RESEARCH:GENRES

Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles.

Rap- 

• is associated with a primary ingredient of hip hop and reggae
• Raps core components consists of a range of beats and rhymes
• Rap is spoken or chanted as rhyming lyrics 
• Instrumentalists, a drum machine, a sampled break beat are all sounds that can form as the backbone of a track. This arrangement can be spacious or dense, and the chorus can range from a sweet melody to atonal shouting 

Hip Hop/pop - 

• Hip hop is a music genre that consists of a variety of stylized rhythmic music that usually accompanies rapping, ( a rhythmic speech that can be chanted or shouted)  
• The term "pop" is used to describe a piece of music that has "popular appeal" 
• Throughout its development, pop music has consumed influences from other genres of popular music
• Early pop music drew on the 'sentimental balled' for its form. Vocal harmonies in pop music was influenced by cgospel, soul music, instrumentation of jazz, country and rock music. Its up beat and boyunt pace was influenced by tempos from dance music, and backings from electronic music. 
• The promotion of pop music significantly effected the rise of new Music Television channels like MTV, which ' favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna who had strong visual appeal' 
• The main medium of pop music is the song, which often lasts between three to four minutes in length. It generally is marked by a noticeable and ongoing rhythmic element( simple traditional structure) 
• Examples of pop artists include Rihanna, Adele, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Country - 

• Country music is a genre of American popular music. It firstly originated from the southern eastern genre of American Folk music
• Country music usually consists of a range of ballads and dance tunes with commonly simple forms and harmonies. 
• It is usually accompanied by string instruments including guitars ( both acoustic and electric), fiddles and harmonicas. 
• Modern day charted country singers include Taylor swift and Luke Bryan 

Rock - 

• Rock music originated in America as 'Rock and roll', which later developed into a range of different styles
• Rock music is primarily influenced by Rhythm and blues and country music 
• It mainly was centred around the electric guitar which was combined with other instruments such as the drums and bass guitar. 
• Rock is usually song-based music, but over time the genre has become extremely diverse and so the music characteristics of rock has become difficult to define 
• Rock places a higher degree of emphasis on live performance and musicianship than other genres such as pop music
• Rock as a genre of music has served as a vehicle for social and cultural movements - has led to sub-cultures including rockers, hippi and mods - also led to changes in social attitudes towards sex, race and drug use 

House music - 

• house music is a genre of electronic dance music and is commonly a dance-based music
• House music is characterised by constant, repetitive beats and synthesized baselines
• House music has divided and fused with a variety of other genres creating sub genres such as electro house, tech house and euro house 

R&B- 

• R&B is an obbreviated term for Rhythm and Blues and is a genre of popular African American music which emerged in the 1940's 
• Bands usually consists of pianos, guitars, saxophones, bass and drums, which are also usually accompanied by vocals
• However,although R&B originated form the traditional rhythm and blues,  contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines pop, soul, funk and hiphop
• Contemporary R&B artistis, such as Stevie Wonder, WHitney Houston, Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are usually known for their use of melisma ( moving between different notes whilst only singing one syllable of text)
• COntemporary R&B has a polished record production style which is accompanied by drum machine -backed rhythms 

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