What is genre

What is genre

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  What is Genre? Amusic genre is a category that identifies a piece of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. There are many different genres of music, which include Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop. Pop – Common conventions in a pop music are usually the band members wearing modern clothing. The clothing is normally bright as this goes with the upbeat music. In pop music videos, shots are edited to keep pace with the music video. If a song is upbeat, shots will be shorter and will appear quicker. In pop music videos, the lighting is high key so that it matches the desired feel of the song. Rock – In rock music videos, there tends to be close-ups and long shots used. The close-ups are used to show emotion used in the song and the long shots are used to show the group in its entirety. The rock genre uses low key lighting as it is seen as quite dark music. Hip-Hop – Hip-Hop videos are usually filmed in parties or clubs. They usually show expensive cars or clothing and use long shots to this. Hip-Hop music videos do not tend to follow a storyline but follow conventions of their genre. There is usually high key lighting in hip-hop music videos as the music can be upbeat.