Name, briefly define, and give an example of each of the six basic parts of a repertory of music. (Answers will vary.)

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Answer 1

• Style: everything related to the organization of the music itself—for example, time elements, pitch aspects, timbre, sound intensity, and form, all being manipulated according to a music-culture's aesthetics
• Genres: types of music or standard units of repertory—for example, "song" subdividing into lullaby, Christmas carol, or folk song; instrumental music and dances subdividing into jig, reel, waltz, and so on.
• Texts: the words or lyrics to any song
• Composition: how music enters the repertory of a music-culture—for example, in Western culture, a group of musically trained people called composers create music using standard musical notation to record their compositions.
• Transmission: how music is transmitted (passed on) to the people in the culture, including future generations. For example, some music-cultures transmit music through a master-apprentice relationship that lasts a lifetime, or in the Western music-culture people learn about music through formal training, including the study of Western musical notation and music theory.
• Movement: the physical activity accompanying the music—for example, the movement of rock musicians as they perform, or the dance movements that accompany certain kinds of music.