The category screens in this musicology section of Musical Discovery permit browsing (in alphabetical order by category) through the database of category information, with a brief description of each category, and a handy table of themes, extracts or full pieces belonging to this category. Classifications include Ballet, Chamber, Concerto, Symphony and so on.
You can listen to any listed piece of music by clicking on the appropriate row. This then plays the music, and you can stop or pause it using the buttons on the PlayBar at the foot of the screen. Also you can use the slider to move forward or back to any desired part of the music. As an alternative to clicking the buttons with the mouse, the space bar can be used to start or pause the music, or the function keys F2 to start, and F3 to stop..
To move to a different category, you can either click on the Next Category or Previous Category buttons, or else use the shortcut keys,- Page Down for the next category, and Page Up, for the previous category. The First and Last buttons take you to the beginning or end of the list of categories.
At top right, there is also a search facility. Click on the arrow for a drop-down list of categories, scroll down, then click on the desired category.