Genre

From Advancing Music Theory
This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives[edit]

  • Students will be familiar with the concept of genre from academic and marketing perspectives.
  • Students will explore the definitions and membership of different genres.

Resources[edit]

Readings[edit]

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Class Activities[edit]

  • Discussion of the concept of genre from the point of view of record industry, recording artist, and listener
  • Analysis of a one or more specific genres, including genre definitions and inter-genre variety

Assignments[edit]

  • Report or questionnaire on a selected genre
  • Comparison between selected genres (this article has some good possibilities)
  • Explorations of some of the links at the bottom of everynoise.com: compare & explain geographic trends, etc.

Files[edit]

  • Exploring a genre using everynoise.com (version 1) (Word | Pages | PDF)
  • Exploring a genre using everynoise.com (version 2) (Word | Pages | PDF)

Notes[edit]