Types of music

    Basically, we can categorize music into two type..(i)traditional music and (ii)modern music..lets talk about these types of music in brief below:-                                                                                                  

   (i)Traditional Music:-
Talking about traditional music, it varies from a nation to other nations.Being a Nepali let's talk about traditional Nepali music.
   

The elements of music like beats, rhythm, bounce, etc. belonging to Nepali traditional folk and classical music brings comfort to our soul and entertaining enough to cheer us. Music is linked with Nepal  to every event of life like festivals, feasts, marriage, birth ceremonies or funeral processions.Numerous songs, musical instruments and dances are associated with various aspects of life like religion, society and culture of the Nepalese. Music can be named as the heartbeat of every Nepali citizen.

Traditional Nepali music varies from east to west and north to south in the context of Nepal.various people belonging to various ethnic groups live from east to the west as well from the south to the north.Moving from the east various people of various ethnic group have their own kind of traditional music.Mainly, Nepal is divided into five development regions.They are:(I)Eastern Development Region (II)Central Development Region (III)Western Development Region (IV)Mid-Western Development Region (V)Far Western Development Region.In these development regions the way of the people's talking and lifestyle varies.So the music varies from place to place.

   (ii)Modern Music:-
Musical scientists define pop music as "a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz and folk musics".We can also define "pop music" as a distinct genre, aimed at a youth market, often characterized as a softer alternative to rock and roll.Pop music is also a kind of modern music.Similarly, rock music also can be said as a type of music which has evolved from pop music.

In the context of Nepal, modern music has not extended its field so much as the traditional music has extended.But it has been developing day-by-day.The fans of modern music has been growing in a rapid speed.Now a days even small kids listen to modern type of music.Rarely we hear kids singing or listening to traditional or folk music.Generally,the young generation in Nepal today, prefer modern forms of music rather than folk music.But modern music has not influenced the adult generation or old generation.