MUSICAL GENRE REVIEW 1ºESO

It defines the content and function of music.

• Musical notes

• Musical genre

• Musical notation

• Musical score

The following are the three main categories of Musical Genre EXCEPT ONE:

• Classical music

• Traditional music

• Reggae

• Urban popular music

_______________ is what we usually understand as classical music, when we mean the work of the greatest composers in the history of music.

TYPE TRUE OR FALSE:

Classical music is always regarded as a genre targeted to a select or minority audience.

This genre of music has a concrete social function, orally transmitted from generation to generation without complete discernment of original authors.

The following are characteristics of Traditional Music EXCEPT ONE:

• The fusion of black and white music

• Preserves the most primitive and primary characteristics of music

• Accepted and assumed by everyone

• Orally transmitted

• Anonymous creations

Music closely bound to its contemporary society.

Urban popular music has these following characteristics EXCEPT ONE:

• Fast and massively broadcasted by the media, and has a clear commercial purpose.

• Makes use of new technology.

• Black and white music joined together.

• Genre targeted to a select or minority audience.

• Employs sound processing systems.

The following are subgenres of Urban Pop, EXCEPT ONE

• Tech-house

• Bubblegum

• Ballad

• Euro dance

The following are subgenres of Urban Rock, EXCEPT ONE:

• Lo-Fi

• Electro

• Shoegaze

• Stadium Rock