With the advent of radio, television, and then the Internet, people got the opportunity to quickly get acquainted with a wide variety of music. This gave rise to the emergence of even more genres. But how to define them as accurately as possible in such a variety remains a mystery to most.
In total, there are about 600 different genres. Of course, not everyone needs to understand all the intricacies. But it is still desirable to distinguish between the main and the most popular.
Characteristic features of musical genres
The genre of academic music is characterized by the fact that it is performed and studied in detail by people with a musical education received not only in a general educational institution. These people connected their life and work with music, having also received higher education at a conservatory or other musical institution.
African American music has several mainstreams such as jazz, soul, and hip-hop. Jazz originated from a mixture of European and African culture. The main features are improvisation and an unusual rhythm, which seems to make you start dancing. Soul, unlike jazz, is more melodic and soulful, but it still has the same performance features. Hip-hop as a genre embraced all the beauty of African American music at once, and then included elements of electronic music. Most often, performers read rap - recitative to such music.
Rock as a genre of music is distinguished by the presence of strong rhythmic and harmonic principles, which are given by drums and guitars. As a rule, this music is loud enough, and the lyrics touch either deep social problems, or go to something mythical or fabulous. The main emphasis is on the instrumental part and how the music sounds.
Pop music is characterized by strong commercialization, and the main thing in music here is the text, which will be as simple as possible and produce a viral effect, thanks to which the songs become famous. The form of the composition is just a song. The main emphasis is on the chorus.
Russian chanson includes songs primarily by subject. All war songs, prison, emigre, urban romance. All of them are characterized by simple construction of music, and the main instrument is the guitar. The main focus is on the lyrics of the song.
Electronic music and its genres
All this music is created using electronic musical instruments and computer programs that help in the creation. The genres of such music include dubstep, techno, trance, breakbeat, electro. Most often, this kind of music can be heard on dance floors and other similar events.
