Everyone knows that music is the food for the soul. When people
hear music, they are moved. Music can invoke emotions from
people, even ones that are suppressed. What people feel about
the music is the name they give to its genre. Only a handful of
musical genres existed in the past. Today, with the evolution of
communications technology such as the Internet and more music
being exposed daily in this medium, much has evolved with the
music we’ve come to know. Here’s a short guide to the basic
characteristics of modern music. Pop is often characterized by
its simple melodies, beats, grooves and formulaic passages. Pop
is a shortened form of ‘popular’, and popular music’s
characteristic is to be music easily consumed by masses and
those with quite unique tastes. However, today, pop has a wide
variety. Aside from mainstream pop, there is synthpop, which
makes extensive use of synthesized instruments, country pop and
dance. It is the easiest to identify; just turn on the radio and
whichever ones that play constan