t talk about
religion .
POPULAR CULTURED
Folk music: Light music: Music with a cultural
Typical music Most common context. Ex: Symphony.
from a place music. Ex: Pop

10. FUNCTIONAL GENRE
EVENTS MUSIC:
Music used as a backdrop in
important events.
Ex: Ceremonies, shows and
commemorations.

11. CINEMATOGRAPHIC
GENRE
MOTION PICTURE MUSIC
This are the musical genres
used in films to transmit
better the main message.
Some times is more famous
the soundtrack than the film.

12. THEATRE GENRE
STAGE MUSIC:
Music used to express feelings
or emotions through it,
normally it is classical music
but not always.
Ex: Ballet

13. ADVERTISING GENRE
ADVERTASING MUSIC:
It is used in TV and radio ads
an it has the same purpose as
cinematographic music, to
make people be more
attentive in whatever you are
watching.