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How many kinds of music are there?
Music works can be classified as follows from different classification angles.

1, 1: Music works can be generally divided into three categories: vocal music, instrumental music and dramatic music (including opera music, ballet music and dramatic music, etc.). ). The musical part of drama music is also included in vocal music and instrumental music, which are usually incorporated into vocal music and instrumental music respectively.

2.2. The difference between creative music and folk music.

3.3. The difference between classical music and modern music.

4. Four: Vocal music can be divided into bel canto, popular singing, national singing and original ecological singing.

See entry: Music style (including genre)

Modern pop music

Pop music is a kind of music with a wide audience, which is very attractive compared with art music and traditional music. Pop music is a kind of music shared by everyone of all ages, commonly known as "taste both refined and popular", so it is also called pop music.

(1) Pop Music Label: Europe and America

(2) Blues label: the melody in African-American music.

☉r & b; b╱rhythm & amp; Bruce (R&B)

At the end of the 20th century, it became independent from the blues and became an independent music style. Blend jazz and black gospel music

Blues and rap music.

(3) Rock &; Roll╱Rock music label: American influence, spirit, "anti-music"

Main types: light rock, punk rock, death rock, grinding rock, gothic rock, metal rock and progressive rock.

Among them, heavy metal rock is a representative branch of modern rock music.

(4) Hip-hop-Rap tag: the rhythmic street culture of American black music.

In fact, rap and electronic music belong to hip-hop culture. Contemporary rap is also mixed with some R &;; B.

☉Rap

Electronic dance music

This is Disc Jockey-this is a profession (that is, record player), and now it has become an independent music style.

(5) Jazz label: African American music.

(6) Electronic Music Electronicmusic╱TECHML

(7) Latin music labels: Latin America, Spain and Africa.

A mixture of Ibero-Spanish music, Indian music and black music.

(8) Country Music Label: USA

It combines traditional folk music, Celtic music, gospel music and ancient music.

(9) Modern folk songs

(10) Light Music

A popular pure music form between classical music and pop music.

Western classical music

(1) Classical Music Label: Vienna School of Austria

(2) Romantic music

Continuation and renewal of classicism.

(3) Baroque music

(4) Gregorian chant Gregorian chant label: Christian music

national music

Folk music is a kind of song or music that expresses folk life and production.