MUSICAL GENRES

By: Marta Rufo

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

MUSICAL GENRESThere 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.

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.

BarbershopDoo-wop StandardsTraditional PopVocal JazzVocal Pop

INSTRUMENTAL GENRE

DESCRIPTIVE MUSIC:

This genre refers to music thatrepresents extra-musical contexts that are not directlyrelated to music.Ex:Pacific231

PURE MUSIC:

This genre applies to musicthat is composed to be playedas music, and nothing else. Ex: symphony

VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL GENRE

Is a fussion betweenvocal and instrumental music, its the mostcommon music becauseit is made up off anintrumental partcombined with a vocal part

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.

RELIGIOUS GENRE

LITURGICAL MUSIC NON-LITURGICAL MUSIC

• Music compoused with a religious purpose.

• Music composed for religiousceremonies.

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

FUNCTIONAL GENRE

EVENTS MUSIC:

Music used as a backdrop in important events.

Ex: Ceremonies, shows and commemorations.

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.

THEATRE GENRE

STAGE MUSIC:

Music used to express feelings or emotions through it, normally it is classical music but not always.

Ex: Ballet

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.