1. Waltz - Strauss's "The Blue Danube". Waltz is also transliterated as "Waltz". In the early days, it was a music genre used for social dances. It usually adopts three beats. The rhythm emphasizes the emphasis on the first beat, the melody is smooth, and the rhythm is obvious.
2. Minuet - Beethoven's "Minuet in G major". Minuet is a three-beat dance music originated from Western European folk. It was popular in the French court because of its dance. It is named after its smaller steps. The speed is moderate, it can depict many ceremonial dynamics, and the style is elegant.
3. Variation - Mozart's "Little Star Variation". Variation refers to a piece of music in which the theme and its series of changes are repeated and composed according to a unified artistic conception.
4. March - Strauss's "Radetzky March". A march is a song rich in rhythm and pace. It was originally produced in the combat life of the army to inspire the fighting will of soldiers and stimulate their fighting enthusiasm. Later, people often used this genre in social life to express collective strength and determination to fight for unity. Vigorous melody and firm and powerful rhythm are the basic characteristics of march music.
5. Etude - Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude". As the name suggests, an etude is a piece of music written for technical practice of musical instrument performance. It usually has a specific technical purpose, such as training. Scales, arpeggios, octaves, double stops, trills, etc.
6. Capriccio - Paganini's "Capriccio in A minor". The capriccio has a free structure, difficult technique, unique nature, and is not subject to constraints, and is passionate and unrestrained. It often uses folk song melodies as its theme and is rich in local color.
7. Rhapsody - Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody". The term rhapsody comes from the epic chanters of ancient Greece. They sang or recited with musical accompaniment. Later, it was used in professional creations. Refers to an instrumental fantasy developed with folk tunes as the theme.
8. Sonata - the third movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata. Sonata is a large-scale instrumental music genre.
9. Concerto (concerto) - "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto, a work composed of violin, piano, cello and other instruments competing with the orchestra, is called a concerto. A piece of music in which two identical or different instruments compete with an orchestra is called a complex concerto (or double concerto).
10. Symphony - Beethoven's "Symphony of Destiny". A symphony creates a musical image and embodies the composer's heart by comprehensively using and exploring the performance and expressive power of various instruments. A large instrumental suite of emotions and ideas.