Major Types of Music From Around the World

Top 10 genres of Music Industry

• Jazz:
• Dubstep:
• Rhythm and Blues:
• Techno:
• Country Music:
• Electro:
• Indie Rock: Falling in the genre of alternative rock music, Indie Rock originated in the 1980s and has gradually changed the music industry.
• Pop Music:

A “style” is what you call a specific element of the music. For instance, at the highest level you might distinguish between instrumental and vocal music. Or between broad groups such as pop, rock, metal, world, concert/classical, jazz/blues/r&b, funk/motown.

• Country.
• Electronic dance music (EDM)
• Hip-hop.
• Indie rock.
• Jazz.
• K-pop.
• Metal.
• Oldies.

Author Victor Hugo wrote that “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described it as “the universal language of mankind.” …

Music can be divided into genres in varying ways, such as into popular music and art music, or religious music and secular music. The artistic nature of music means that these classifications are often subjective and controversial, and some genres may overlap.

The five core tones of Chinese scales are sometimes connected with the five elements, or wuxing (earth, wood, metal, fire, and water), while the 12 pitches of the tonal system are connected by some writers with the months of the year, hours of the day, or phases of the moon.

Melodic Minor & Minor

Pentatonic scales do not contain half steps. But the notes contained in pentatonic scales can be considered to be diatonic to a key when the same notes are found in the parent major scale. The C major pentatonic scale does not feature half-step intervals, but its notes are contained within the diatonic C major scale.