2. Genre: Definition.
• There are many types of music.
• We classify them according to their purpose.
• Depending on its purpose, a piece of music
belongs to a category.
• A genre category is formed of music which
share the same chacracteristics.
5. Pure Music:
It is not about
nothing out of
musical ideas.
Instrumental
music
Played by instruments.
Program Music:
Attemps to
narrate an extramusical idea.
9. Functional music
• Backdrop to events.
Cinematographic
music
• Soundtrack.
• Reinforce the message of a film.
Theatre music
• Stage music
Advertisement
music
• Used for radio or TV ads.