Genre Research

What is meant by Genre?

Genre is a style or category of art, music or literature. In music, genre refers to musical style such as jazz, salsa or rock. In film or literature, the genre is determined by the subject, setting or plot of the story.

Different examples of music genres:

-  Rap

-  House

- Pop

-  Heavy metal

-  Rock

-  Bass

-  Reggae

-  Soul

-  Disco

-  Classical

-  Opera

-  Country

-  K-Pop (Korean Pop)

-  Electronic

-  Techno

-  Jazz

-  Grunge

- R&B

-  Drum and Bass

- Folk

Rap:

Rapping (or emceeing, spitting bars, or rhyming) is "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics”. The components of rapping include "content", "flow" (rhythm and rhyme), and "delivery”. Rapping is distinct from spoken-word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip-hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music, a genre that originated in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is composed of hip-hop elements.

Drum and Bass: 

Drum & Bass is a genre of electronic music also known as Jungle which emerged in England in the early 1990s. The genre is characterized by fast break beats, heavy bass and sub-bass lines. The popularity of drum and bass at its commercial peak ran parallel to several other home-grown dance styles in the UK including big beat and hard house. Drum n bass incorporates a number of scenes and styles. A major influence on jungle and drum and bass was the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks' break beat.

Pop:

Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the Western world during the 1950s and 1960s, deriving from rock and roll. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular (and can include any style). As a genre, pop music is extremely eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles such as urban, dance, rock, Latin, and country; nonetheless, there are core elements that define pop music. Such elements include generally short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure) as well as the common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and hooks.

House:

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in Chicago, circa 1984. House music quickly spread to other American cities like Detroit, New York City, and Newark – all of which developed their own regional scenes. In the mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Early house music commercial success in Europe saw songs such as "Pump Up The Volume" by MARRS (1987), "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy of House (1987), and "Doctorin' the House" by Coldcut (1988) in the pop charts. Since the early to mid-1990s, house music has been infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide.

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