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List of musical genres
Recognised
musical genres
include the following (see the individual genre pages for more information on each genre and the musicial genres page for information about the major groupings):
A cappella
Abwe[?]
Acid house
Acid jazz[?]
Acid rock[?]
Acid techno[?]
Afoxe[?]
African jazz[?]
Afrobeat
Aguinaldo[?]
Al ala[?]
Aleatory
Algerias[?]
Alomaco[?]
Alternative country
Alternative hip hop
Alternative metal
Alternative rock
Ambient
Ambient breakbeat
Ambient dub
Ambient house
Ambient techno
Ambient trance
American fingerstyle guitar[?]
(American primitive guitar)
Americana country[?]
Anarcho-punk
Antiphonal[?]
Apala[?]
Appalachian folk[?]
Areito[?]
Arena rock
Ars Antiqua[?]
Ars Nova[?]
Avant-garde jazz[?]
Avant-garde music[?]
Axe[?]
Bachata[?]
Baiao[?]
Bakersfield sound
Bal granmoun[?]
Balakadri[?]
Ballad
Ballad calypso[?]
Ballata[?]
Bamberas[?]
Bamboula wake[?]
Bambuco[?]
Banda
Bangsawan[?]
Barbershop
Barndance[?]
Baroque music
Batá[?]
Batá-rumba[?]
Batucada[?]
Beach music[?]
Bebop
Beguine[?]
(biguine)
Beguine moderne[?]
Beguine vide[?]
Bel canto
Belair[?]
Benga[?]
Bhajan
Bhangra
Bhangragga[?]
Bhangramuffin[?]
Big band music
Big Beat
Biguine[?]
Black metal
Bloco afro[?]
Bluegrass
Blue-eyed soul[?]
Blues
Blurcore[?]
Big Drum Dance[?]
Bigono duu[?]
Bocet[?]
Bolero[?]
Bomba[?]
Bongo
Bongo wake[?]
Boogie rock[?]
Boogie woogie
Borbangnadyr[?]
Border ballad[?]
Bossa nova
Boy band
Brass band[?]
Brazilian jazz[?]
Brill Building Pop[?]
Britfunk[?]
Britpop
British blues
British Invasion
Broadside ballad[?]
Brown-eyed soul[?]
Bubblegum pop
Bulerias[?]
Bumba-meu-boi[?]
Bunggul[?]
Burger-highlife[?]
Burgundian School[?]
Ca din tulnic[?]
Ca pe lunca[?]
Cadence
Cadence-lypso[?]
Cadence rampa[?]
Cakewalk
Calypso
Campillaneros[?]
Cańa[?]
Candombe[?]
Canon[?]
Cante chico[?]
Cante jondo[?]
Canterbury Scene
Cantińas[?]
Cantique[?]
Caracoles[?]
Carceleras[?]
Carimbo[?]
Cariso[?]
Carnatic classical music[?]
Cartageneras[?]
Cassé-co[?]
Castillian
Cavacha[?]
Celempungan[?]
Cha-cha-cha
Chakacha[?]
Chamame[?]
Chamber jazz[?]
Chamber pop[?]
Chamber music
Chanson[?]
Charanga[?]
Chčo[?]
Chimurenga[?]
(mbira)
Chouval bwa[?]
Chowtal[?]
Chicago blues
Chicago soul[?]
Chorinho[?]
Choro[?]
Christian alternative
Christian hip hop
Christian metal
Christmas carol
Chut-kai-pang[?]
Chutney[?]
Chutney-soca[?]
Cigányzene[?]
Cînd ciobanu s-i a pierdut oile[?]
Cîntec batrînesc[?]
Ciobanul[?]
Classical music era
Clicks n Cuts
Close harmony[?]
Cocobale[?]
Colombianas[?]
Comedy rock[?]
Comic opera[?]
Comparsa[?]
Compas direct[?]
Compas meringue[?]
Concert overture[?]
Concerto
Concerto grosso
Conjunto
Contemporary Christian Music
(CCM)
Contradanza[?]
Cool jazz
Cocorrido[?]
Country blues
Country music
Countrypolitan
Cow punk[?]
Creative jazz[?]
Csárdás[?]
Cuecas[?]
Cumbia[?]
Cumfa[?]
Dadra[?]
Dance music
Dancehall
Dangdut[?]
Danza[?]
Danzón[?]
Dark ambient[?]
De codru[?]
De dragoste[?]
De jale[?]
De pahar[?]
Death metal
Deblas[?]
Décima[?]
Delta blues
Deep house[?]
Deep soul[?]
Detroit blues
Detroit techno
Dhrupad
Dhun[?]
Dirge[?]
Dirty South[?]
Disco
Dixieland jazz
(Chicago jazz)
Doina[?]
Donegal fiddle tradition
Doo wop
Doom metal
Downtempo[?]
Dream pop
Drill n bass
Drum n bass
(DNB)
Dub
Dutch jazz[?]
Early music
East Coast blues[?]
East Coast hip hop
Electric blues
Electroclash
Electro hop
Electronic body music
Electronic music
Emeba[?]
Emo
English funk[?]
English madrigal[?]
Enka
Euba[?]
Eurodance[?]
Europop
Eurotrance[?]
(traditional dance music)
Experimental music
Ezengileer
Fado
Fandango[?]
Farruca[?]
Filk
Filmi[?]
(Indian art film music)
Filmi qawwali[?]
Fjatpangarri[?]
Flamenco
Foaie verde[?]
Forró[?]
Free funk[?]
Free jazz
Free music
Freestyle
Frevo[?]
Fugue
Fuji[?]
Funk
Funk metal
Funky breaks[?]
Funky highlife[?]
Fusion bhangra[?]
(New Wave bhangra)
Fusion jazz[?]
Futurepop
G-funk
Gabber
Gagá[?]
Gagaku[?]
Gaikyoku[?]
Gallant[?]
Gambang[?]
Gamelan
Gamelan gong kebjar[?]
Gamelan semar pegulingan[?]
Gangsta rap
Garage
Garage rock
Garage techno[?]
Garrotin[?]
Gavotte[?]
Ghazal[?]
Girl group
Glam rock
Glitch[?]
Gnawa[?]
Go go
Goa
Gospel music
Gothenburg sound[?]
Goth metal
Gothic rock
Granadinas[?]
Gregorian chant
Grindcore
Grunge
Guaguanbo[?]
Guajira[?]
Gwo ka[?]
Gypsy jazz[?]
Habanera[?]
Haiducesti[?]
Hair metal
Half calypso[?]
(semi-tone calypso)
Hakka
Happy hardcore[?]
Haqibah[?]
Hardcore hip hop
Hardcore[?]
Hardcore punk
Hard bop
(hard bebop)
Hard rock
Hard trance[?]
Harmonica blues[?]
Hát a Dŕo[?]
Hát cai luong[?]
Hát tuông[?]
(Hát bôi)
Hawaiian steel guitar[?]
Hazzanut[?]
Heavy compas[?]
Heavy metal
Hesher[?]
Hi-Nrg[?]
Highlands
Highlife
Highlife fusion[?]
Hiplife[?]
Hip hop
Hip house
Hindustani classical music[?]
Honky tonk
Honkyoku[?]
Hora lunga[?]
Hornpipes[?]
Hot rod music[?]
House music
Hula[?]
Hymn
Ibo[?]
Illbient
Impressionist music
Incidental music
Indie rock
Indo rock[?]
Industrial music
Industrial metal[?]
Industrial rock
Instrumental rock
Intelligent dance music (IDM)[?]
Intuit (music)
Iscathamiya[?]
J-pop[?]
Jaipongan[?]
Jam band
Jangle pop[?]
Jarana[?]
Jarocho[?]
Jazz
Jazz from night[?]
Jazz fusion
Jazz groove[?]
Jazz rap
Jibaro[?]
Jig
Jing ping[?]
Jit[?]
Jive
Joik[?]
Jota[?]
Jug band
Juke joint blues[?]
Juju[?]
Jump blues
Jungle
Junkanoo[?]
Juré[?]
Kadans[?]
Kaiso[?]
Kalinda[?]
(kalenda, ti kannot)
Kansas City blues[?]
Kargyraa
Karma[?]
Kattajjaq[?]
Kayokyoku[?]
Ke-kwe[?]
Kecak[?]
Kélé[?]
Ketjak[?]
Khap[?]
Khene
Khoomei
Kinko[?]
Kirtan[?]
Kiwi rock[?]
Klezmer
Kliningan[?]
Komagaku[?]
Konpa[?]
Kpanlogo[?]
Krautrock[?]
Krill Krill[?]
Kriti[?]
(krithi)
Kroncong[?]
Kun-borrk[?]
Kutumba wake[?]
Kwassa kwassa[?]
Kwela[?]
La la[?]
Laiki[?]
Lais[?]
Lam
Lam sing[?]
Lambada[?]
Lancer[?]
Langgam jawa[?]
Latin jazz[?]
(Afro-Cuban jazz)
Lavlu[?]
Lavway[?]
Le leagan[?]
Letka[?]
Lo-fi
Louisiana blues
Lounge music[?]
Lovers rock
Lubbock country music[?]
Luhya omutibo[?]
Lullaby
Lundu[?]
M-Base[?]
Madchester
Madrigal
Mafioso hip hop[?]
Maglaal[?]
(tuuli)
Magnificat
Makossa
Malagueńas[?]
Mambo
Manding swing[?]
Mangulina[?]
Manikay[?]
Manouche[?]
Manzuma[?]
Marabi[?]
Marching music[?]
Marrabenta[?]
Mass
Martinetes[?]
Math rock
Mazurka
Mbalax[?]
Mbaqanga[?]
(township jive)
Mbube[?]
Meditation[?]
Mejorana[?]
Memphis soul[?]
Mento[?]
Merengue
Méringue[?]
MGB[?]
(musica popular Brasileira)
Miami bass
(booty bass)
Microhouse
Milo jazz[?]
Mini compas[?]
Mini jazz[?]
Minimalism
Minuet
Medieval music
Melhoun[?]
Memphis blues
Merengue
Merengue típico moderno[?]
Meringue
Merseybeat
Milongas[?]
Mineras[?]
Minimalist music
Minstrel show
Mirabras[?]
Mod
Modinha[?]
Modern classical music
Morna[?]
Motown
Mozambique[?]
Mugham[?]
Muntuno[?]
Musette[?]
Music drama[?]
Musique concrete
Muzak
(or
elevator music
)
Narcocorrido[?]
Nashville Sound
Nederpop
Neo-classicism[?]
Neue Deutsche Welle[?]
Newbeat[?]
New Age music[?]
New Jack Swing[?]
New Orleans blues
New Orleans contemporary brass band[?]
New Orleans jazz[?]
New Romantic
New York blues
New Wave of British heavy metal
(NWOBHM)
New Wave
Nhac dan toc cai bien[?]
Nha Nac[?]
No Wave
Noise music
Noise pop[?]
Noise rock[?]
Nortena
Northern soul[?]
Nota[?]
Nu breaks[?]
Nu metal
Nu soul
(neo soul)
Oi
Old school hip hop
Old time country[?]
Oltului[?]
Oom pah band[?]
Opera
Oratorio
Orchestra
Organum[?]
Oriental Foxtrot[?]
Outlaw country[?]
Outsider music
Padams[?]
Paisley Underground[?]
Palm wine[?]
Palos[?]
Pambiche[?]
(Merengue estilo yanqui)
Pan music[?]
Parang[?]
Partido alto[?]
Paseo[?]
Pasillo[?]
Perico ripiao[?]
(Merengue típico cibaeńo)
Petenera[?]
Petro[?]
Philadelphia soul[?]
Phleng luk tung[?]
Piano blues
Piedmont blues
Piyyutim[?]
Plainchant
Plena[?]
Polka
Polo[?]
Polskor[?]
Pop music
Porro[?]
Post-rock
Post-romanticism[?]
Power metal
Power pop
Powwow
Program symphony[?]
Progressive electronic music[?]
Progressive house
Progressive metal
Progressive bluegrass[?]
Progressive rock
Psychedelic music
Psychobilly
Psy-trance
Australian pub rock
UK pub rock
Punk rock
Qasidah[?]
Qawwali[?]
Quadrille[?]
Queercore[?]
Quiet Storm[?]
Rada[?]
Ragas[?]
Raggamuffin
(
Ragga
)
Ragtime music
Rai
Ranchera[?]
Rapcore
Rapso[?]
Rara[?]
Rasiya[?]
Reel
Reggae
Reggae highlife[?]
Reggaeton[?]
Rembetiko[?]
Renaissance music
Rhapsody[?]
Rhythm and blues
(R&B)
Ricercar[?]
Riot grrl
Rock opera
Rock and roll
Rock en espanol
Rockabilly
Rocksteady
Rococo
Rodeo music[?]
Romantic period in music
Romeras[?]
Rondeaux[?]
Roots reggae
Roots rock[?]
Roots rock reggae
Rumba
Rumba gitana[?]
Runo[?]
Sadcore
Saetas[?]
Saibara[?]
Salsa
Salsa romantica[?]
Salve[?]
Samba
Samba reggae[?]
Sanjuanitos[?]
Sarandunga[?]
Sato kagura[?]
Scandinavian metal
(Viking metal)
Schottisch[?]
Schranz[?]
Sea shantie[?]
Seis[?]
Serialism
Serrana[?]
Set dance[?]
Sevillana[?]
Shabab[?]
Shabad[?]
Shango
Shape-note singing[?]
Shibuya-kei[?]
Shoegazing
Showtunes
Sica[?]
Siguiriyas[?]
Singer-songwriter
Single tone calypso[?]
Ska
Ska punk
Skiffle
Slack-key guitar[?]
(kihoalu)
Slide[?]
Slow airs[?]
Slowcore[?]
Sludge metal[?]
Smooth jazz[?]
Soca
Soft rock[?]
Solea[?]
(soleares)
Son[?]
Son-batá[?]
(batá rock)
Son montuno[?]
Sonata
Soukous[?]
Soul jazz[?]
Soul music
Southern hip hop
Southern rock
Southern soul[?]
Space rock
Spectralism
Speed garage[?]
Speed metal
Spirituals[?]
Square dance
St. Louis blues
St. Louis soul[?]
Steelband[?]
Stoner metal
Straight edge
Strathspeys[?]
Stride
String quartet
Suite
Suomi rock[?]
Surf rock
Swahili sound[?]
Swamp blues
Swamp pop[?]
Swing music
Sygyt
Symphonic black metal
Symphonic poem
Symphony
Synth pop
Taarab[?]
Tamborito[?]
Tambu[?]
Tamburitza[?]
Tamil tiruppukazh[?]
Tango
Tango flamenco[?]
Tappa[?]
Tarabu[?]
Tarana[?]
Tarannum[?]
Tarantella[?]
Taranto
Tawshih[?]
Tech house
Techno
Techno-tribal[?]
Teen pop[?]
Tejano
Texas blues[?]
Tex-Mex
Third stream[?]
Thrash metal
Thumri
Tientos[?]
Tin Pan Alley
Togaku[?]
Tonas[?]
Toziych[?]
Trance
Tribal house[?]
Trip-hop
Tropicalia
Truck-driving country[?]
Tumba[?]
Tuvan throat-singing[?]
Twee pop
UK garage[?]
UPA
Urban Cowboy[?]
Urtin duu[?]
Vallenato[?]
Vaudeville
Verbunkos[?]
Verismo[?]
Viennese-style classical music[?]
Villancicos[?]
Virelais[?]
Vuelie[?]
Vocal house[?]
Waltz
Wangga[?]
Warabe uta[?]
Wassoulou[?]
West Coast hip hop
Western blues
Western swing[?]
Work song[?]
Worldbeat
World music
Xoomii
(khoomii, hoomii)
Yanvalou[?]
Yodeling[?]
Yukar[?]
Zairean sound[?]
Zen (music)[?]
Zouk chouv[?]
Zout[?]
Zydeco
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