Types of music

Types Of Music
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Today , there are lots of genre of music in this world. People enjoy music at everywhere. Wikipedia says “Music is an art form whose medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture.” By listening to them, people get sad, happy and some even cry. Everywhere they go there’s music. It has become one of the most important factor of life for many people. There are people saying “No music, no life.” This one great art called music can be classified on the basis of many genres.
The first one is called popular music. Reason why it’s called popular music is because the number of listeners are very large. It’s being played at many places like on TV, streets, and shops. Lyrics are often cheerful and easy to understand. Famous pop musicians for example are Avril Lavigne and Ayumi Hamasaki.
The next one is the rock music. Boys love this genre. Rock music can be also divided into many more categories to something like punk rock, hard rock, heavy rock and etc. The lyrics often mean hatred and anger against the government and environment but sometimes there are love songs. Compared to other kinds of music, rock music is more enthusiastic. One of the famous rock stars are Elvis Presley and Jimmy Page.
The last one is the hip hop music. It has become popular since the end of 1960’s in New York by African Americans. Its unique way of singing called rapping which is one of the reasons why hip hop become popular. Their fashions are also unique. They wear big pants and shirts. It was popular only among African American at first but now, variety of people like it. Famous hip hoppers are Eminem, Jesse(RIZE) and Nelly.
There are more and more genres of music in this world. Those listed above are only tiny part of it. “What it is interesting is that by asking people who their favorite artists are, people can judge their personalities.” Music affects people’s mind and fashions. In future, music will always be played at everywhere and keep making people happy.

Works cited
Direct quote
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
Indirect quote
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music