MUSIC GENRE

Rock
Musical genre

Description
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. Wikipedia

Typical instruments: Vocals; electric guitar; bass guitar; drums; keyboards

Cultural origins: 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
Stylistic origins: Rock and roll, Rockabilly, Blues, Electric blues, Folk music, Country
music, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Jazz
People also search for: Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Hard rock, MORE
Songs
Don't Stop Believin'
17 July 1981

Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

30 November 1979

Rock You Like A Hurricane

27 March 1984

Folk music
Musical genre

Description
Folk music includes traditional folk music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th-century
folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Wikipedia

Instruments: Folk instruments
Albums: Music from Big Pink, Bringing It All Back Home, MORE
Derivative forms: Progressive rock, Filk music, Jazz, World, MORE
Songs
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
27 December 1967

The Last Thing on My Mind

15 June 1964
Heavy metal
Musical genre

Description
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the
United Kingdom and the United States. Wikipedia

Cultural origins: Late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States

Derivative form: Grunge
Parent genres: Rock, Hard rock, Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock, Blues rock, Garage rock, Hong
Kong rock
People also search for: Hard rock, Rock, Thrash metal, Metalcore, MORE
Songs
Rock You Like A Hurricane
27 March 1984

Hells Bells
25 July 1980

Down with the Sickness

Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and
circuitry-based music technology. ... Pure electronic instruments do not have vibrating strings,
hammers or other sound-producing mechanisms. Devices such as the theremin, synthesizer and
computer can produce electronic sounds.
Electronic musical instrument · List of electronic music genres · Electronic rock

Stylistic origin: Modernism
Derivative forms: Hip hop music, Chillwave, Electro, Vaporwave,

Jazz
Musical genre

Description
Description
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. Wikipedia

Cultural origins: Late 19th century, New Orleans, U.S

Parent genres: Blues, Folk music, Ragtime, Work song, Guitar Mashing
Albums: Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, A Love Supreme, MORE
Derivative forms: Swing music, Hip hop music, Progressive rock, MORE
Songs
Bouncing With Bud

Four On Six

Musical theatre
Opera genre

Description
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting
and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are
communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an
integrated whole. Wikipedia

Artists: Stephen Sondheim, Lin-Manuel Miranda, MORE

Songs
Maybe This Time
15 June 1970

A Weekend in the Country

1975

I Enjoy Being A Girl

Country music
Musical genre

Description
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. Wikipedia

Cultural origins: 1920s, Southern U.S.

Parent genres: Blues, Old-time music, Celtic music, Spiritual
People also search for: Jazz, Rock, Hip hop music, Singing, MORE
Derivative forms: Nashville sound, Phleng phuea chiwit, Rock, Country folk
Soul music
Musical genre

Description
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout
the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African-American gospel
music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Wikipedia

Cultural origins: Early 1950s – early 1960s, United States

Parent genres: Rhythm and blues, Blues, Gospel music, Doo-wop, Traditional black gospel
People also search for: Funk, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, MORE
Derivative forms: Funk, Contemporary R&B, Disco
Songs
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
22 April 1971

My Guy
May 1964

I Second That Emotion