A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music.
Music can be divided into many genres in many different ways. Due to the different purposes behind them and the different points of view from which they are made, these classifications are often arbitrary and controversial and closely related genres often overlap. Many do not believe that generic classification of musical genres is possible in any logically consistent way, and also argue that doing so sets limitations and boundaries that hinder the development of music. While no one doubts that it is possible to note similarities between musical pieces, there are often exceptions and caveats associated.
A list of genres of music (including sub genres). There are a number of criteria with which one may classify musical genres, including:
The Art/Popular/Traditional distinction
Time period
Regional and national distinctions
Technique and instrumentation
Fusional origins
Sociological function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre
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