Today, music is loved all over the world. The music can be divided into several types.
The first type is the classical music. Generally, classical music is considered to be Western traditional music, but originally, to be Western traditional religious music and music of Imperial Court. The second type is jazz. The origin of jazz is mixture of the labor song which blacks song, blues, and white music culture. A characteristic of jazz is a free form of expression. Now, jazz is one of the modern styles of music art beyond a race, nationality and genre. The last type is rock music which is a genre of popular music born in the U.S. in 1950’s. The rock music gave not only other music but also, thought, fashion, art, and pop cultures a shock, very strong. The rock music tends to strongly express a rebellious spirit and against the established general ideas and system. Moreover, rock music can be divided into more groups, for example, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock and more!
These types are just a few examples of types of music. New genres may be born from now on.
