Discuss the meaning of the term genre in relation to music-culture
What will be an ideal response?
• genres are named, standard units of the repertory, such as "song" or "jazz"
• terms for genres are not the same in all music-cultures
• in repertories of music, genre defines and labels the music itself
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A. Heptatonic B. Pentatonic C. Hexatonic D. None