COMPOSITIONAL GENRE - A compositional genre, or simply "genre", is a "type" or "kind" of composition having certain distinctive characteristics of music.

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genre is rock 'n' roll
genre is jazz
genre is song
genre is symphony
genre is madrigal
genre is mass
genre has distinct music characteristics
genre means _kind_or_type_of music