What is music genre?

Different music genres and their association

What is a definition of a music genre?

Music genre can be categorises various types of music each genre has its own symbols and its own belonging to certain groups of conventions.  It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.  Therefore music is separated into many genres differently depending on the style. For example, madrigal, motet and dance are example of genres from the Renaissance period.  Renaissance music is vocal and instrumental music written and performed in Europe during the Renaissance era. This is an example of how a piece of music can be categorised. People may refer to some or all of a small group of categories when using period as the criteria for a music genre. These include Early Music, Medieval Music, Renaissance Music, Baroque Music, Classical Music, Romantic Music, and 20th Century Music. Within the music genre there is a popular music genre – any genre of music having wide appeal however, this doesn’t last very long. Another genre is expressive style, style – a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; “all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper”. Also each genre has different associations and representation for example;

This is an example of the elements that influences the representation of house music. Dance music includes ambient, breakbeat, disco, electro, freestyle and electroacoustic music. It is the music made to facilitate or accompany dancing. The Renaissance dance music was written for instruments such as the lute, viol, tabor, pipe, and the sackbut. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances. From that the dance music developed to classical music era containing vocals mostly sonatas, string quartets and symphonies. General association of this genre includes beats music and often are shown at the club, gigs or festival.