See also: List of genres of music (A-M) N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
N Na trapeza - Greek-Turkish slow songs Nagauta - Japanese style of shamisen-playing Naghmehs Naked funk Nangma - Tibetan dance music Nanguan - Taiwanese instrumental music Narcocorrido Narodni muzika - Serbian folk music Nasheed - a capella music closely related with Islamic revival in the 20th century Nashville Sound Native American gospel Nederpop Néo kýma Neomelodici - modern Neapolitan pop songs Neo-classicism Neo-ska Neo-swing Neue Deutsche Welle Neue Volksmusik New Age New Jack Swing New Orleans blues New Orleans contemporary brass band New Orleans jazz New Romantic New rumba New Taiwanese Song - modern Taiwanese pop music which combines ballads, rock and roll and hip hop New Wave bhangra (Fusion bhangra) New Wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) - mid- to late 1970s heavy metal coming out of the United Kingdom New Wave - melodious pop outgrowth of arty punk rock, also used as description of an emerging sound in any genre (e.g. Alpine New Wave) New York blues Newbeat Newgrass - progressive bluegrass Nganja Nhac dan toc cai bien - modernized forms of Vietnamese folk music which arose in the 1950s Nhac tai tu - Vietnamese chamber music which accompanies cai luong Nha Nac Nisiótika - folk songs of the Greek islands No Wave Noh - highly-stylized Japanese theater and music style Noise music Noise pop Noise rock Nongak - Korean folk music played by 20-30 performers on different kinds of percussion instruments Norae Undong - Korean rock music with socially aware lyrics Norteño (Tex-Mex) - Modernized corridos pop music of Mexico Northern harmony Northumbrian smallpipe music Northern soul Nota Nova canção - popular 1950s and 60s fado in Portugal and folk-based singer-songwriters in Spain Novokomponovana narodna muzika - modernized Serbian folk music Nu breaks Nu jazz Nu metal Nu soul (neo soul) Nueva cancion - Chilean pop-folk music which influenced by native Chilean and Bolivian forms Nyingmapa chanting - form of highly rhythmic and elaborate Tibetan Buddhist chanting O Oi Old school hip hop Old time country Olonkho - Yakut epic songs Oltului Omutibo On ikki muqam - Uighur classical suite in 12 parts Oom pah band Opera Oratorical calypso Oratorio Orchestra Organum Oriental Foxtrot Orovela - eastern Georgian work songs Orquestas Tejanas Ottava rima Outlaw country Outsider music Özgün Ozwodna P P-Funk Padams Paisley Underground Palm wine Palos Panambih - tembang sunda that uses metered poetry Panchai baja - Nepalese wedding music P'ansori - Korean folk music played by a singer and a drummer Parisian soukous Parranda - Afro-Venezuelan form of music El pasillo Payada de contrapunto Pambiche (Merengue estilo yanqui) Pan music Paranda - Garifuna music of Belize Parang Partido alto El pasacalle Paseo Pasillo Pellimanni music - Finnish folk dance music Peroveta anedia Petenera Petro Peyote Song - a mixture of gospel and traditional Native American music Philadelphia soul - soft 1970s soul that came out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phleng luk tung Piano blues Piedmont blues Pinoy rock - rock and roll sung in Tagalog from the Philippines Pinpeat orchestra Piphat - ancient form of Thai classical musical ensemble Pirekaus - traditional love songs of the Purépecha of Mexico Pisiq - Greenlandic folk song Piyyutim Plachi - melancholic Russian folk songs Plainchant Plena Pleng phua cheewit - Thai protest rock Pleng Thai sakorn - a Thai interpretation of Western classical music Poco-poco - Indonesian modern music which fuses disco with eastern Indonesian dance music Polihet Polka Polo Polonaise Pols - Danish fiddle and accordion dance music Polska Pop-makossa Pop melayu - Malay pop music with dangdut overlay Pop mop - Mongolian pop music Pop music Pop rai Pop sunda - Sundanese mixture of gamelan degung and pop music structures Popular music Porro - Colombian big band music Post-minimalism Post punk Post-rock Post-romanticism Power metal Power pop Pow-wow - Native American dance music Ppongtchak - Korean pop music developed during the Japanese occupation Program symphony Progressive electronic music Progressive house Progressive metal Progressive bluegrass Progressive rock Psychedelic music Psychobilly Psych-pop Psy-trance Australian pub rock UK pub rock Punjabi thumri - a type of thumri from Punjab Punk-pop, a.k.a. Pop-punk Punk rock Punta Punta rock - 1970s Belizean music Q Quan ho - Vietnamese vocal music which originated in the Red River Delta Qasidah - Epic religious poetry accompanied by percussion and chanting Qasidah modern - Qasidah updated for mainstream audiences Qawwali - Sufi religious music since updated for mainstream audiences, originally developed in Pakistan Quadrille Queercore Quiet Storm R Rada Raga rock - Swiss soul, rock and Indian music fusion Ragas Raggamuffin (Ragga) Ragga-chutney Ragga-soca Ragga-zouk - a fusion of reggae, dub music and zouk Ragtime music Rai - Algerian folk music now developed into a popular style Rake-and-scrape - Bahamanian instrumental music Ramkbach Ramvong Ranchera - pop mariachi from 1950s film soundtracks Rap (hip hop) Rap dogba Rapcore Rapso Rara Rasiya Rateliai Rebita Reel Reggae Reggae highlife Reggaeton Reinlender Rekilaulu - Finnish rhyming sleigh songs Rembetiko Renaissance music Rhapsody Rhyming spiritual - Bahamanian hymns Rhythm and blues (R&B) Ricercar Rímur - Icelandic heroic epic songs Ring Bang - the Barbadian sound of soca Riot grrl Rock Rock opera Rock and roll Rock en espanol Rock nacional - Argentinian rock Rockabilly Rocksteady Rococo Rodeo music Romantic period in music Romeras Rondeaux Ronggeng - a folk music from Malacca, Malaysia Roots reggae Roots rock Roots rock reggae Ruem trosh - Cambodian traditional music Rumba Rumba gitana - French Gypsy music Runddan Runolaulu - Finnish folk songs Runo-song - Estonian folk music S Sacred Harp Sadcore Saetas Saibara Saiyidi - folk music of the upper Nile Delta Sakyapa chanting - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting Salegy Salsa - fusion of multiple Cuban- and Puerto Rican-derived pop genres from immigrants in New York City Salsa erotica - lyrically explicit form of salsa romantica Salsa gorda Salsa romantica - a soft, romantic form of salsa music Saltarello Salve Samba - form of Brazilian popular music Samba breque - a genre ofsamba with a choppy, reggae-like rhythm Samba-canção - modern samba dance music Samba da garrafa - modern incarnation of samba do pagode Samba de enredo - Samba played during Carnival celebrations Samba do pagode - popular dance-oriented samba Samba reggae - samba and reggae fusion Sambai Sangeo - Afro-Venezuelan form of percussion music Sanjo - Korean instrumental folk music Sanjuanitos Sarandunga Sardinian polyphonic chanting Sato kagura Sawahili - folk music from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt Sayas - Bolivian dance music which was popularized as lambada in the 1980s Sazdohol Scandinavian metal (Viking metal) Schottisch Schranz Sea shantie Sean nós Second Viennese School Sega music Seggae Seis Semba Semi-tone calypso (Half calypso) Sephardic music Serialism Serrana Set dance Sevdalinka - Bosnian urban popular music Sevillana Shabab Shabad Shalako - Armenian folk dance Shan'ge - Taiwanese Hakka mountain songs Shango Shape note Sharkan - American Christian chanting Shawm and drum - Instrumental pairing common in Gypsy music Shlager Shibuya-kei Shidaiqu - Hong Kong-based form of traditional music updated for pop audiences and sung in Mandarin Shima uta - a form of Okinawan dance music Shin-min'yo - a modernized form of min'yo, or folk music Shoegazing Shoka - Japanese songs written during the Meiji Restoration to bring Western music to Japanese schools Shomyo - Japanese Buddhist chanting Showtunes Sica Siguiriyas Silat - Malaysian mixture of music, dance and martial arts Sinawi - Korean religious music meant for dancing; it is improvised and reminiscent of jazz Singer-songwriter Single tone calypso Sinjonjo Sizhu - folk ensembles from southern China Ska Skacore (third wave of ska) Skald Ska punk Skiffle Skotsploech - traditional Frisian ensemble music Skillingstryk Slack-key guitar (kihoalu) - Hawaiian form invented by retuning open strings on a guitar Slängpolska Slide Slow airs Slowcore Sludge metal Smooth jazz Soca Soca-bhangra Soca-funk Soft rock Solea (soleares) Son Son-batá (batá rock) Son montuno - Cuban folk music Sonata Songo - a mixture of changuí and son montuno Songo-salsa - a mixture of songo, hip hop and salsa Sonido Soukous Soul jazz Soul music Sout - urban music from Kuwait and Bahrain Southern harmony Southern hip hop Southern rock Southern soul Space rock Spectralism Speed garage Speed metal Spirituals Spouge - Barbadian folk music Square dance St. Louis blues St. Louis soul Stambolovski orkestri Staroprazske pisnieky - pub songs from Prague Steelband Stev - short, often improvised, Norwegian folk songs Stoner metal Straight edge Strathspeys Street songs - bawdy adolescent chants of unknown authorship Stride String - 1980s Thai pop music String quartet Stubenmusik - Bavarian string ensembles Suite Suomi rock Surf rock Sutartines Swahili sound Sway Swamp blues Swamp pop Swing music Sygyt - type of xoomii (Tuvan throat singing), likened to the sound of whistling Symphonic black metal Symphonic poem Symphony Synth pop Syrtó T Taarab Tćttir Tai tu - Vietnamese chamber music Taiwanese pop - early Taiwanese pop music influenced by enka and popular with older listeners Tala Tamborito - Panamanian dance music Tambu Tamburitza Tamil tiruppukazh Táncház - Hungarian dance music Tango - Argentinian dance music that became internationally popular in the 1920s Tango-canción - the first wildly popular form of tango in Argentina Tango flamenco Tanguk - a form of Korean court music that includes elements of Chinese music Tanjidor - traditional, instrumental music from Indonesia with various brass intruments, usually played in processions Talempong - a distinct Minangkabau gamelan music Taibubu Tapany maintso Tappa Tarabu Tarana - form of vocal music from northern India using highly rythmic nonsense syllables Tarannum Tarantella Tarantolati - Calabrian folk healing ritual Taranto Tawshih Tchink-system Tchinkoumé Tech house Techno Techno-tribal Tembang sunda - Sundanese sung free verse poetry Teen pop Tejano Texas blues Tex-Mex - American term for that which is known as norteño in Mexico Thrash metal Thumri - a type of popular Hindustani vocal music Tibetan pop - pop music heavily influenced by Chinese forms, emerging in the 1980s Tientos Tillana - form of vocal music from southern India using highly rhythmic nonsense syllables Tin Pan Alley Tina Tinga Tis távlas - drinking songs from Epirus Togaku Tonas Toshe - Tibetan dance music T'ong guitar - acoustic guitar pop music of Korea Township jive (Mbaqanga) Toziych Trallalero - Genoese urban songs Trampská hudba - Czech urban folk music Trance Tribal house Trip-hop Trikitrixa - Basque accordion music Troista-country Troll metal Tropicalia TRT Truck-driving country Tsámiko Tsapika Tumba Tuuli (Maglaal) Turbo-folk - aggressive form of modernized Serbian music Tuvan throat-singing Twarab Twee pop Two tone (second wave of ska) U Ufie UK garage Umui - Okinawann religious songs Underground music UPA Urban Cowboy Urtin duu Ute V Vakodrazana Vakojazzana Vallenato - accordion-based Colombian folk music Vallenato-protesta Variet Vaudeville Verbunkos - Hungarian folk music Verismo Viennese-style classical music Villancicos Villanella - 16th century Neapolitan songs Virelais Vísir Vuelie Vocal house W Wahrani Waila (chicken scratch) - a Tohono O'odham fusion of polka, norteño and Native American music Waltz Wangga Warabe uta Wassoulou Watcha watcha West Coast hip hop Western blues Western swing Western Tradition of Sephardic music Women's music or womyn's music, wimmin's music--1970s lesbian/feminist Wong shadow - 1960s Thai pop music Work song Worldbeat World music X Xi'an drum music - popular around Xi'an, China, ensembles of percussion and wind instruments Xoomii (khoomii, hoomii) - a type of Tuvann throat singing Y Yang - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting Yanvalou El yarabi Yodeling Young Brigade Yukar Z Zairean sound Zajal Zapin - derived from ancient Arabic music, zapin is popular throughout Malaysia Zarzuela - a form of Spanish operetta Zbójnicki Zen (music) Zendani Ziglibithy Zikir Barat - Sufi vocal music from Malaysia Zinge - Latvian vocal music Zoblazo Zouglou Zouk - Antillean dance music Zouk chouv Zouk funk - a fusion of zouk and funk Zout Zydeco - popular Louisianan Creole music