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
Readings
Tools
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
- 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.