Genre

This lesson is part of the Style & Compositional Techniques category.

Objectives

• 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

• everynoise.com

Class Activities

• 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

• Report or questionnaire on a selected genre