8、Music is often divided into several categories or kinds．Some of the categories are classical music, traditional music, rock music and jazz music．The first kind, classical music, refers to orchestra music that originated in Europe a few hundred years ago．Most of the original classical music was composed or written in Italy, Germany, Austria or Russia．Classical music is usually played by a variety of string and wind instruments．

The second type of music is traditional music．It comes from particular culture．Every culture has its own special forms of traditional music．For example, “blues” music is one kind of traditional music in the United States and “enka” music is one kind of traditional music in Japan．Each traditional music has its own special instrument．

Another kind of music is rock music．It is generally a loud kind of music played with a strong beat．Rock musicians often use electric instruments．Rock music probably began in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago．It became very popular, especially among young people during 1960’s and 1970’s．

The fourth kind of music is jazz．Jazz probably comes from Africa．Jazz has a different kind of rhythm from other kinds of music．A variety of music instruments are used to play this kind of music especially wind instruments．

Of course there are other categories of music．In addition, many kind of music are combination of classical and traditional or classical and jazz and so on．

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