See also: List of genres of music (N-Z)
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A A cappella - any singing performed without instrumental backing Aak - Chinese ritual music Aaroubi - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which comes from Algiers Abaimajani Abajeños - folk music of the Perépecha of Mexico Aboriginal rock - rock and roll mixed with Australian aborigine music, began in 1980s Abwe Acid croft - mixture of traditional Scottish music with house influences Acid house - house music using simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters Acid jazz - jazz mixed with soul, hip hop and funk Acid rock Acid techno Adult contemporary Afoxe African jazz Afrobeat - African rhythms mixed with American funk Afro-Cuban jazz - jazz mixed with merengue, salsa or other Latin forms Afro-Cuban rumba Afro-reggae Afro-zouk Afroma Aguinaldo Air Akyn - Kazakh folk music made by travelling musicians also called akyn Al ala Alb-pop - Albanian pop music Aleatoric music - music the composition of which is partially left to chance Algerias Alomaco Alpine New Wave Alpunk Alternative country - reaction against the 1990s highly-polished Nashville sound Alternative hip hop - reaction against gangsta rap, usually includes socially or politically aware lyrics Alternative metal - catch-all term for heavy metal mixed with punk, funk, hip hop or other influences Alternative rock - broad movement reacting against the perceived sterility of 1970s pop music with generally inaccessible lyrics and accompaniment Amanédhes Ambient - atmospheric electronic music combined with jazz, New Age and other influences Ambient breakbeat Ambient dub Ambient house Ambient techno Ambient trance American fingerstyle guitar (American primitive guitar) Americana country Anadolu rock - Turkish rock music Anarcho-punk - 1970s mixture of punk rock with anarchist lyrics Andártika Andean New Age - a mixture of native Peruvian and Western musics which arose in tourist areas in Lima, Cuzco and Ollantaytambo Angklung - Osinger and Balinese style of gamelan performed exclusively by young boys Angolan merengue Antiphonal Apala Appalachian folk - in the United States, commonly referred to as simply folk music Arabesk - Turkish popular music Areito Arena rock - 1970s catchy, bombastic mixture of hard rock, prog and pop music Arpa grande - a style of rural Mexican folk music Arribeño - lyrical folk music from Sierra Gorda, Mexico Ars Antiqua Ars Nova Ashiq - Azeri bards who sing and accompany themselves on a saz (a kind of lute) Ashoug Asian Underground - British-based form of Indian and Western fusion Avant-garde jazz Avant-garde music - any kind of experimental music incorporated bizarre ideas, structures or instrumentation Axe B Bachata Baiao Bakersfield sound - gritty, hard-edged reaction against 1950s pop country (Nashville sound) Bakshy - Turkmen folk music made by travelling musicians also called bakshy Baiáo - Dance music created by a trio of triangle, bass drum and accordion Baila - Sri Lankan dance music derived from African slaves held by the Portuguese Baisha xiyue - a song and dance suite from the Naxi of Lijiang, China Bajourou Bagad Bal granmoun Bal-musette Balakadri Ballad - generic term for usually slow, romantic, despairing and catastrophic songs Ballad calypso Ballata Ballet (music) Balss Bamberas Bamboo band - originally from the Solomon Islands, music played by hitting bamboo tubes with sandals Bamboula wake Bambuco Banda - Mexican brass norteño pop music invented in the 1960s Bangsawan Bantowbol Barbershop - extremely melodic a cappella vocal style Barndance Baroque music - 17th-18th century European classical music Bass music (Miami bass, Booty bass) - electro influenced form of hip hop dance music arising in Miami, Florida Batá Batá-rumba Batucada Batuco Bayin - Taiwanese Hakka instrumental music Beach music Bebop - 1940s jazz style with complex improvisation and a fast tempo Bedoui Bedoui citadinisé Beguine (biguine) Beguine moderne Beguine vide Beiguan - Taiwanese instrumental music Bel canto - Italian vocal style which arose in the late 16th century and which ended in the mid-19th century Belair Bend-skin Benga Bhajan - a northern Hindu religious song Bhakti Bhangra - originally Punjabi dance music which became popular in the UK Bhangra-wine Bhangragga Bhangramuffin Big band music - large orchestras which play a form of swing music Big Beat - 1990s electronic music based on breakbeat with other influences Biguine - Martinican folk music Biguine moderne - Martinican biguine adapted to pop forms and including reggae and other influences Black metal - highly distorted and swift form of heavy metal Bloco afro Bluegrass - American country music mixed with Irish and Scottish influences Blue-eyed soul Blues - African-American music from the Mississippi Delta area Blurcore Big Drum Dance Bigono duu Bocet Boi - Central Amazonian folk music Bolero - Spanish and Cuban dance and music Bomba Bongo - distinctive African drum and style of drumming Bongo wake Boogie rock Boogie woogie - style of piano-based blues popular in the 1940s US Boogaloo - soul and mambo fusion popular in 1960s United States Booty bass (Miami bass, Bass music) Borbangnadyr Borbannadir - type of Tuvan xoomii said to sound like the rapids of a river Border ballad Bossa nova Boy band Brass band Brazilian jazz - bossa nova and samba mixed with American jazz Brill Building Pop Britfunk Britpop British blues British Invasion Broadside ballad Brown-eyed soul Broxa (brosca) Brukdown - rural Belizean creole music Bubblegum pop Buiasche Bikutsi Bulerias Bumba-meu-boi Bunggul Bunraku - Japanese style originated from a kind of puppet-theater. Burger-highlife Burgundian School C Ca din tulnic Ca pe lunca Ca tru - (hat a dao) Vietnamese folk music Cabaret Cadence Cadence-lypso - guitar-dominated Cadence music combined with calypso horns Cadence rampa Café-aman Cai luong - Vietnamese opera Cakewalk Calenda - Trinidadian drum dance Calentanos - folk music of the Balsas River Basin, Mexico Calgia - tradition urban ensemble music from Macedonia Calipso - Venezuelan calypso music Calypso - Trinidadian folk, and later pop, genre Calypso-style baila - Sri Lankan baila mixed with calypso influences Campursari - Indonesian modern folk music, a fusion of dangdut, langgam, and pop music Campillaneros Cańa Candombe Canon Cante chico Cante jondo Canterbury Scene Cantińas Cantiga - Portuguese ballad form Cantique Canto livre - Portuguese modernized fado Canto nuevo - Bolivian pop-folk music which evolved out of Chilean nueva cancion Cantopop - western-style pop music from Hong Kong Canzone napoletana - urban songs from Naples Caracoles Carceleras Cardas Carimbó - dance music of Belém, Brazil Cariso Carnatic classical music Carol Cartageneras Cassé-co Castilian Cavacha CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) Celempungan Celtic Cha-cha-cha Chakacha Chamamé - Argentinian folk music Chamber jazz Chamber pop Chamber music Champeta - Colombian musical form derived from African communities in Cartagena Changuí Chanson Charanga Charanga-vallenato - 1980s mixture of salsa, charanga and vallenata Charikawi Chastushki - humorous Russian folk songs Chau van - Vietnamese trance music Chčo Chicken scratch - Arizona-based Native American music Chimurenga (mbira) Chinese rock - rock and roll from China, often with protest lyrics Chongak - Korean aristocratic chamber music Chouval bwa Chowtal Chicago blues Chicago jazz (Dixieland jazz) Chicago soul Chicha - a Peruvian fusion of rock and roll, cumbia and huayno Cho-kantrum - the most traditional form of Cambodian kantrum Choctaw Social Dance Chorinho Choro - Brazilian folk music Christian alternative Christian hip hop Christian metal Christmas carol (see also List of Christmas carols) Chylandyk - type of xoomii which sounds like the chirping of crickets Chumba Chut-kai-pang Chutney - popular Indo-Trinidadian music Chutney-bhangra Chutney-hip hop Chutney-soca - Chutney mixed with calypso and other influences Cigányzene Cînd ciobanu s-i a pierdut oile Cîntec batrînesc Ciobanul Classic female blues - early popular form of blues Classical music era Clicks n Cuts Close harmony Cocobale Coimbra fado - a form of refined fado from Coimbra, Portugal Colombianas Comedy rock Comic opera Comparsa Compas direct Compas meringue Concert overture Concerto Concerto grosso Congo - Panamanian dance music Congolese sound Conjunto Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Contonbley Contradanza Cool jazz Cocorrido Coladeira Combined Rhythm - music of the Dutch Antilles Corsican polyphonic song Country blues Country music Countrypolitan Couple de sonneurs - Breton dance music Cow punk Creative jazz Csárdás Cuarteto - Argentinian folk music Cuecas Cumbia - popular dance music, originally Colombian but now popular across Latin America, especially Mexico Cumbia panameña - Panamanian cumbia Cumfa D Dabka - Palestinian dance music for weddings Dadra Daina - Latvian sung poetry Daino - Lithuanian traditional music Dalauna Dance (music) - dance (form of musical composition) Dance music - any rhythmic music intended for dancing Dancehall Dangdut - popular Indonesian dance music with influences from Arabic and Indian music Danube New Wave - mixture of Viennese schrammelmusik and American blues and rock and roll Danza Danzón Dark ambient De codru De dragoste De jale De pahar Death metal Death rock (death punk) Deblas Décima Degung Delta blues Deep house Deep soul Desi - Indian folk music Detroit blues Detroit techno Dhamar - a type of highly-oranemented dhrupad Dhimotiká - traditional Greek songs Dhrupad - Hindustani vocal music performed by men singing in midieval Hindi Dhun Dialect rock - rock music sung in various Swiss-German dialects Dirge Dirty South Disco Dixieland jazz (Chicago jazz) Djambadon Dodompa - Japanese tango Doina Dombola Dondang sayang - slow folk music that mixes Malaysian forms with Portuguese, India, Chinese and Arabic music Donegal fiddle tradition Donjiang - Chinese Naxi form of folk music, related to silk and bamboo music from Chinca Doo wop Doom metal Dopé Downtempo Dream pop Drill n bass Drum n bass (DNB) Dub Dunedin Sound - early 1980s alternative rock sound based out of Dunedin, New Zealand and Flying Nun Records Dutch jazz Dziesma Dzoke - type of yang chanting E Early music East Coast blues East Coast hip hop Eastern Tradition of Sephardic music Easy listening Elafrolaïkó Electric blues Electro Electroclash Electro hop Electronic body music Electronic luk thung - Dance-ready form of Thai pleng luk thung Electronic music Elevator music (or Muzak) Emeba Emo Endecasillabo - Central Italian 11-syllabic song form English funk English madrigal Enka - Japanese pop music, using native forms Éntekhno Eremwu eu Euba Eurodance Europop Eurotrance (traditional dance music) Exotica Experimental music Ezengileer - type of Tuvan xoomii said to imitate the trotting of horses F Fado - Portuguese roots-based popular music Falak - Tajik folk music Fandango - Spanish dance music Farruca - a genre of flamenco Filk - modern, science fiction-oriented music Filmi - Indian film music Filmi-ghazal - filmi based on Hindustani ghazaal Finger-style Fjatpangarri - Aboriginal Australian music local to Yirrbala Flamenco - dance music of Spanish Gypsies Foaie verde - classical form of Romanian Gypsy doina Fofa Fonn Mall Forró - extremely popular music of Northeastern Brazil Free improvisation - freeform musical improvisation Free jazz - improvised 1960s jazz Free music Freestyle music - funky, electronic hip hop Frevo - folk music from Recife, Brazil Fricote - dance music from Salvador, Brazil Fuji - Yoruban vocal and percussion music Fulia - Afro-Venezuelan percussion music Funacola Funana Funk - a bass-heavy outgrowth of soul music Funk metal - 1980s combination of funk, heavy metal and punk rock Funky breaks - a type of breaks electronic music Funky highlife - fusion of funk and Ghanaian highlife Fusion bhangra (New Wave bhangra) - bhangra combined with rock and roll, reggae, hip hop, ragga and funk Fusion jazz - mixture of rock and jazz Futurepop - outgrowth of synthpop, EBM and darkwave G G-funk Gabber Gagá Gagaku - Japanese classical music derived from ancient court traditions Gaikyoku Gaita - Afro-Venezuelan form of percussion music Gallant Gamad - Malay-style ballad Gambang kromong - popular, highly-evolved form of kroncong, originally adapted for the theater Gamelan - diverse Indonesian classical music, making use of a vast array of melodic percussion Gamelan bebonangan - Balinese cymbal-based processional gamelan Gamelan degung - a form of popular Sundanese gamelan Gamelan gambang - Balinese spiritual gamelan played for cremations Gamelan gambuh - Balinese form of gamelan Gamelan gong gede - ceremonial gamelan from the temple of Bator Gamelan gong kebyar - an energetic form of gamelan, especially played in Bali Gamelan salendro - gamelan dance music from Sunda, known as lower-class music Gamelan selunding - possibly the oldest style of gamelan, played only in the village of Tenganan in Bali Gamelan semar pegulingan - sensual form of gamelan from Bali Gammeldan Gandrung - Osing music performed at weddings and other celebrations Gangsta rap - American form of hip hop music which focuses on underground lifestyles and illegal activities Gar - Tibetan classical music Garage Garage rock Garage techno Garrotin Gavotte Gayap - Afro-Trinidadian call-and-response work song Gbébé Gelugpa chanting - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting, very austere and restrained Gender wayang Gending - a distinct gamelan music from southern Sumatra Gharbi Ghazal - vocal form originally Persian but since spread to Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and India Ghazal-song - a modernized version of ghazal influenced by filmi Ghetto house - form of Miami bass influenced by house music which arose in Chicago Ghettotech - form of Miami bass which developed in 1990s Detroit Girl group Glam rock Glitch Gnawa Go go Goa Golden Period of Karnatic classical music - music composed by the legendary Trimurti Goombay - Bahamanian percussion music Goregrind Goshu ondo - a form of popularized Okinawan folk music Gospel music Gospel-soca Gothenburg sound Goth metal Gothic rock Granadinas Gregorian chant Grindcore Group Sounds - Japanese pop music from the 1960s, which included Appalachian folk music and psychedelic rock Grunge Grupera - a mixture of Mexican ranchera, norteño and cumbia Guaguanbo Guajira Guitarradas Gumbe Gunchei Gunka - military marches with Japanese influences, created during the Meiji Restoration Guoyue - invented conservatoire style of national Chinese music Gwerz Gwo ka - Guadeloupan percussion music Gwo ka moderne - modernized gwo ka Gypsy jazz Gyu ke - form of Tibetan Tantric chanting H Habanera - Africanized danzón Haiducesti Hair metal Hajnali - Hungarian-Trannsylvanian wedding songs Half calypso (semi-tone calypso) Hakka Hambo Hapa haole - a mixture of traditional Hawaiian music and English lyrics Happy hardcore Haqibah Hardcore hip hop Hardcore punk Hardcore techno Hard bop (hard bebop) Hard rock Hard trance Harmonica blues Hasaposérviko Hat cheo - an ancient form of Vietnamese stage opera Hát a dŕo - (ca tru) Vietnamese folk music Hát cai luong - Vietnamese popular opera Hat chau van - a popular spiritual folk music of Vietnam Hát tuông (Hát bôi) - Vietnamese operatic music Hawaiian steel guitar - (kila kila) invented by Joseph Kekuku, who slid a solid object across slacked guitar strings Hawzi - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which developed in Tlemcen Hazzanut Heavy compas Heavy metal Hesher Hi-Nrg Highlands Highlife Highlife fusion Hillybilly music Hiplife Hip hop Hip house Hindustani classical music Hiragasy Hiva usu - unaccompanied vocal Christian music of Tonga Honky tonk Honkyoku Hora lunga Hornpipes Hot rod music House music Hua'er Huasteco - folk music from Huasteco, Mexico Huaynos - Andean dance music now most widespread in Peru Hula Humppa Hunguhungu Hyangak - Korean court music Hymn I Ibo Ilahije Illbient Impressionist music Incidental music Indie rock Indipop Indo jazz - jazz mixed with forms of Indian music Indo rock Indoyíftika Industrial music Industrial metal Industrial rock Instrumental rock Intelligent dance music (IDM) International Latin - pop ballads from various Latin countries, especially Colombia Intuit (music) Iscathamiya Itsmeños - folk music of the Zapotecs of Mexico Izvorna Bosanska muzika - modernized folk music from Drina, Bosnia J J-pop - Japanese bubblegum pop Jaipongan - unpredictably rhythmic dance music from Sunda, Indonesia Jaliscienses - Folk music of Jalisco, Mexico, and the origin of mariachi Jam band Jamana kura Jamrieng samai Jangle pop Japanese pops - Japanese pop music using Western structures Jarana Jariang - Cambodian folk narratives Jarochos - Veracruz, Mexico Jawaiian - Hawaiian reggae Jazz Jazz from night Jazz fusion Jazz groove Jazz rap Jenkka Jibaro Jig Jing ping Jit Jive Joged - a generic term for various types of dance music all over Indonesia Joged bumbung - a popular form of joged Joik Jota J'Ouvert Jug band Juke joint blues Juju Jump blues Jungle Junkanoo Juré K Kaba - Southern Albanian instrumental music Kabuki - lively and popular form of Japanese theater and music Kadans Kagok - Korean aristocratic vocal music accompanied by strings, wind and percussion instruments Kagyupa chanting - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting Kaiso Kalamatianó Kalattuut - Inuit polka Kalinda (kalenda, ti kannot) Kamba pop Kan ha diskan Kansas City blues Kantádhes Kantrum Kargyraa Karma Kaseko - Surinamese folk music Katcharsee - lively, celebratory Okinawan folk music Kattajjaq - competitive Inuit throat singing Kawachi ondo - a form of modernized Okinawan folk music Kayokyoku - traditionally-structured Japanese pop music Ke-kwe Kebyar - swift, modern dance music Kecak - Balinese "monkeychant" Kecapi suling - instrumental, improvisation-based music from Java Kélé Kertok - Malaysian xylophone music played in small ensembles Khaleeji - popular folk-based music of the Persian Gulf countries Khap Khplam wai - a type of mor lam with a slow tempo which originated in Luang Prabang, Laos Khelimaski djili - Hungarian Gypsy dance songs Khene Khrung sai - type of Thai classical music Khyal - Hindustani vocal music that is informal, partially improvised and very popular Khoomei Khorovodi - Russian dance music Kikuyu pop Kilapanda Kinko Kirtan Kiwi rock Kizomba Klape - Dalmatian male choir music Klasik Kléftiko Klezmer Kliningan Kochare - Armenian folk dance Kolomeyka Komagaku Konpa Koumpaneia - Greek Gypsy music Kpanlogo Krakowiak Krautrock Krill Krill Kriti (krithi) - a Hindui hymn Kroncong - popular Indonesian music with strong Portuguese influence Krzesany Kulning - Swedish folk songs Kumina - music (and religion) of the Bongo Nation of Jamaica Kun-borrk Kundere Kundiman - traditional Filipino songs adapted to Western song structure Kussundé Kutumba wake Kvćđi Kveding - traditional Norwegian songs Kwassa kwassa Kwela L La la - Louisianan Creole music Laba laba Laïkó Lais Lam Lam saravane - Laotian ensemble music from a town of the same name in southern Laos Lam sing Lambada - Bolivian and Brazilian dance music which arose from sayas and became internationally popular in the 1980s Lancer Langgam jawa - type of kroncong mixed with gamelan, popular around Solo, Indonesia Laremuna wadauman Latin jazz - jazz mixed with Latin musical forms like bossa nova or salsa Lavlu Lavway Le leagan Legényes - Hungarian-Trannsylvanian men's dance Letka Letka-jenkka Lhamo - form of Tibetan opera Liedermacher Light music - Nepalese pop music, blending traditional styles, Western pop and Indian filmi Line dance Llanera - Venezuelan music Llanto - a flamenco-influenced genre of Panamanian folk music Lo-fi Loki djili - traditional Hungarian Gypsy songs Long-song - traditional Mongolian slow songs Louisiana blues Lounge music Lovers rai Lovers rock Lovers soca Lu - unaccompanied Tibetan folk music Lubbock country music Lucknavi thumri - a type of thumri from Lucknow Luhya omutibo Luk grung - Popular Thai music from the early 20th century Lullaby Lundu Lundum M M-Base Madchester Madrigal Mafioso hip hop Maglaal (tuuli) Magnificat Mahori - type of Thai classical music Makossa Makossa-soukous Malagueńas Malawian jazz Maloya Maluf - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which developed in Constantine, Algeria Mambo Manaschi - Kyrgyz folk music made by travelling musicians also called manaschi Mandarin pop - early Taiwanese pop sung in Mandarin and popular with young listeners Manding swing Mangulina Manikay Manila sound - Early 1970s development in Pinoy rock which mixed Tagalog and English lyrics Manouche Manzuma Mapouka Mapouka-serré Marabi Maracatú - African and Portuguese music popular around Recife, Brazil Marching music Marga - Indian classical music Mariachi - pop form of son jalisciense Marimba Marrabenta Mass Martinetes Matamuerte Math rock Mazurka Mbalax Mbaqanga (township jive) Mbira (Chimurenga) Mbube Mbumba Medh Meditation Mejorana Melhun - Algerian rural poetry and music Memphis soul Mento Merengue Merengue-bomba - Puerto Ricann fusion of bomba and merengue Méringue MGB (musica popular Brasileira) Miami bass (booty bass) (Bass music) Microhouse Milo jazz Mini compas Mini jazz Minimalism Minuet Missouri harmony Medieval music Melhoun Memphis blues Merengue Merengue típico moderno Meringue Merseybeat Mexican son - a broad group of Mexican folk music Meyjana Miami Sound - a popular form of salsa music Milongas Min'yo - Japanese folk music Mineras Mini-jazz - Caribbean jazz Minimalist music Minstrel show Mirabras Mirolóyia Mod Modinha Modern classical music Mor lam - Laotian ensemble music for vocals with accompaniment Mor lam sing - popular form of Laotian traditional music developed by Laotians in Thailand Morna Motown Mozambique MPB (música popular brasileira) - catch-all term for multiple varieties of Brazilian pop music Mugam - classical music of Azerbaijan, featuring sung poetry and instrumental passages Muntuno Musette Music drama Música campesina - Cuban rural music Música criolla - a coastal Peruvian music from the early 20th century, consisting of a variety of Western fusions Música de la interior - indigenous folk music from Colombia Música llanera - harp-based form of folk music from Los Llanos, Colombia Música nordestina - Northeast Brazilian popular music, centered around Recife Música tropical - a form of Colombian salsa music Musiqi-e assil - Persian classical music Musique concrete Mutuashi Muwashshah Muzak (or elevator music)