Music Genres

Music Genres

Rock

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Classical

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical and secular music.

Hip Hop (Rap)

Hip hop music or rap music, is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. 

Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime.

Country

Country is a genre of popular music that takes its roots from genres such as blues and old-time music, and various types of American folk music including Appalachian, Cajun, and the cowboy Western music styles of Red Dirt, New Mexico, Texas country, and Tejano. 

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What music genre is your favorite?

• rock

• classical

• hip hop

• country

• other

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