There are several types of music and their characteristics

1, monophonic music: there is only a melody of the music such as unaccompanied solo, solo, unison, etc.;

2, polyphonic music: in the harmony of the premise, a few tunes into the difference, they are not only cooperate with each other but also independent of the development of a kind of music, polyphonic music in the hands of Bach, reached a high degree of perfection.

3, the main key music: refers to a voice playing the main theme, the rest of the voice with harmony to the main theme accompaniment of a kind of music. Haydn is the main representative.

4, pure music - is completely rely on the language of music, rather than borrow any title to express the content of the work.

5, title music - is based on a certain theme conception and use the title to imply the central content of the instrumental music.

6. Light music - refers to music that is light, lively, popular, and short in structure, as opposed to serious classical music.

7, jazz music - is a popular dance music nature of music.

Categorized by voice and voice condition: monophonic music, polyphonic music, dominant music

Categorized by the nature of the music:

1. Pure music - is a work that relies entirely on the language of music, rather than borrowing any title to express its content. It also has a title, such as "Sonata No. 1", but this only refers to the genre of music, does not indicate the content of the piece. The composer of the piece you are about to listen to has a general idea of the composer's time, experience, world view, and the context in which the piece was written.

2. Title music is instrumental music that is based on a certain theme and uses the title to imply the center of the piece. It is often taken from literature, drama, history, folklore or real life. They use detailed text to explain the characteristics of the whole song and each movement. It can be said that title music is the literaryization of music. The title is a direction indicated in advance by the composer to help the appreciator to associate with it, and has no limiting effect.

3, light music - refers to the light and lively, popular and lively, short structure of the music, is the opposite of serious classical music. Appreciation of light music does not require serious thinking and rational activities, it only gives people the enjoyment of beauty, cultivate people's sentiment.

4. Jazz music is a kind of popular dance music. It is a kind of popular dance music. It is a kind of music that emerged from the black people in the United States, and this kind of music has no fixed sheet music, and each musician improvises and keeps a rough "tacit understanding". Improvisation has always been a major feature of jazz music. It can be considered that jazz music is the essence of American musical culture.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia of Music Genres