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[?]
• Caña[?]
• Candombe[?]
• Canon[?]
• Cante chico[?]
• Cante jondo[?]
• Canterbury Scene
• Cantiñas[?]
• 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[?]
• Chèo[?]
• 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 Dào[?]
• 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
• Malagueñas[?]
• 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 cibaeño)
• 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