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A '''music genre''' (or '''musical genre''' or '''style''') is a [[category]] or label used to describe [[music]] that shares a certain [[style]] or "basic musical language" (van der Merwe 1989, p.3), or that have other certain elements in common. Some [[genre]]s, such as [[Indian music]], are geographically defined; others, like [[Baroque music]], are largely defined by time period. Still others, such as [[B(contracted; show full)inging. In the early 1960s rhythm 'n' blues took influences from [[gospel music|gospel]] and [[rock and roll]] and thus '''[[soul music]]''' was born. In the late 1960s [[funk]] music started to evolve out of soul; by the 1970s funk had become its own subgenre that stressed complex, "funky" rhythm patterns and monotonistic compositions based on a riff or two. In the late 1970s [[hip hop]] and [[rap]] grew out of funk.

=== Rock ===

'''[[Rock
_and_roll]]''' is a confusing term with multiple definitions. It can be used strictly, referring to very little music recorded after the early [[1960s]], or broadly, to refer to almost all [[popular music]] recorded since the early [[1950s]]. It arose from multiple genres in the late [[1940s]], most importantly the [[jump blues]]. It was first popularized by performers like [[Bill Haley]] and [[Elvis Presley]], who fused the sound with [[country music]], resulting in [[rockabilly]]. In addition, [[gos(contracted; show full)s like [[The Yardbirds]] and [[The Who]] soon evolved into [[hard rock]], which, in the early [[1970s]] specialized into a gritty sound called [[glam rock]], as well as a mostly underground phenomenon called [[power pop]]. In the early to mid-1970s, singer-songwriters and pop musicians       led the charts, though [[punk rock]] and [[krautrock]] also developed, and some success was achieved by [[southern rock]] and [[roots rock]] performers, which fused modern techniques with a more traditionalist sound.


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=== Country music ===

'''[[Country music]]''' is usually used to refer to [[honky tonk]] today. Emerging in the [[1930s]] in the [[United States]], honky tonk country was strongly influenced by the [[blues]], as well as [[jug band]]s (which cannot be properly called honky tonk). In the [[1950s]], country achieved great mainstream success by adding elements of [[rock and roll]]; this was called [[rockabilly]]. In addition, [[Western swing]] added influences from [[swing (genre)(contracted; show full)
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