Playing all songs in genre?

This may sound pretty basic, but I just got my first iPod Touch not too long ago, so still pretty new to it (I'm used to the classic). So, I want to be able to play all the songs in one genre, but it seems as though you can only play by artist or album. I don't put album names on my songs, and don't want to have to go by individual artist. So, basically, how do I just play all the the songs from one genre?

I really appreciate the help! Isn't working, though...I guess since I don't have any "album" info on any of my songs, I can't do it that way like you could with the classic. Then, it was just Genre>(whatever you choose)>All Songs. If I choose an artist, it just plays that artists' songs, then I have to go back and choose another. Since I don't have albums, I can't play from that option. Think I should just make all my songs the same album (just like...a random word) so at least there's something there?

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