Brainstorm some musical styles:
Rap
Hip Hop
Jazz
Pop
Rock n Roll
Classical
Instrumental New School
Nursery Rhymes Church Music
Screamo Emo
Polka
Folk
Greek
Italian
Piano music
Beat Box/Percussion
Theme Song
Country
60s,70s, 80s,
Vocal Music
Old School
Punk Rock
Indie
Irish/Celtic
Latino
Jingle
Marching Band
Opera
Heavy Metal
Blues
Soft Rock
Service Music
Classic Rock
Americana
Acoustic
Disco/Dance

Genres
Genre means – A specific styles of music.
Genres can also be used to classify books, movies, television, art, etc.
What would be some genres for…
Books Movies Television Art

Music Genres
Musical Genres can be classified into large groups and then further divided into other subcategories.
For example, from our class list of music styles we listed styles such as:
Classical/Art Music
Folk/Cultural
Gospel/Christian
Country
Blues
Jazz
Rock
Pop
R&B
Hip Hop/Rap

Music Genres
Those styles can be further divided into other genres within those categories.
Classical Music or Art Music refers to music that written in a traditional western art music form.
Classical music is also categorized by time period and usually tie in with literature and visual art.
Classical/Art Music subcategories are:
Medieval Music – 1150-1400
Renaissance Music – 1400-1600
Baroque Music – 1600-1750
Classical Music – 1750-1830
Romantic Music – 1830-1900
Contemporary – 1900- Present

Music Genres
Folk/Cultural Music refers to music of a country or nation.
Each country or civilization has their own particular music as well as styles within that sound.
Here are just a few of the different types of Folk/Cultural Music :
American Folk music
Tribal/Native American
African
Japanese
India
Chinese
Irish Folk
Arabian/Middle Eastern
European Folk

Music Genres
Gospel/Christian Music - Music of religious nature, typically called Sacred
Music of religious nature varies from Church to Church as well as culture to culture.
Different types of Gospel/Christian Music
Gospel- of the African/American culture and typically sung in Baptist
Churches
Contemporary Christian – Pop or contemporary style of music used in various
Christian Churches.
Christian Rock - Rock style of music used in various Christian
Churches.
Christian Rap – Rap music, religious in nature, and used in various Churches.
Designed to encourage listeners of this style of understand it’s lyrical content.
Hymns/Traditional – Standard hymn songs used in various churches and faiths.

Music Genres
Country music began as an extension of the rural regions of the South and can be considered a mix of American folk music and Western cowboy.
Country music also has many different styles within the overall Country theme.
These genres include:
Classic Country
Country Rock
Appalachian folk
Country Rap
Bluegrass Christian Country
Country Pop
Rockabilly
Honky Tonk Music
Southern Rock
New Country
Hillbilly
Western Swing

Country Western Music Word Bank
American
Appalachian Mountains
British Isles
Commercialization
Cowboy
Crossing Over
Dolly Parton
European
Folk Music
Garth Brooks
Gold Rush
Grand Ole Opry
Hank Williams
Nashville
Radio
Railroad
Randy Travis
Rock
Roy Rogers
Western

Music Genres
The Blues are a style of music that originated in the African American Communities
As Africans were brought to this country and forced into slavery, they brought with them their culture and style of music. The blues reflect the hardships and difficulties of slavery and the life they now were forced to lead.
In the 1900s, the Blues had developed into a standard musical form and they continued to develop further into the 1930s.
The blues began to divide into two different sounds: the country or rural blues and the city or urban blues.
With the development of the electric guitar in the late 1940s/early 1950s, a newer style of blues was being heard and even played on the radio.
Eventually, this style grew further and began to branch off into a new sound, one called
Rock ’n’ Roll

Bessie Smith
Broonzy
Chores
City Blues
Country Blues
Fields
Heritage
Instrumentalists
Ledbelly
Life
Singing The Blues Word Bank
Lonely
Louis Armstrong
Measures
Melancholy
Music
Periods
Petition
Singing
Styles
Traditions

Music Genres
Jazz is an American style of music that originated at the beginning of the 1900s in
African/American communities of the southern United States.
Jazz is a mix of African and European music traditions infused with blues notes, improvisation, and syncopation.
There are several different styles of Jazz mixing in different national and regional cultures.
These styles include:
New Orleans Jazz
Big Band Swing
Kansas City Jazz
West Coast Jazz
Latin Jazz
Bebop
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Urban Jazz
Cool Jazz

Music Genres
Rock ‘n’ Roll was developed during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The term
Rock ‘n’ Roll came from a combination of the rockabilly and blues music.
Rock ‘n’ Roll’s development was also enhanced by the technological changes in music such as the amplifier, electric guitar, and microphone.
The first officially recognized Rock ‘n’ Roll song was the tune
” Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and his Comets in 1954.
But in 1951 it was Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed who first coined the phrase “Rock ‘n’ Roll” while playing the rhythm and blues records of many great performers.
Alan Freed first began his career in Akron and then moved to Cleveland before finally working in New York for the larger radio stations.
Alan Freed was also one of the first to promote concerts and dances featuring the music he was playing on the radio.
Alan Freed Website

Music Genres
There are several different great musicians and performers of the early Rock ’n’ Roll era.
Bill Haley and his Comets Jimmy Preston Chuck Berry
Little Richard Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley

Music Genres
Rock ‘n’ Roll History Timeline
Cleveland and Rock ‘n’ Roll History
Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame

Those Puzzling Facts: Crossword wordlist
GENE AUTRY
AMERICA
BUDDY HOLLY
BLACKBOARD
HOUSEHOLD
INFLUENCE
LYRICS
LEGEND
CLEAN-CUT
CHUCK BERRY
RHYTHM AND BLUES
ROCK-A-BILLY
JERRY LEE LEWIS
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
ROCK-AND-ROLL
ADULTS
COMETS
ELVIS PRESLEY
THE KING
TENNESSEE
If there is a hyphen (-) in the word, you need to use the hyphen in your crossword.

Music Genres
The Sound of the 60’s
Although there was the British Invasion (musically speaking) during the 1960s, there were also other forms of music which began to break out during this time.
Many of America’s youth felt the growing pressures of our nation’s efforts to keep peace in the world while protecting and fighting for our Civil Liberties.
The music of this time also reflected many of these views.
The Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Jimi Hendrix

Music Genres
American folk music began a revival throughout the 1960s with artist such as ….
Woody Guthrie
Joni Mitchell
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Pete Seeger
Joan Baez