What are the main categories of music?

Music can be divided into three categories: classical music, pop music and folk music.

1. Classical music is based on the universal and eternal artistic value beyond the times, and it is the highest expression of music art. Generally speaking, it refers to music with permanent artistic value and can be used as a model for contemporary and future generations.

2. The accurate concept of pop music should be commodity music, which refers to music created for profit. It is a kind of commercial music and entertainment and all industrial phenomena related to it.

3. National music is music with national characteristics, which can reflect national culture and national spirit, created on the long historical and cultural tradition from ancient times to the present.

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Emotional basis of music classification

1. Among all art forms, music is the most expressive and exciting art form. It truly conveys, expresses and feels aesthetic feelings through the medium of sound.

2. Music is superior to other art forms in conveying and expressing emotions, because the perceptual material and aesthetic form it uses-sound is the most suitable for expressing emotions.

3. Or solemn, or passionate, or sad, or touching, or crying. Music can express people's feelings more directly, truly and profoundly.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Music