The document discusses several music genres including rock, heavy metal, blues, rap, and pop. It provides brief descriptions of the origins and characteristics of each genre. Rock originated in the 1950s and involves electric guitars, bass and drums. Heavy metal developed in the late 1960s from blues rock and psychedelic rock, featuring distorted guitars and loud aggressive music. Blues originated from African American spirituals and work songs and is one of the oldest genres. Rap can be spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics delivered with or without a beat. Pop music originated in the 1950s from rock and roll and is a very eclectic genre that borrows from many other styles.

1. By:
Shahrukh Hussain

2. A style or category of art, music, or
literature is known as genre.

3. Alternative
Blues
Classical
Country
Electronic
Folk
Hip-Hop
Jazz
Latin
Metal
Opera
RnB
Rap
Rock
Pop

4. Rock music is a genre of popular
music that originated as "rock and roll" in
the United States in the 1950s, and
developed into a range of different styles in
the 1960s and later. Rock music mostly
involves electric guitars, electric bass and
drums

5. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music
that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely
in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots
in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that
created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound,
characterized by highly amplified distortion,
extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall
loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are
often associated with loudness, aggression, and anger.

6. Blues! The All-Time favorite music of the old age.
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a
music genre that originated in African-American
communities of primarily the “Deep South” of the United
States around the end of 19th Century from spirituals,
work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants and rhymed
simple narrative ballads.
The blues genre is based on the blues form but
possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics,
bass lines, and instruments

7. Rap refers to “spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics”.
The art form can be broken down into different
components.
Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without
accompaniment.
Rapping was started in early 1960’s.
Now a day, rap is used in almost all type of Hip-Hop and
RnB music.

8. Pop is a genre of popular music which originated in its
modern form in the 1950s, deriving from rock and
roll. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often
used interchangeably, even though the former is a
description of music which is popular (and can include
any style). As a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often
borrowing elements from other styles
including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.