“A music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Music can be divided into different genres in several ways.”

There are many kinds of music genre and many may influence each other. For example, rock, has influenced many genres that you may hear today. There’s rock in alternative, punk, heavy metal, Jazz Rock, India rock and much much more!

Remember, our music genres are limited to our knowledge from instruments and taste in music.