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Music is divided into several genres.

1. Pop music

Pop music is translated from English Popular Music. According to the superficial understanding of Chinese words, the so-called pop music refers to instrumental music and songs that are short in structure, popular in content, lively in form and sincere in emotion, and are loved by the masses, widely sung or appreciated, popular for a while and even passed down to future generations. These music and songs are rooted in the rich soil of public life. Therefore, it is also called "popular music".

2.? Blues

Blues is a kind of vocal music and instrumental music based on pentatonic scale, and its other feature is its special harmony. The blues originated from the soul music, hymns, labor songs, shouts and hymns of black slaves in the United States in the past. The "Voice of Blues" used in the blues and Qiying's singing style all show its western origin.

3.? R& B

Rhythm and Blues (English: Rhythm and Blues, R& B or RnB, or rhythm blues), also known as rhythm grievances. Bruce is undoubtedly R&; B is an important part, but jazz elements are equally important. First played by African-American artists, it is a combination of jazz, gospel and electronic blues.

4.? Funk

Funk generally refers to stop percussion, which rose in the 197s and evolved from black jazz. It is considered as the predecessor of disco music. It is also a kind of dance culture of African-Americans. This kind of music is a pan-rock music style developed together with the changeable rhythm of African music and the flexible and free response of jazz.

5.? Jazz

Jazz is the folk music of African slaves and their descendants who used to live in the southern United States. The blues was deeply influenced by the culture and music traditions of West Africa, and these slaves gradually became black musicians who migrated to cities. Jazz is an important motive force for the origin of jazz dance, but modern jazz dance is also influenced by classical music, rock music, disco and hip hop, and modern-jazz, disco-jazz, rock-jazz, new-jazz and so on have been developed.