Different Music Genres

Music can be divided in many different types of genres. There are varies genres of music as people have different tastes, but the main objective within these genres remains the same, the aim of all music is to touch the core of the heart, people listen to music everyday its part of our everyday life and different music is loved by different kinds of people. In the music industry there are many types of music genres such as the following:

*Rock -soft/heavy/classic
*Pop
*Country
* Western
*Electronic
*Blues
*Classical
*Folk and Traditional
*Jazz
*R&B
*Hip Hop
*Rap
*Religious
*Latino
*Salsa
*Metal-heavy/dark/gothic
*Tribal
*Disco
*Dance
*Rock'n'Roll
*Punk
*Funk
*Opera
*Acoustic
*Soul

The two main genres we chose to look at are Hip Hop and R&B. Hip hop music always includes the use of instruments such as guitar, piano, bass, drum etc. In hip hop music usually the bass is the main instrument, which can be used in different intensities to emote feelings of anger, pride, happiness, sadness etc. I did some research and found out that ‘’the roots of hip hop are found in African American and West African music, it was first played by a group of travelling singers and poets of West Africa.

R&B (Rhythm and Blues) on one hand was originally termed race music which basically meant that it included any form of music intended for black audience. The term R&B was originally coined in the late 1940s in the United States to be used as a ‘less offensive marketing term’ . As R&B progressed throughout the decades, R&B music started to be known as soul music, it was no longer only made by black artists.

We have looked at videos that include R&B And Hip Hop example of videos that we have been looking at are the following:

Ciara-NEVER EVER


Kelly Rowland-CANT NOBODY



These two videos have things in common, for example they are both R&B genre and both songs are sang by a female lead, and a lot of close ups are used on the female's faces and bodies