Song genre classification, what are the types of music?

**There are different types according to different classification methods:

1. **According to the type, it can be divided into: vocal music and instrumental music.

1. Vocal music. Vocal works can be divided into different genres such as songs, raps, operas, and operas according to their different forms and styles. Song is a small genre, including folk songs, art songs, popular songs, children's songs, etc.

2. Instrumental music. Instrumental works can be divided into solo pieces, duets and ensembles. The range of solo pieces is wide.

There are solo pieces for almost every instrument. China's erhu, pipa, banhu, flute, flute, gourd silk, suona, dulcimer, sheng, guqin, zheng, liuqin, xylophone, etc., there is no shortage of famous solo songs.

Second, the style of An'an is divided into: classical**, popular**, national**, etc.

1. Classical**.

classic"The word ** is Latin and originally referred to the upper echelons of Roman society, and later translated into the achievements of human beings with universal and eternal value. In foreign countries, this type of ** is called "classical music", and "classical" has the meaning of "classical, orthodox, and classical literature", so our Chinese people call it "classical**", to be precise, it should be "Western classical**".

2. Popular**.

Pop Music is a translation of Popular Music in English. According to the superficial understanding of Chinese words, the so-called popular ** refers to those instrumental songs and songs that are short in structure, popular in content, lively in form, sincere in emotion, and loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, popular for a while, and even passed down to future generations.

3. Ethnicity**.

In a broad sense, it refers to the national schools that emerged in the middle and late stages of Romantic Romanticism, or those that advocated nationalism. In a narrow sense, it refers to the Chinese nation. The so-called Chinese nation is the national characteristics created by the various ethnic groups who have lived and multiplied in the land of China from ancient times to the present in the long historical and cultural traditions, and can reflect the national culture and national spirit.

1.Classification according to singing form: unison, solo, duet, duet, chorus;

2.Classified according to timbre characteristics: male voice, female voice, children's voice, mixed voice, treble, alto, bass;

3.Classified according to singing methods: popular songs, art songs, and folk songs;

4.Classification by formative age: ancient songs, modern songs, modern songs;

5.Classified according to the content of lyrics: narrative songs, satirical songs, witty songs, love songs, scenery songs, praise songs, etc.;

6.According to the structural characteristics, it is divided into Hui Na categories: joint singing, suite songs, group songs, small songs, etc.;

7.Classified according to the rhythm characteristics of Xingbishan: marches, waltzes, rock songs, disco songs, etc.;

8.Classified according to singing groups: workers' songs, army songs, rural songs, youth songs, children's songs, etc.;

9.Classified according to functional characteristics: queue songs, labor songs, dance songs, advertising songs, educational songs, etc.;

11.Classified according to emotional characteristics: lyrical songs, light songs, strong songs, tender songs, etc.

12.Classified according to the number of singers: duet, quartet, group singing, chorus, etc.;

13.According to the different classifications in the file: revolutionary songs, historical songs, mass songs, pop songs, campus songs, rural songs, grassland songs, original ecological songs, playing and singing songs, adapted songs, lyrics songs, golden songs, and trendy songs.

1. Classical**.

Based on the universality of the times, the eternal artistic value and the highest performance of art, those who can be used as models for contemporaries and future generations and have permanent artistic value are collectively referred to as "classical". According to this criterion, the classical ** is also called "serious**" or "artistic**", which is used to distinguish the popular ** (popular is demolished**).

2. Popular**.

It is a commercial pastime, entertainment and all that goes with it "industrial". Its marketability is primary, and artistry is secondary.

3. Ethnicity**.

The so-called Chinese nation is the various ethnic groups that have lived and multiplied in the land of China for generations, from ancient times to the present, have created national characteristics in the long history and cultural banquet tradition, and can reflect the national culture and national spirit.

Target**. And in a broad sense, China**.

It is a general term that refers to the pentatonic pattern in the world.

Characteristic**.

**Style. **Type.

That is, the genre. The style of music (song style, genre, genre) refers to the unique and representative appearance of the work as a whole. i.e. type.

The style of music is similar to other artistic styles, and it is relatively stable, inner and profound through songs, which can more essentially reflect the external imprint of the internal characteristics of the times, the nation or the individual's ideological concepts, aesthetic ideals, and spiritual temperament.

The formation of the style of music is a sign that the era, the nation or the family has transcended the naïve stage in the understanding and realization of the ** staring search, and has gotten rid of the shackles of various patterns, so as to tend to or reach maturity.

**Divided into the following types:

classical music: classic**.

pop music: Pop**.

blues: blues songs, melancholy**.

rock & roll: Rock 'n' roll.

jazz: Jazz.

orchestral music: orchestra**.

contemporary music: modern**.

To be more specific:

Percussion

Ensemble of wind and percussion instruments

Wind music; Wind music, band music, part music

orchestral music

Stringed music

Sizhuyue, Stringed and Woodwind Instruments

keyboard music

Martial Music