Music genres: vocal & instrumental music

The term genre is used to identify particular categories of arts. Music can be divided into many genres according to a number of criteria such as instrumentation, musical contents and so on.


Instrumental music. Night train, Duke Ellington

• Orchestral music. Symphony Nº 4. London. Franz Joseph Haydn. 
• Chamber music. String quartet op 59, Nº 1. Razumovsky. Ludwig van Beethoven.

Vocal music. Firework. Katy Perry.

• A capella (without instrumental accompaniment). Star Wars.
• Accompanied (with instrumental accompaniment). Route 66. Manhattan Transfer.
• Choral. Performed by a choir. Slaves chorus. Nabucco. Verdi