These three variables help explain why many people like similar songs from different traditionally segregated genres. Among the criteria used to classify musical genres are the of art and traditional musics.Īlternatively, music can be divided on three variables: arousal and depth.Arousal reflects the energy level of the music. Timothy Laurie argues that since the early 1980s, 'genre has graduated from being a subset of popular music studies to being an ubiquitous framework for constituting and evaluating musical research objects'. Geographical origin is sometimes used to identify a music genre, though a single geographical category will include a wide variety of subgenres. A music genre or subgenre may be defined by the musical techniques, the style, the cultural context, the content and spirit of the themes. Moore, state that genre and style are two separate terms, that secondary characteristics such as subject matter can differentiate between genres. Some, like Peter van der Merwe, treat the terms genre and style as the same, saying that genre should be defined as pieces of music that share a certain style or 'basic musical language.' Others, such as Allan F.

317 are quite different in genre but happen to be similar in form.' 64 are identical in genre – both are concertos – but different in form. To further clarify the meaning of genre, Green writes, 'Beethoven's Op.Ħ1 and Mendelssohn's Op. In his book Form in, Douglass distinguishes between form, he lists, and dance as examples of genres from the period. There are varying academic definitions of the term genre itself. Music can be divided into different genres in many different ways the artistic nature of music means that these classifications are subjective and controversial, some genres may overlap. Academics have argued that categorizing music by genre is inaccurate and outdated. It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions.

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