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12-taktiline bluus – A distinctive form predominantly based on the I-IV-V chords of a key.
2 Tone – late-1970s UK ska revival which fused ska with punk rock.
2-step garage – chaotic style of UK garage.
20th-century classical music, Modern classical – loose term for orchestral music made during or after the 20th century
4-beat – breakbeat hardcore subgenre played between 150 and 170 BPM consisting of a fast looped breakbeat and a drum at every 4 beats.
50ndate järgnevus

A

Acid breaks
Acid house – psychedelic style of house
Acid jazz – psychedelic style of jazz influenced heavily by funk and hip-hop production
Acid rock – a form of psychedelic rock, characterized with long instrumental solos, few (if any) lyrics and musical improvisation
Acid techno – a form of techno that developed out of acid house.
Acid trance
Adult contemporary – a broad term for any music with lush and soothing qualities, and a focus on melody and harmony.
Afropop – a genre of African popular music.
Saya – Bolivian music derived from African rhythms
Afro-Cuban jazz – style of jazz influenced by traditional Afro-Cuban music.
Afrobeat – a large-scaled and energetic combination of West African, highlife, jazz, and funk music.
Aguinaldo
Akustiline muusika (Acoustic) – a music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means.
Alternatiivkantri – any style of country that deviates from the normal
Alternatiivne hiphop – any style of hip hop that deviates from the norm
Alternatiivne metal – any style of heavy metal that deviates from the norm
Alternatiivne R&B – any style of R&B that deviates from the norm
Alternatiivrokk – any style of rock that deviates from the norm
Alternative dance – any combination of rock and electronic dance music
Ambient house – a combination of acid house and ambient music.
Isolationist – style of ambient that uses repetition and dissonance to create a sense of uneasiness
Ambient muusika(Ambient) – a form of incredibly slow electronic music that uses long repetitive sounds to generate a sense of calm and atmosphere.
Americana – a combination of all forms of roots music – folk, country, and blues
Anarcho-punk - punk rock with anarchist themes.
Anasheed – Islamic vocal music, usually sung a cappella, or accompanied by a daff.
Anatoolia rokk - a fusion of Turkish folk and rock
Anime muusika – music, usually J-pop, used in anime soundtracks
Anti-folk – a mocking subgenre of folk that subverts the earnest, politically-informed lyrics of folk-revivalists.
Apala – Nigerian music originally used by the Yoruba people to wake worshippers after fasting during Ramadan.
Araabia popp – pop music informed by traditional Arabic styles.
Argentina rokk – rock music informed by traditional Argentine styles.
Ars antiqua – European music from the Late Middle Ages, which advanced concepts of rhythm.
Ars nova – style of French music from the Late Middle Ages, rejected fiercely by the Catholic Church.
Ars subtilior – style of French music from the Late Middle Ages.
Art pop – experimental or avant-garde pop music
Art punk – experimental or avant-garde punk music
Art rock – experimental or avant-garde rock music
Artcore (muusika) – an electronic music genre that mixes instrumental music with DnB and Electro
Ashik – music performed by mystic or traveling Turkish, Azerbaijan, Georgian, Armenian, and Iranian bands, using vocals and the saz, performed since ancient times.
Austraalia hiphop – hip hop performed by Australians
Austraalia kantri – country music performed by Australians
Austraalia pubirokk – style of hard rock founded in and drawing on themes native to Australian inner-city and suburban pubs and drinking establishments
Avangarddžäss – experimental or avant-garde jazz music
Avangard-metal – experimental or avant-garde heavy metal or hard rock
Avangardmuusika – music considered to be ahead of its time, often using new, unusual, or experimental elements, or fusing pre-existing genres.
Avant-punk – experimental punk music
Axé – style of Salvadorian, Bahian, and Brazilian music informed by Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian styles

B

Bachata – An Afro-Dominican style waltz, consisting of despairing, and romantic ballads, popular among Dominican artists
Baggy – a British style that combined alternative rock and acid house, often creating a psychedelic and funky sound
Baguala – folk music of the Indians of the Calchaquí valleys of Argentina
Baião – a Brazilian rhythmic formula built around the zabumba drum that later combined itself with elements of mestizo, European, and African styles
Baila – Sri Lankan style that begun among the Afro-Sinhalese (or Kariff) community
Baisha xiyue – orchestral Chinese style used by the Naxi people, often found in Taoist or Confucian ceremonies
Bajourou – initially an acoustic style of Malian pop music played at gatherings (particularly weddings), which has since become mostly electronic
Bakersfield sound – a raw and gritty country style that acted as a reaction against the slick, overproduced Nashville sound
Bal-musette – 19th century style of French accordion-based dance music
Musette – French folk dance music
Balakadri – Guadeloupean music made from the quadrille, usually performed at balls
Balearic beat, also known as Balearic house, electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s.
Balkan Brass Band – Serbian music made by soldiers that combined military brass with folk music
Baltimore Club – combination of hip hop and house music
Bambuco – Colombian style based on waltz and polka
Banda – brass-based Mexican music
Bangsawan – style of Malay opera based on Indian styles introduced by immigrants
Bantowbol – Cameroonian style of accordion music
Barbershop muusika – an art song in four part harmony in a cappella styling
Barcarolle – traditional music style from Italy, sung by venetian gondollers.
Barn dance – folk music played in a barnhouse
Barokk pop – combination of classical music, orchestral pop, rock, and Baroque music
Barokk – style of Western art music made between the 17th and 18th centuries
Barynya – Russian folk music style.
Bass – styles of EDM with an emphasis on bass, such as drum and bass, bass house, UK garage, and dubstep
Bassline – style of speed garage that combines elements of dubstep, particularly its emphasis on bass
Batá-rumba – Cuban rumba music that incorporates bata and guaguanco
Batucada – an African-influenced style of Brazilian samba
Baul – A style of folk music, specially in Bengali region.
Beach – Californian genre from the 1950s that combined elements of all popular genres at the time, particularly big band and shag jazz
Beat – British fusion of all popular 1960s American styles – R&B, pop, jazz, rock
Beatboxing – a capaella music created to emulate hip hop beats
Beautiful – term of endearment for various easy listening genres
Bebop – fast-paced style of jazz popular in the 1940s and 1950s
Beguine/Biguine Music style from French territory in the caribbean, Martinique island and precursor of jazz
Beiguani muusika – style of Chinese traditional music popular in Taiwan and the province of Zhangzhou
Bel canto – a light, sophisticated style of Italian opera singing
Bend-skin – urban Cameroonian music
Benga muusika – Kenyan popular music based on Luo and Kikuyu folk music
Bent edge
Berejú – Colombian dance with African origins
Berliini koolkonna elektrooniline muusika – heavily experimental electronic music that acted as a more avant-garde form of Krautrock and inspired ambient and New Age music
Bhajan – Hindu religious music
Bhangra muusika – fusion of South Asian and British popular styles, initially developed by Punjabi Indian-English as a combination of their respective cultural styles, but later used to refer to any South Asian/European fusion
Bhangragga – a fusion of bhangra, reggae and dancehall
Big beat – 1990s electronic music based on breakbeat with other influences
Big band – large orchestras which play a form of swing music
Biguine – Guadeloupean folk music
Bihu – a popular folk music of Assam, India
Bikutsi – Cameroonian EDM, originating in the Beti community
Biomusic – a form of experimental music which deals with sounds created or performed by living things.
Bitpop – electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers, game consoles and little toy instruments. Popular choices are the Commodore 64, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.
Black metal – Extreme metal known for its lo-fi recording, shrieking vocals, unconventional song structures and dark or supernatural lyrics.
Black MIDI – sheet music consisting in huge amount of notes per instrument, generally written in digital MIDI format.
Blackened death metal – a fusion between death and black metal
Blue-eyed soul – rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists.
Bluegrass – American country music mixed with Irish and Scottish influences
Bluus ballaad – fusion of blues and folk
Bluus – African-American music from the Mississippi Delta area
Bluusrokk – a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles.
Boi – Amazonian folk music
Boogaloo
Izvorna bosanska|Bosnia pärimusmuusika – Bosnian rural roots music
Bossanoova – a well-known style of Brazilian music, a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz.
Bounce – energetic hip-hop music, native to New Orleans, frequently characterized by chromatic tics and "call and response" lyrics
Bouncy techno – an upbeat form of electronic dance music.
Brass – music performed with brass instruments, prior to the advent of jazz
Breakbeat hardcore – a fusion of breakbeat and acid house
Breakbeat – a style of EDM known for its 4/4 drum pattern and heavy use of turntable scratching
Breakcore – fast and frantic style of breakbeat known for its intentionally diverse range of samples, which make it a hard-to-define genre
Breakstep
Brega muusika genre of Brazilian popular music
Brill Building Sound – a distinct style of jazz and Latin-inspired pop developed in the Brill Building of New York, USA
Briti bluus – blues performed by British musicians
Briti folkrokk – associated with the folk revival of the 1960s, British folk rock tends to use modern, often electric, instruments alongside or in place of traditional and acoustic folk instruments
briti funk – funk performed by the British, often influenced by soul, jazz, and Caribbean music
Briti invasioon – British musicians, primarily of the beat movement, who became popular in America during the 1960s
Briti pop – British rock music from the 1990s that subverted the depressing themes of the then-popular grunge movement in favor of jangly, optimistic, guitar-pop, often touching on the themes of partying and working class life.
Broken beat – EDM played in a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, with punctuated snare beats
Brown-eyed soul – soul music performed by Latinos
Brukdown – Belizean music inspired by European harmonies, African rhythms, and the call-and-response format
Bubblegum dance – fusion of Eurodance and bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop – pop music known for its simplicity, happy and cute lyrics, and emphasis on image rather than substance.
Bulerías – fast-paced flamenco music
Bullerengue – style of Colombian music with African rithms and chants.
Bunraku – Japanese folk music often played at puppet theaters
Burger-highlife – style of highlife played by Ghanaian-Germans
Burgundia koolkond – group of French, Belgian, and Dutch composers active in the 15th century, known for their secular forms
Bush ballad – Australian folk music often dealing with themes of Australian spirit and rebellion
Bütsantsi muusika – Greek music performed during the age of the Byzantine Empire, known for its ecclesiastical form

C

Ca din tulnic – Romanian folk music played with the alpenhorn
Ca trù – a style of Vietnamese chamber music performed by one lute player and a geisha-esque female singer, used to entertain wealthy audiences, who would be included in the performances, and to perform in religious ceremonies
Cadence rampa – upbeat style of kadans
Cadence-lypso – fusion of kadans and calypso
Cải lương – modern Vietnamese folk opera
Cajun – roots music of Louisiana, USA, inspired by Acadian ballads and Creole
Cakewalk
Čalgija – Macedonian folk style
Calinda – Trinidadian folk music played during practices of the martial art of the same name
Calypso – Trinidadian folk music, inspired by both African and French styles, and known for its lyrics dealing with the racist oppression of native Trinidadians at the time
Calypso-style baila – fusion of baila and calypso
Campursari – Indonesian fusion genre, combining several folk styles with pop music
Can Can
Candombe – fusion of African and Uruguayan styles developed by African-Uruguayan slaves in the 19th century
Cante chico – the vocal component to flamenco music
Cante jondo – flamenco music that incorporates deep vocals
Canterbury scene – group of British avant-garde, progressive rock, and jazz fusion musicians based in the English city of Canterbury, Kent
Cantiga – Portuguese ballad style from the Middle Ages
Cantiñas – upbeat form of Andalusian flamenco music
Canto livre – Portuguese folk music known for its far-left political messages
Cantopop – any Chinese pop music sung in Cantonese
Canzone Napoletana – Italian music sung in Neapolitan
Capoeira – Brazilian music played during performances of the martial art of the same name
Carimbó Music and dance from the north east of Brazil
Cariso – Trinidadian folk music, often considered an early form of calypso
Karnataka muusika – southern Indian classical music
Carnavalito
Carol – a festive song, often sung on Christmas or, rarely, Easter
Cartageneras – a style of flamenco known for its focus on folklore
Cavacha – style of rhythm popular in Kenyan and Zairean music
Celempungan – Sudanese folk music
Cha-cha-cha muusika – Cuban folk music
Chacarera – Argentinian folk and dance music
Chakacha – music of the Swahili people of Kenya and Tanzania
Chalga – fusion of Bulgarian etno-pop and dance music with Eastern and Arab elements, popular in Southern Bulgaria
Chamamé – style of Argentinian, Mesopotamian, and Brazilian folk music
Chamarrita – style of Argentinian and Uruguayan folk music
Champeta – African-Colombian folk music
Jamrieng samai – Cambodian pop music
Changüí – Cuban music that fused African and Spanish styles
Chanson – French vocal-driven music
Chant – singing or speaking rhythmically to a very small number of pitches
Chap hop – a variety of music originating from England that mixes the hip hop genre with elements from the Chappist or steampunk subcultures
Charanga – traditional Cuban dance music
Charanga-vallenata – fusion of charanga, vallenata, and salsa
Charikawi – music accompanying of the dance of the same name of the Garifuna people of west Africa
Charleston (dance)
Chầu văn – a downtempo, trance-inducing style of Vietnamese folk music
Chèo – a style of musical theater performed by Vietnamese peasants
Chicago bluus – blues music performed by Chicago inhabitants
Chicago house – house music performed by Chicago inhabitants
Chicago soul – soul music performed by Chicago inhabitants
Chicken scratch – fusion of Native American, White American, Mexican, and European styles, performed by the Native American Tohono O'odham people
Lastemuusika – any music marketed towards children
Chill-out – umbrella term for electronic music with a slow tempo, designed to calm people after raves
Chillwave – indie pop style known for its looped synths and calming effects
Chiptune – Electronic music that is made on vintage computers/game systems or emulations thereof. May also refer to electronic music that uses samples from video games or vintage computers.
Choro – fast-paced Brazilian pop music
Chouval bwa – Martinican folk music
Chowtal – north Indian folk music performed during the Phagwa or Holi festival
Kristlik alternatiivrokk – fusion of Christian and alternative rock
Kristlik kantri – fusion of Christian and country music
Kristlik hardcore – fusion of Christian and hardcore punk rock
Kristlik hiphop – hip hop with Christian themes
Kristlik metal – fusion of Christian and heavy metal rock
Kristlik muusika – any music with overt Christian themes
Kristlik punk – fusion of Christian and punk rock
Kristlik rokk – rock music with Christian themes
Kristlik ska – ska music with Christian themes
Chula
Chumba – folk and dance style of the Garifuna people of west Africa
Church musicKirikumuusika
Chut-kai-pang – fusion of chutney, calypso, and parang
Chutney Soca – fusion of chutney and soca music
Chutney pop – Caribbean pop music that fuses calypso and cadence with several Indian styles
Tuva kõrilaul – style of throat singing performed by the Tuva people of Siberia, created to mimic the chirps of crickets
Cielito
Cifra
Klassikaline kantri – umbrella term for country music released before the use of the term to describe it
Classic female blues – an early form of blues music known for its female vocalists
Klassitsism – a clearer, slicker form of Western art music performed in the 18th and 19th centuries, known for its emphasis on homophones and melody
Klassikaline muusika – umbrella term for Western art music known for its use of large orchestras and staff notation
Close harmony – any music with notes performed in a close range
Coladeira – Cape Verdean folk music
Coldwave – French post-punk
Combined rhythm – Dutch Antillean folk music inspired by zouk, merengue, and soca
Koomiline muusika – any music that incorporates heavy themes of humor and comedy
Koomiline räpp – fusion of comedy and hip hop music
Koomiline rokk – fusion of comedy and rock music
Koomiline ooper – fusion of comedy and opera music
Compas – a modernized form of Haitian meringue music
Concerto – a three-part classical piece in which one instrument takes lead and is backed by an orchestra
Conga – Cuban music played to accompany the dance of the same name
Conjunto – fusion of Mexican and German styles developed by Mexican-Americans who had bought German instruments in Texas
Contemporary Christian music – pop music with overt Christian themes
Contemporary R&B – a style of R&B music popular in the 21st century that combines soul-inspired vocals with hip-hop and EDM-inspired production
Contradanza – 19th century Cuban dance music
Cool jazz – a relaxed, downtempo form of jazz heavily inspired by classical music, that existed as a reaction to the fast-paced bebop
Coon song – music about black stereotypes
Corrido – Mexican storytelling ballad
Kantribluus – fusion of country and blues music
Country folkKantrifolk – fusion of country and folk music
Kantripop – fusion of country and pop music
Kantriräpp – fusion of country and hip hop music
Kantrirokk – fusion of country and rock music
Kantrimuusika – American roots music played with acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, and harmonicas
Coupé-Décalé – Ivorian-French EDM drawing on zouk and African influences
Cowpunk – fusion of country and punk rock music
Kreeta muusika – Greek folk music performed by inhabitants of the island of Crete
Crossover thrash – fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk
Crunk – fusion of hip hop and EDM, known for its heavy basslines and shouted, call-and-response vocals
Crunkcore – fusion of crunk and screamo
Crust punk – fusion of anarcho- and hardcore punk and extreme metal
Csárdás – Hungarian folk music
Cuándo – Chilean folk music genre.
Cuarteto – Argentinian merengue music, originating in the city of Cordoba, and influenced also by Spanish and Italian styles
Rumba
Cueca – umbrella term for Argentinian, Chilean, and Bolivian styles
Puya – traditional music style from Colombia
Cumbia villera – cumbia performed by inhabitants of the shantytowns of Buenos Aires
Cumbia – fusion of Colombian folk music and African and Spanish styles bought from slaves and colonists, respectively
Currulao

D

Dabke – Arabic folk dance music, often played at weddings
Dadra – light vocal style of Hindustani classical music, originating from the Bundelkhand region
Dadra tala – a style of Hindustani classical music which utilizes six beats in two equal rows of three
Daina – Latvian folk music
Daina – Lithuanian folk music
Dance – any music designed to make the listener dance. Also known as club music, an offshoot to electronic music which gave rise to EDM.
Dance-pop – pop music with an emphasis on dance rhythms, fusion of dance and pop musical styles.
Dance-punk – a grittier and rawer form of new wave music, linked heavily to the contemporary indie scene
Dance-rock – fusion of post-punk and post-disco, linked heavily to the new wave
Dancehall – Jamaican pop music that abandons reggae's roots influences for a slicker, EDM-inspired production
Dangdut – melodic and heavily optimistic form of Indonesian pop
Danger – any music that will, somehow, potentially harm either the performers or the audience, linked heavily to noise rock
Dansband – Swedish folk music
Danza – Puerto Rican style of music that accompanies the ballroom-influenced dance of the same name
Danzón – Cuban dance music
Dappan koothu – Indian folk dance music, popular in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, often used as filmi music in the movies produced in those states
Dark ambient – style of ambient music that creates a feeling of dread and foreboding, rather than the relaxation given off by most ambient
Dark cabaret – fusion of cabaret and gothic rock
Punk Cabaret – a fusion of musical theater and cabaret style music with the aggressive, raw nature of punk rock.
Dark pop – fusion of industrial/goth rock synthesizers with hip hop/techno drums
Dark rock – fusion of gothic and alternative rock
Dark wave – excessively pessimistic style of post-punk, which relied on tales of realistic sorrow, rather than the fantasy elements of the then-popular gothic rock
Darkcore – chaotic and sinister style of jungle, which relied on pitch-shifting and horror movie audio samples
Darkstep – style of darkcore jungle that takes its signature sinister feel and fuses it with upbeat breakbeats and ambient noises, creating an excessively chaotic tone
De dragoste – Romanian love music
Death metal – Extreme metal known for its distorted guitar structure, growling vocals, blast beat drumming and dark or violent lyrics.
Death rock – style of gothic rock known for its scratchy guitars, and lyrics focusing on supernatural and pessimistic themes, sometimes delving into intentionally campy horror themes
Death-doom – fusion of death and doom metal
Deathcore – fusion of death metal and metalcore
Deathgrind – fusion of death metal and grindcore
Décima – Hispanic genre of sung poetry
Deep Funk
Deep house – form of Chicago house, inspired by jazz and soul music
Delta blues – blues music performed by inhabitants of the Mississippi Delta
Descarga – a genre of improvised Afro-Cuban music
Desi – a style of Hindustani classical raga, associated with the Asavari and Kafi thaat
Detroit blues – blues music performed by inhabitants of Detroit, Michigan, USA
Detroit techno – techno performed by inhabitants of Detroit, Michigan, USA
Dhamar – a tala used in Hindustani classical music, associated with the dhrupad style, and played on a pakhawaj
Dhrupad – vocal style of Hindustani classical music, considered the oldest still being performed today
Dhun – a light instrumental form of Hindustani classical music
Diablada – Telluric Bolivian folk music style.
Digital hardcore – fusion of hardcore punk and hardcore techno, known for its far-left lyrics
Dirge – a song of mourning, often played at a funeral
Dirty rap – hip hop with sexual and pornographic themes
Disco polo – Polish disco music
Disco – a form of music to dance to with elements of soul, pop and salsa.
Diva house – style of house popular in LGBT nightclubs
Dixieland – an early form of jazz developed in New Orleans, USA
Djent – subgenre of progressive metal known for its elastic power chords
Doina – Romanian folk music, informed by Middle Eastern styles
Dondang Sayang – love ballads from the Malaysian state of Malacca, influenced by Portuguese styles
Donegal fiddle tradition – an Irish style of fiddle-playing from the Donegal county
Dongjing – Chinese traditional music of Nakhi people of the Yunnan province
Doo-wop – a simplistic and pop-oriented form of R&B known for its vocal harmonies and little to no instrumentation
Doom metal – A style of heavy metal known for its low-tuned sound, slow tempos, clean and non-growled vocals and pessimistic lyrics
Funeral doom – incredibly slow style of doom metal, made to mimic funeral music
Downtempo – a slow-paced style of electronic music that differs from ambient in that it also has a beat and rhythm
Dementia – bizarre form of comedic avant-garde played by Dr. Demento
Dream pop – an atmospheric and melodic style of indie pop that makes the audience feel dreamy
Drill music - Chicago rap, see Drill (music genre) for more
Drone metal – fusion of drone and heavy metal music
Drone – experimental style of minimalism, known for drawn-out and repetitive tones, giving it a droning feel
Drum and bass – style of EDM known for rapid-fire breakbeats and heavy basslines
Drumstep – fusion of drum and bass and dubstep
Dub – subgenre of reggae in which pre-existing tracks are heavily remixed, emphasizing the drum and bass (or riddim) and dubbing snippets from other works
Dubstep – dub-inspired subgenre of UK garage known for its heavy basslines and reverberant drums
Brostep – an aggressive and metal-influenced style of dubstep popular in America
Dubtronica – fusion of dub and EDM
Dunedin Sound – style of indie pop based in Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunun – family of west African drums
Dutch jazz – jazz performed by Dutch musicians

E

Gabber – a faster, more anarchistic, form of house music designed to counter the pretentious Dutch house scene of the 1980s
Early – umbrella term for any music made from the prehistoric era until the advent of baroque music
Easy listening – pop style aimed at older listeners
Epic – modern classical-like music derived from a wide array of genres, primarily trailer music.
Eksperimentaalne hiphop – fusion of experimental and hip hop music
Eksperimentaalne metal – umbrella term for aggressive, non-commercial forms of heavy metal
Experimental – any music that breaches contemporary standards of music
Eksperimentaalne popp – fusion of experimental and pop music
Eksperimentaalne rokk – fusion of experimental and rock music
Ekspressionism
Electro backbeat – any EDM which utilizes a 4/4 drum pattern
Electro Blues - mix of blues and electronic dance music
Electro house
Electro – early form of EDM which made its sounds intentionally robotic and computer-like, usually to channel a theme of transhumanism
Electro swing – fusion of EDM and swing-jazz
Electro-industrial – a style of post-industrial which used heavily produced and layered synths
Electroclash – fusion of 1980s synthpop and 1990s techno
Electronic body music – EDM-informed style of post-industrial
Electronic dance – EDM; a fusion of electronic and dance music
Electronica – popular music that includes electronic instruments
Electronicore – fusion of electronic and post-hardcore/metalcore music
Electropop – fusion of electronic and pop music
Electropunk – fusion of electronic and punk music
Electric blues – style of blues played with electric instruments, most notably the electric guitar
Elektrooniline muusika – music that utilizes electronic instruments, such as the synthesizer, Theremin, and computer
Elektrooniline rokk – fusion of electronic and rock music
Emo pop – fusion of emo and pop punk
Emo – heavily emotional and pessimistic style of post-hardcore punk
Enka – a popular, modern adaptation of traditional Japanese music
Eremwu eu – work songs of the female bakers of the Garifuna people of west Africa
Ethereal wave – atmospheric subgenre of dark wave
Euro disco – European disco music, which incorporated elements of pop rock and synthpop
Euro house – European house music, usually a house-based form of Eurodance or Euro disco
Eurobeat – antecedent to Italo disco
Eurodance – European dance music and evolution of Euro disco that adapted elements of house and hi-NRG
Europop – European pop music
Eurotrance – European trance music, usually a fusion of Eurodance with uplifting trance and/or hard trance.
Exotica – fusion of many popular international genres from the 1950s marketed at Americans, who were attracted to the exotic label

F

Fado – Portuguese folk music, often touching on the themes of melancholia and working class struggles
Falak – Afghan, Tajik, and Pakistani religious folk music
Fandango – Spanish music made to accompany the upbeat dance of the same name
Farruca – a light form of flamenco
Festejo – a festive form of Afro-Peruvian music
Filk – style of folk (sometimes expanding to other genres) with heavy science-fiction or fantasy themes
Filmi-ghazal – fusion of filmi and ghazal poetry
Filmi – Indian film scores
Fingerstyle – the act of plucking guitar strings with the fingertips
Flamenco – popular style of Spanish folk dance music developed in Andalusia by Romani-Spanish (or Gitanos), but latter expanding to the general Spanish populus
Folk jazz – fusion of folk and jazz music
Folk metal – fusion of folk and heavy metal rock
Urban Folk
Folk – broad term used to refer to the traditional music of an ethnic group, usually that performed by the working class
Folk pop – fusion of folk and pop music
Folk punk – fusion of folk and punk rock
Folk rokk – fusion of folk and rock music
Folktronica – fusion of folk and electronic music
Forró – popular Brazilian folk dance music
Foxtrot
Franco-country – style of country music performed by French-Canadians
Freak folk – experimental style of folk, often folk-rock
Freakbeat – a frantic, raw style of beat and British Invasion music
Free jazz – freely improvised jazz music
Free tekno – style of techno developed by anarchists
Tekno
French house – house music produced by French artists
Frevo – umbrella term for Brazilian dance styles associated with the Brazilian Carnivale
Fuji – Nigerian folk music
Funaná – Cape Verdean accordion-based dance music
Funk metal – fusion of funk and heavy metal rock
Funk rock – fusion of funk and rock music
Funk – combination of elements of blues, jazz, and soul with the melodies and harmonies stripped in order to emphasize the bass guitar
Funky house – fusion of funk and house music
Furniture music – a calming, live form of background music
Fusion jazz – fusion of jazz and rock music
Future Bass – This genre stems from trap, juke and UK garage. it is focused on 808 drums and sawtooth synths
Future garage – style of UK garage that fused it with elements of all other contemporary EDM styles
Futurepop – style of EDM known for its similarities to synthpop and uplifting trance, as well as its heavy sampling

G

Gaana – upbeat Tamil dance song performed at celebrations
Gabber
Gagaku – any Japanese classical music played for the Imperial Court
Kagok – Korean folk music
Gaita Zuliana – diverse form of Venezuelan folk
Galant – intentionally simplistic style of Western classical music designed to counter the increasingly complex Baroque music of the 18th century
Gamelan bebonangan – Balinese style of gamelan that utilizes a 7-tone scale and cymbals
Gamelan degung – Sundanese style of gamelan that uses the pegog scale
Gender wayang – Balinese style of gamelan
Gamelan gong kebyar – Balinese style of gamelan known for its explosive changes in tempo
Jegog – gamelan played with bamboo-based instruments
Joged bumbung – fusion of gamelan and joged
Gamelan salendro – West Javan gamelan
Gamelan selunding – Balinese style of gamelan
Gamelan semar pegulingan – Balinese style of gamelan
Gamelan – Indonesian classical music
Balinese Gamelan – Javanese and Balinese style made from xylophones, drums, and plucked strings
Gammaldans – wide variety of traditional Nordic dance music, and modernized versions created by Nordic-Americans
Gandrung – traditional Indonesian dance music
Mafioso rap – subgenre of gangsta rap that focuses on organized crime
Gangster rap – hip hop that deals with illegal activity
Gar – Tibetan chanting and dancing
Garage house – heavily polished style of American house
Garage rock – raw and energetic style of rock, often practised by high school bands in garages
Garba – Gujarati music and dance
Gato – style of music folk dance popular in Argentina and Uruguay
Music drama – an artwork that covers all forms of art
G-funk – style of West Coast gangster rap
Ghazal – Arabic (particularly Pakistani) angst-ridden poetry, often accompanied by music
Ghetto house – form of Chicago house known for its sexually explicit lyrics
Ghettotech – fusion of Chicago house, Miami bass, electro, glitch, and t* G-funk – style of West Coast gangster rap

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Girl group – any all-female pop or rock group
Glam metal – a subgenre of heavy metal with elements of glam rock, hard rock and pop rock.
Glam punk – fusion of glam and punk rock
Glam rock – loosely defined pop rock which included heavy themes of gender-bending and androgyny
Glitch – style of EDM based around samples of malfunctioning technology in order to create an intentionally harsh sound
Gnawa – Islamic African religious music
Go-go – style of funk known for its syncopated rhythms and call-and-response vocals
Goa trance – fusion of trance music and traditional Indian styles
Gong chime – any music performed with high-pitched pot gongs, usually Southeast Asian styles
Goombay – Bahamian drum music
Goregrind – style of grindcore known for its lyrical focus on gore and forensics
Goshu ondo – traditional Japanese dance music from the Meiji era
Gospel – modernization religious music
Gothic metal – fusion of gothic rock and heavy metal
Gothic rock – style of post-punk, heavily inspired by Gothic art
Grebo – a short-lived British style of garage rock from the 1990s
Neo kyma – style of classical Greek music from the 1960s with French influences
Gregorian chant – a cappella, religious chant used by the Roman Catholic Church
Grime – fusion of hip hop and UK garage
Grindcore – fusion of death metal and hardcore punk with indecipherable vocals.
Cybergrind – fusion of grindcore and industrial
Groove metal – style of heavy metal that took elements of thrash, but played at mid-tempo, making a slower, groovier sound
Group Sounds – Japanese pop from the 1961s, inspired heavily by British beat and American bubblegum pop
Grunge – minimalist style of alternative metal, known for its heavily distorted guitars and angst-ridden lyrics
Grupera – American rock-inspired Mexican rock
Guajira – Cuban country music, performed in rural communities
Guarania – Paraguayan music style also popular in Brazil
Gumbe – Guinea-Bissaun folk music
Gunchei – Central American music played to accompany the garifauna dance of the same name
Gunka – Japanese military music
Guoyue – modernized Chinese traditional music
Gwo ka – Guadaloupean drum music
Gwo ka moderne – modernized form of gwo ka
Gypsy jazz – Roma-French style of jazz
Gypsy punk – Romani style of punk rock

H

Habanera – African-American style based on Cuban contredanza
Halling – Norwegian folk music made to accompany the dance of the same name
Hambo – Swedish folk music made to accompany the dance of the same name
Hamburger Schule – style of alternative rock based in Hamburg, Germany
Happy hardcore – incredibly fast, upbeat, and optimistic style of hardcore techno
Yaraví a style of Ecuatorian folk music, slow tempo and Andean origin
Hard bop – style of bebop informed by gospel, R&B and blues
Hard rock – Loud, bluesy, distorted, and technically proficient form of rock
Hard trance – heavy, reverberating style of trance music
Hardcore hiphop – aggressive and confrontational form of hip hop
Hardcore punk – heavy metal-informed style of punk
Hardcore techno – style of techno known for distorted, industrial-esque beats
Hardstep – gritty, heavy style of drum & bass
Hardstyle – intense, heavy style of EDM known for its heavy kick-drums and reversed basslines
Dubstyle – fusion of dubstep and hardstyle
Hasapiko – Greek folk dance music, originating in Constantinople
Hát tuồng (Hát bôi) – Vietnamese opera
Heartland rock – style of rock known for its minimalism, straightforwardness, and concern with the American working class
Heavy metal – technically proficient, fast-paced, aggressive form of hard rock
Hi-NRG – uptempo, fast-paced style of EDM known for a reverberating, four-on-the-floor rhythm
Highlife – Ghanan style that married traditional African forms with Western pop
Hiina muusika – any music performed by Chinese people
Hiina rokk – rock music performed by Chinese people, often fused with traditional styles
Hindustani classical – Northern Indian classical music
Hiphop – combination of funk, poetry and innovative DJ techniques, particularly sampling of pre-recorded material
Hip house – fusion of hip hop and house music
Hiplife – fusion of highlife and hip hop
Hiragasy – style of music and dance performed by troupes of relatives for day-long periods by the Merina people of Madagascar
Honky-tonk – crisp, clean form of country
Honkyoku – religious music performed by Japanese Zen Buddhists
Hora – Romani folk music
Hora lungă – improvisational Romani folk music
Hornpipe – elavaloomuline 3/2 taktimõõdus muusikapala barokkmuusikas või 4/4 taktimõõdus pala samanimelise tantsu saatmiseks
Horror punk – punk that is lyrically inspired by 1950s horror B-movies, often in an ironic way
Horrorcore – hip hop known for dark, horror-inspired lyrics
House – a relaxed, disco-informed style of EDM
Huayño – Peruvian folk music
Huella – folk Music from Argentina and Uruguay
Hula – Hawaiian folk music made to accompany the dance of the same name
Humppa – Finnish jazz style
Hunguhungu – folk music performed by Garifuna women
Hyangak – Korean court music from the Three Kingdoms period
Hyphy – fast-paced style of hip hop from the San Francisco Bay Area

I

Icaro – music sung in healing ceremonies of the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru
East Coast blues – umbrella term for any blues music made by inhabitants of the American East Coast, usually used to refer to the New York or Piedmont scenes
East Coast hip hop – any hip hop produced by inhabitants of New York
Igbo – any music performed by the Igbo people of Nigeria
Irish folk – traditional music of the Irish people
Illbient – form of ambient inspired by dub in its use of layering and hip hop in its use of sampling
Impressionist – style of Western art music inspired by the visual arts movement of the same name
Improvisational – any kind of music that is made up on the spot
Indie – music that is formed around an idea of remaining on the underground and a DIY ethic
Indie folk – fusion of indie rock and folk music
Indie pop – a melodic, often angst-free and optimistic, form of pop-rock associated with the indie scene
Indie rock – generic term for rock music linked to the indie subculture
Indietronica – fusion of indie rock and EDM
Indo jazz – fusion of jazz and traditional Indian music
Industriaalne hiphop – fusion of industrial and hip hop music
Industriaal metal – fusion of industrial and heavy metal music
Industrial death metal – fusion of industrial and death metal
Industrial – early form of electronica that linked avant-garde electronic experimentation to punk rock energy, vocalisation, and ethics. Industrial spawned an indulgence in darkness, horror, and even fascism (although often not seriously) that carried over into goth, emo, and metalhead culture
Industriaal muusikal – musical theater performed by the workers of a company to promote teamwork
Industriaal rock – fusion of industrial and rock music
Instrumentaalrokk – any rock music that neglects vocals
Instrumental – music that had no lyrics
Intelligent dance – more experimental and intellectual form of electronica so called to distinguish itself from the commercialist trends in rave music
Inuit – any music performed by the Inuit people of Greenland and Canada
Irish rebel – Irish folk with an emphasis on Irish republicanism
Isicathamiya – a cappella form of singing used by the Zulu people of South Africa
Islamic music
Italo dance – an optimistic form of Eurodance that developed in Italy
Italo disco – form of disco developed in Italy that lead to the creation of modern EDM
Italo house – Italian house music that followed on from Italo disco

J

J-Pop – pop music made by the Japanese
Jaipongan – music made to accompany the dance of the same name of Sundanese people of Indonesia
Jam – a type of band that plays long instrumental tracks, often improvised, called 'jams'
Jangle pop – style of indie pop known for its uplifting, 'jangly' sounds
Japanoise – noise music from Japan
Jarana yucateca – traditional Yucatán dance music
Jarocho – Mexican dance and song style from Veracruz
Jazz fusion – any music that fuses something with jazz, particularly jazz-rock
Jazz rap – fusion of jazz and hip hop
Jazz-funk – fusion of jazz and funk music
Jazz – a type of music that originated in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Southern United States
Jenkka – Finnish folk dance music
Jesus – style of CCM developed by the American hippie-based Jesus Movement
Jig – uptempo Irish folk dance music
Jing ping – Dominican folk dance music developed by slave during European colonialism
Jingle – short, catchy song used in advertising
Jit – Zimbabwean pop music
Jitterbug – any music that accompanied the dance of the same name
Jive – swing music used to accompany the African-American ballroom dance of the same name
Joged – Balinese dance music
Joig – style of Sami folk music
Joropo – Venezuelan waltz
Jota – Spanish folk dance music
Jug – African-American folk music made from household objects such as jugs, spoons, and washboards
Incidental – music played in the background of a film or play
Jùjú – Nigerian pop music
Juke joint blues – fusion of blues and soul
Jump blues – uptempo blues music played with horns
Jumpstyle – faster form of progressive house
Junkanoo – Bahamas folk dance music
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K

K-pop – South Korean pop music
Kabareemuusika – an often jazz-informed style of music played at upbeat stageplays or burlesque shows
Kabuki – form of Japanese musical theatre known for its elaborate make-up and costuming
Kacapi suling – Sundanese folk music
Kachāshī – fast-paced Ryukyuan festive folk music
Kaiso – Trinidadian folk music
Kalamatianó – Greek folk music
Kammerdžäss – fusion of chamber and jazz music
Kammerpop – Fusion of alternative rock and chamber music
Kan ha diskan – Breton folk music
Kansas City blues – blues music performed by Kansas City inhabitants
Kantrum – fast-paced Khmer-Thai folk music
Karaoke - a form of entertainment, offered typically by bars and clubs, in which people take turns singing popular songs
Kaseko – Surinamese music that fuses African, European, and American styles
Kawachi ondo – Japanese folk music from the Osaka region
Kawaii metal - Fusion of heavy metal and J-pop
Kayōkyoku – an early form of J-Pop
Kecak – Balinese folk opera
Keldi fusioon – popular music that includes a Celtic influence
Keldi hiphop – fusion of Celtic and hip hop music
Keldi metal – fusion of Celtic and heavy metal music
Keldi muusika – folk music of the Celts, an ethnic group inhabiting Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, some parts of France and Spain, and once England
Keldi punk – fusion of Celtic and punk rock music
Keldi reggae – fusion of Celtic and reggae music
Keldi rokk – fusion of Celtic and rock music
Kertok – Malay musical ensemble utilizing xylophones
Khaleeji – Arab folk music
Khene – Malay woodwind music
Khyal – North Indian form of Hindustani classical music
Kirtan – Indian drum music performed during Hindu bhakti rituals
Kiwi rock – rock music performed by New Zealanders
Kizomba – Angolan folk dance music
Klapa – Croatian a cappella music
Klasik – Afghan classical music
klassikaline naisbluus
klassikalis-romantiline stiil
Klezmer – Jewish classical music
Kliningan – Sundanese folk dance music
Kolomyjka – tongue-in-cheek Hutsul folk dance music
Komagaku – Japanese court music from the Heian period
Kpanlogo – Ghanan folk dance music
Kpop – South Korean pop music
Krakowiak – fast-paced Polish folk dance music
Krautrock – highly experimental form of German art rock that incorporated electronic influences
Kriti – Indian classical music
Kroncong – Indonesian folk music utilizing the ukele
Kuduro – Angolan folk music
Kulintang – ancient gong music of the Filipinos, Indonesians, Malays, Bruneian, and Timorese
Kundiman – Filipino love songs
Kvæði – Icelandic folk music
Kwaito – South African house music
Kwassa kwassa – Congolese folk dance music
Kwela – South African skiffle music

L

Modern laïka – modernized and pop-informed style of laïka
Laiko – Greek folk dance music
Lambada – Brazilian dance music
Landó
Latin metal – A genre of heavy metal with Latin origins, influences, and instrumentation, such as Spanish vocals, Latin percussion and rhythm such as Salsa rhythm
Latin music – Spanish- and Portuguese-language popular music
Latin pop – fusion of pop music and Latin American music or any pop music from the Spanish-speaking world
Latin swing – a fusion of gypsy jazz rhythms and Latin music, including flamenco, samba and salsa. Created and played by Lulo Reinhardt, Germany
Lavani – style of traditional Indian music performed in Maharashtra
Legényes – Hungarian and Romanian folk dance music performed by the inhabitants of Transylvania, now modern-day Cluj-Napoca
Letkajenkka – Finnish folk dance music
Lhamo – Tibetan folk opera
Lied – German poems spoken to music
Light – soft, non-confrontational British orchestral music
Liquid funk – form of drum and bass with a heavy emphasis on melody
Christian electronic – EDM with Christian themes
Musica llanero – Venezuelan and Colombian folk music
Lo-fi muusika – any music recorded at a quality lower than usual
Logobi – form of zouglou influenced by the French colonists in the Ivory Coast
Loncomeo – musical style from the tehuelche people in Argentina
Long song – Mongolian folk music in which each syllable is extended for a longer than average period of time
Louisiana blues – any blues performed by inhabitants of the state of Louisiana
Lounge – downtempo music intended to give the listener a sense of being somewhere else, i.e. a jungle or outer space
Lovers rock – form of reggae fusion known for its romantic lyrics
Lowercase – extreme form of ambient music consisting of long periods of silence and occasional, very minute sounds
Lu – Tibetan a cappella music
Lubbock sound – fusion of rock and roll and country music from Lubbock, Texas
Luk Krung – more polished form of luk thung
Luk thung – Thai folk music
Lundu – harmonious style of Afro-Brazilian music
Lust - romantic retro 80's music

M

M-Base – style of musical thought and composition developed by Steve Coleman
Madchester – fusion of EDM, psychedelic rock, and indie rock
Mahori – form of Thai and Khmer classical music
Makossa – Cameroonian pop
Malambo – Argentinan and Uruguayan style of folk music dance
Malhun – Arab folk poetry
Malhun – north African style of classical music that borrows from Andalusian traditions
Maloya – style of folk developed by the slaves on the French territory of Reunion
Mambo – Cuban style of jazz
Manaschi – Kyrgyz song recital of the Epic of Manas
Mandopop – style of C-pop sung in the Mandarin language
Manele – Romani folk music
Mangue Bit – Brazilian electronic genre played in a fast-paced, punk-informed style
Manila Sound – fusion of Western rock music and traditional Filipino folk music
Mapouka – traditional folk dance music of the Aizi, Alladian, and Avikam people of the Ivory Coast
Marabi – South African style informed by blues and jazz
Maracatu – Brazilian folk dance music
Mariachi – fusion of Mexican folk music and pop music
Marinera – romantic Peruvian folk dance music
Marrabenta – Mozambican folk dance music informed by Portuguese styles
Martial industrial – style of neo-folk informed by military marches and militaristic themes
Martinetes – a cappella flamenco music
Maskanda – South African folk music
Mass – Christian hymns sung by large vocal groups
Matamuerte – Garifuna folk dance music
Math rock – rhythmically complex form of experimental rock
Mathcore – fusion of metalcore and math rock
Maxixe – Brazilian folk dance music
Mazurka – Polish folk dance music
Mbalax – Senegalese folk dance music that combines traditional sabar drumming techniques with jazz, soul, rock, and Latin music
Mbaqanga – Zulu jazz style that was one of the first South African genres to achieve intertribal recognition
Mbube – South African a cappella music
Medieval folk rock – form of folk rock that incorporated elements of earlier folk traditions, such as Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, despite what the name may suggest
Medieval metal – fusion of folk metal and Medieval folk rock
Keskaja muusika – period of Western art music ranging from the 6th to 15th centuries
Meditation – any music created to aid meditation procedures
Mejoranera – Panaman guitar music
Melam – Indian drumming style
Melodic hardcore – style of hardcore punk known for its slower, melodic guitars, juxtaposed with shouted vocals
Melodic metalcore – fusion of melodic hardcore and metalcore
Melodic – any music that utilizes melody, the combination of notes so that they are perceived as a single string of music
Memphis blues – style of blues from Memphis
Memphis soul – polished, funky style of soul from Memphis
Mento – Jamaican folk music
Merengue – Dominican folk dance music
Merengue típico – style of modern merengue that attempts to sound similar to 19th century merengue
Méringue – Haitian guitar music
Metalcore – fusion of thrash metal and hardcore punk; often sung melodically
Mexican rock – rock music performed by Mexicans
Meykhana – Azerbaijani spoken word music
Mezwed – Tunisian folk music
Miami bass – rave-inspired style of hip hop
Microhouse – minimalist, stripped down form of house music
Milonga – Argentinian and Uruguayan folk dance music
Milongón – Uruguayan folk music
Min'yō – Japanese folk music
Mini-jazz – rock-inspired meringue music
Minimal Goa
Minimal music – heavily experimental form of orchestral music known for its simplicity
Minimal techno – fusion of techno and minimal music
Minneapolis sound – glam-informed style of dance-rock pioneered by Prince
Minstrel – American folk music which parodied African-American styles
Minuet – French folk dance music
Modern rock – any rock music (usually alternative rock) made during or after the 1990s
Modinha – Brazilian folk music
Montuno – loose term for Cuban music and its derivatives
Moombahcore – moombahton incorporating dubstep influences and elements of Dutch house
Moombahton – fusion of electro house and reggaeton
Mor lam sing – fast-paced, sexual, and modernized form of mor lam
Mor lam – Laotian and Thai folk music
Morenada – folk music and dance style from the Bolivian Andes
Morna – Cape Verdean folk music
Motown – slick, pop-informed form of soul music
Mozambique of Cuba – Cuban folk dance music
Mozambique of America – American derivative of the Cuban style of the same name
Mugham – Azerbaijan classical music
Murga – Uruguayan and Argentinian folk dance music
Mushroom Jazz – eclectic genre that draws from downtempo, hip hop, and world styles
Requiem
Music hall – English popular music of the 19th century
Kaba – Southern Albanian instrumental folk music
Breton – folk music of Brittany, France, known for its use of woodwind
Tinga
Jawaiian – fusion of Hawaiian traditional music and reggae
J-Rock – rock music made by Japanese performers
Música criolla – Peruvian music informed by African, European, and Andean styles
Música popular brasileira – loose term for Brazilian pop music
Sertanejo – folk music from the East of Brazil
Musique concrète – heavily experimental orchestral music known for its use of electronic instruments
Muwashshah – Arabic musical poetry

N

Nagauta – Japanese music that accompanies kabuki theater
Nakasi – Japanese and Taiwanese folk music
Nangma – Tibetan EDM
Nanguan music – Chinese classical music that is heavily influenced by Western styles
Narcocorrido – Mexican polka-influenced folk music with lyrics focusing on illegal activity
Nardcore – hardcore and skate punk subgenre based in Oxnard, California
Narodna muzika – Bosnian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian folk music
Nashville sound – a slick, pop-informed 'radio friendly' form of American country music that began in Nashville, Tennessee
National socialist black metal – black metal with lyrics supporting national socialism, fascism, and other far-right ideologies
Nederpop – Dutch pop music
Neo soul – alternative form of hip hop soul that focused on more soulful and emotive vocals and lyrics
Neo-classical metal – fusion of neoclassical and heavy metal music
Neo-Medieval – music that attempts to imitate Medieval and earlier periods of classical music
Neo-progressive rock – highly theatrical, emotional, and clean subgenre of progressive rock
Neo-psychedelia – loose term for music inspired by psychedelic and acid rock
Neoclassical New Age – fusion of neoclassical and new age music
Neoclassical dark wave – fusion of neoclassical and dark wave music
Neoklassitsism – orchestral music of the early 20th century
Neofolk – fusion of folk rock and post-industrial music
Neotraditional country – alternative country music that attempts to imitate pre-Nashville 'traditional' country
Nerdcore – hip hop with lyrics concerning typically 'nerdy' subjects
Neue Deutsche Härte – German fusion style that mainly takes elements of industrial and groove metal, as well as techno and alternative rock
Neue Deutsche Todeskunst – German dark wave and Gothic rock
Neue Deutsche Welle – German punk and new wave music
Neurofunk – more advanced form of techstep
New Beat – Belgian downtempo and acid house
New jack swing (or swingbeat) – slickly produced fusion of soul, pop, dance, and hip hop music
New Orleans blues – Dixieland- and Caribbean-informed style of blues from New Orleans
New Orleansi džäss
New rave – fusion of alternative rock and EDM
New school hip hop – hip hop music made after the mid-80s
New prog – more ambitious and alternative rock-inspired form of progressive rock
New Taiwanese Song – Taiwanese pop music
New wave – early form of punk-informed synthpop
New wave of new wave – 1990s British revival of new wave music
New Weird America – term for the, often psychedelic-informed, indie folk music of the 2000s
New York blues – a jazz-influenced style of blues from New York, New York
New-age – form of ambient music intended for use during meditation
Nintendocore – fusion of chiptune and metalcore
Nisiotika – Greek folk music from the Aegean Islands
No wave – avant-garde punk subgenre created as a reaction to the commercial new wave
Noh – long, highly dramatic Japanese opera
Noise – trend in orchestral, rock, and electronic music where harsh, non-melodic, and often random sounds are used alongside or in place of conventional sounds
Noise pop – derivative of noise rock in which noises and feedback are used, but made into a melodic, often relaxing sound
Noise rock – loud, atonal, dissonant, and unconventional rock music
Nordic folk – folk music of the Nordic people
Nortec – Mexican EDM
Norteño – Mexican folk music
Northern soul – soul music made by northern English
Nu gaze – new form of Shoegaze
Nu jazz – modern jazz music that borrows from funk and EDM
Nu metal – fusion of thrash, groove, and alternative metal that also borrows elements from punk, industrial, grunge, and hip hop
Nu skool breaks – a more abstract and drum & bass-inspired style of breakbeat
Nu-disco – modern house music that draws inspiration from disco
Nu-funk

O

Obscuro
Oi! – 1980s style of British punk rock
Old school hip hop – generic term for hip hop music recorded before approximately 1989
Old Time Radio – Old Time Radio Shows from the 30's – 60's
Old-time – archaic term for many different styles that were an outgrowth of Appalachian folk music and fed into country music
Oldies – Popular music from the 50's and 60's.
Jungle – style of EDM known for fast tempo, breakbeats, samples, and dub-inspired layered synths
Olonkho – Yakut epic songs
Ondo
Operatic Pop – subgenre of pop music that is performed in a classical operatic style (also referred to as "Popera")
Organ trio – a style of jazz from the 1960s that blended blues and jazz (and later "soul jazz") and which was based around the sound of the Hammond organ
Organic ambient – often acoustic ambient music which uses instruments and styles borrowed from world music
Oriental metal – a subgenre of folk metal that incorporates elements of traditional Middle Eastern music.
Ottava rima – Italian rhyming stanzas
Ottoman military band – the oldest variety of military marching band in the world.
Outlaw country – late 1960s and 70s form of country music with a hard-edged sound and rebellious lyrics
Outsider music – generic term for music performed by outsiders

P

P-Funk – 1970s fusion of funk, heavy metal and psychedelic rock, most closely associated with the bands Funkadelic and Parliament, who shared many members collectively known as P-Funk
Pagan metal
Pagan rock
Pagode – Brazilian style of music which originated in the Rio de Janeiro region
Paisley Underground – 1980s style of alternative rock that drew heavily on psychedelia
Palm wine – fusion of numerous West African, Latin American and European genres, popular throughout coastal West Africa in the 20th century
Pambiche (Merengue estilo yanqui)
Panambih – tembang sunda that uses metered poetry
Panchai baja – Nepalese wedding music
Panchavadyam – Temple music from Kerala, India
Pansori – Korean folk music played by a singer and a drummer
Paraguayan polka
Paranda – Garifuna form of music
Paranda – Garifuna music of Belize
Parang – Trinidadian Christmas carols
Parody – humorous renditions of existing songs or styles
Parranda – Afro-Venezuelan form of music
Pärsia traditsionaalne muusika
Partido alto
Pasacalle
Pasillo
Pasodoble
Patriotic
Payada
PBR&B
Peace Punk
Pelimanni music – Finnish folk dance music
Musiqi-e assil – Persian orchestral music
Peruvian cumbia – also known as chicha music.
Petenera
Peyote Song – a mixture of gospel and traditional Native American music
Philadelphia soul – soft 1970s soul that came out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Piano blues
Piedmont blues - Blues music from the East Coast of the United States. Characterized by syncopated fingerpicked guitar playing and ragtime-based rhythms.
Pimba – Origin: Portugal.
Pinoy rock – rock and roll sung in Tagalog from the Philippines
Pinpeat orchestra
Piphat – ancient form of Thai classical ensemble
Pirate metal – mix of heavy metal and pirate music
Piyyutim
Plainchant (Gregorian chant)
Plena
Pleng phua cheewit – Thai protest rock
Pleng Thai sakorn – a Thai interpretation of Western classical music
Polka – French music style originated in paris in 1844
Polo – Venezuelan folk music
Pols – Danish fiddle and accordion dance music
Polska
Pong lang
Pop folk
Pop music
Pop punk
Pop rap
Pop rock
Pop sunda – Sundanese mixture of gamelan degung and pop music structures
Pornocore
Porro – Colombian big band music
Post-Britpop
Post-disco
Post-dubstep
Post-grunge
Post-hardcore – A metal style that often utilizes screaming and melodic vocal techniques as well as dynamic range
Post-industrial
Post-metal
Post-minimalism
Post-punk
Post-rock
Post-romanticism
Pow-wow – Native American dance music
Powada- Marathi Folk
Power duo
Death industrial – fusion of death and industrial metal, linked heavily to the power electronics scene
Power electronics
Power metal – A style of heavy metal with melodic vocals, symphonic context and with fantastic or mythical lyrics
Power noise (or rhythmic noise)
Power pop
Power trio
Powerviolence (also known as power violence)
Ppongtchak – Korean pop music developed during the Japanese occupation
Program symphony
Progressiivne bluegrass
Progressiivne elektrooniline muusika
Progressiivne folkmuusika
Progressiivne house
Progressiivne metal – A subgenre of heavy metal and progressive rock.
Progressiivne rokk – A subgenre of rock music with origins of jazz fusion and psychedelic rock.
Progressiivne trance
Protopunk
Psühhedeelne folk
Psühhedeelne muusika
Psühhedeelne rokk – A style of rock music that relates to psychedelia.
Psühhedeelne trance (Psy-trance)
Full on trance – style of psychedelic trance known for its rolling baselines and confrontational themes
Minimal trance – fusion of psychedelic trance and minimal music
Psychobilly
Psychobilly – Punk rock and country
UK pub rock
Pub rock – back-to-basics rock music, see Pub rock (Australia) and Pub rock (United Kingdom).
Pungmul – a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing.
Punk blues – a US music genre that developed in the 1980s, which mixes elements of blues with the aggressive sound of punk.
Punk jazz
Punk rock A subgenre of rock music known for its raw and distorted sound, usually fast and short songs, and lyrics of angst or anti-establishment.
Punta rock – 1970s Belizean music
Punta
Liquindi – style of percussion performed by the various 'pygmy' peoples of Africa in which drummers stand in a body of water and hit the surface

Q

Qasidah modern – Qasidah updated for mainstream audiences
Qasidah – Epic religious poetry accompanied by percussion and chanting
Qawwali – Sufi religious music updated for mainstream audiences, was originated in India
Quadrille
Quan ho – Vietnamese vocal music which originated in the Red River Delta
Queercore
Quiet Storm

R

Raga rock – Swiss soul, rock and Indian music fusion
Raga
Ragga Jungle
Raggamuffin ehk ragga
Raï'n'B
Rai – Algerian folk music now developed into a popular style
Raicore
Rake-and-scrape – Bahamanian instrumental music
Ramkbach
Ramvong
Ranchera – pop mariachi from 1950s film soundtracks
Rapso - A poetic "rap" form of Trinbagonian music—the next evolutionary step of Calypso and Soca.
Rara
Rare groove - Gujarati music and dance
Rasguido doble
Rasiya
Ravanahatha- Ravana music
Rebetiko
Red Dirt (music)
reel
Refalosa – Sudamerican music style of dance
Reggae dancehall (see Dancehall)
Reggae fusion
Reggae highlife
Reggae
Reggaeton
Boenke-Boenke
Rekilaulu – Finnish rhyming sleigh songs
Religious
Rembetiko
Renessanssi muusika
Retro
Rhapsody
Rhumba
Rhyming spiritual – Bahamanian hymns
Rhythm and blues (R&B)
Ricercar
Harmonica blues – blues music that utilizes the Richter-tuned harmonica
Rímur – Icelandic heroic epic songs
Riot grrrl
Rock and roll
Rock en español
Rokk
Rockabilly
Rocksteady
Rokkooper
Romantic period in music
Ronggeng – a folk music from Malacca, Malaysia
Roots reggae
Roots rock reggae
Roots rock

S

Sabar – drumming style found in Senegal
Salsa erotica – lyrically explicit form of salsa romantica
Salsa – fusion of multiple Cuban- and Puerto Rican-derived pop genres from immigrants in New York City
Salsa romantica – a soft, romantic form of salsa music
Saltarello
Samba-canção – traditional samba in slow tempo and with romantic lyrics. influenced by bolero
Samba-reggae – a genre of samba with a choppy, reggae-like rhythm.
Samba-rock
Samba – form of Brazilian popular music
Sambai
Sambass
Sangueo – folk music style from Venezuela with African origins
Sanjo – Korean instrumental folk music
Sanjuanito – folk music from Ecuador
Sârbă – Romanian folk dance style
Sardana – Traditional Music of Catalonia
Sato kagura
Sawt – urban music from Kuwait and Bahrain
Schlager
Scrumpy and Western – folk music from West Country of England
Scuff
Sea shanty – English folk music of the sea
Sean nós – Sean-nós singing style of Ireland
Seapunk
Sega music
Seggae
Seis – type of Puerto Rican dance music
Tsjingel Tsjangel
Semba – traditional type of music from Angola
Sephardic music
Set dance
Sevdalinka – Bosnian urban popular music
Sevillana
Shabad
Shalako – Armenian folk dance
Shan'ge – Taiwanese Hakka mountain songs
Shango
Shape note
Shibuya-kei
Shidaiqu – Hong Kong-based form of traditional music updated for pop audiences and sung in Mandarin
Shima-uta – folk songs from the Amami Islands, Japan
Shock rock
Shoegaze – British pop
Shoka – Japanese songs written during the Meiji Restoration to bring Western music to Japanese schools
Shomyo – Japanese Buddhist chanting
Show tune
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
Situatsiooniline muusika – pertaining to songs describing the current situation; most prevalent in films
Ska punk
Ska
Ska
Skald
Skate punk
Skiffle
Skullstep
Skweee
Skyladiko pop folk music style of Greece
Slack-key guitar (kihoalu) – Hawaiian form invented by retuning open strings on a guitar
Slängpolska
Slide
Slowcore
Sludge metal – A subgenre of heavy metal with slow-tuned tempos, abrasive distortion and harsh vocals
Smooth jazz
Soca
Soft rock
Son cubano
Son montuno – Cuban folk music
Son nica – Nicaraguan folk music
Son-batá (batá rock)
Songo – a mixture of changuí and son montuno
Songo-salsa – a mixture of songo, hip hop and salsa
Sophisti-pop
Šoti barokkmuusika
Šoti muusika
Soukous
Soul blues
Soul jazz
Soul music – form of African-American music with elements of gospel and doo-wop
Southern Gospel
Southern Harmony
Southern hip hop
Southern metal
Southern rock
Southern soul
Space age pop
Space disco
Space music
Space rock
Spectralism
Speed garage
Speed metal
Speedcore
Spirituals
Spouge – Barbadian folk music
Sprechgesang
Square dance
St. Louis blues
Steelband
Stoner metal
Stoner rock
Straight edge
Strathspeys
Stride
String – 1980s Thai pop music
Haqibah – Sudanese a cappella music
Sufi music
Suite
Sunshine pop
Suomirock
Super Eurobeat
Surf music
Surf ballads
Surf instrumental
Surf pop
Surf rock
Süüria pop muusika - pop, folk and dance music informed by traditional Assyrian styles.
Swamp blues
Swamp pop
Swamp rock
Swing music
Sygyt – type of xoomii (Tuva throat singing), likened to the sound of whistling
Symphonic black metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic poem
Symphonic rock
Symphony
Synthpop
Synthwave (1980s genre)
Synthwave (2000s genre)

T

T'ong guitar – acoustic guitar pop music of Korea
Taarab
Tai tu – Vietnamese chamber music
Taiwanese pop – early Taiwanese pop music influenced by enka and popular with older listeners
Talempong – a distinct Minangkabau gamelan music
Talking blues
Tambito – Folk music style from Costa Rica and Panama
Tamborito – Folk music style from Panama
Tambu – music genre and dance form, found on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao
Tamburitza
Tamil Christian keerthanai – Christian devotional lyrics in Tamil
Táncház – Hungarian dance music
Tango – Argentine popular music that spread internationally in the 1920s
Tanguk – a form of Korean court music that includes elements of Chinese music
Elevator music – comfortable and soothing music designed for and played in shopping malls, usually elevators therein, to create a sense of ambience and comfort
Tappa
Taquirari – traditional music and dance from Santa Cruz Bolivia
Taqwacore
Tarana – form of vocal music from northern India using highly rhythmic nonsense syllables
Tarantella
Taranto
Tech House
Tech Trance
Technical death metal
Technical metal
Techno
Technoid
Techstep
Techtonik
Tecno brega
Teen pop – A subgenre of pop music targeted towards pre-teen and teenage listeners
Tejano music or "Tex-Mex", sometimes confused with norteño
Tembang sunda – Sundanese sung free verse poetry
Texas blues
Theme music
Thillana – form of vocal music from South India using highly rhythmic nonsense syllables
Third Stream – jazz and classical music fusion style.
Third Wave Ska
Thirty-two-bar form
Thrash metal – A heavy metal subgenre known for its fast tempos, screaming vocals, extended guitar solos and aggressive lyrics.
Thrashcore
Thumri – a type of popular Hindustani vocal music
Tibetan pop – pop music heavily influenced by Chinese forms, emerging in the 1980s
Tientos – style of organ music from the 15th century in Spain
Timbila – form of folk music in Mozambique
Tin Pan Alley
Tinku – traditional music and dance from Potosi Bolivia
Toeshey – Tibetan dance music
Togaku
Tondero – folk music style from Peru
Nordic folk dance – upbeat style of Nordic folk
Traditional pop music
Trallalero – Genoese urban songs
Trance
Trap-muusika
Tribal house
Trikitixa – Basque accordion music
Trip hop
Trival
tropical house - A mix of reggae and house sounds originated in the late 2000s
Tropical music – Música tropical
Tropicalia
Tropipop
Truck-driving country
Chastushka – humorous and fast-paced Russian and Ukrainian folk music
Tšellorokk – rock music that incorporates cellos
Tumba
Turbo-folk – aggressive form of modernized Serbian music
Turkish Music
Turntablism
Kargyraa – deep, growling form of Tuvan throat singing
Khoomei – soft, droning form of Tuvan throat singing
Xoomii (khoomii, hoomii) – a type of Tuvan throat singing
Tuvan throat-singing
Twee pop
Jazz blues – fusion of jazz and blues music
Twist (also a dance style, early 1960s)

U

UK garage
UK hard house
Hard house – fusion of hardstyle and house music
UK hardcore
Ülistuslaulud
Unblack metal (also known as Christian black metal)
Underground music
Uplifting Trance
Urban Cowboy
Uus Viini koolkond

V

Free improvisation – completely uncontrolled improvisation
Vallenato – accordion-based Colombian folk music
Ancient – music created in the early stages of literate cultures.
Vaporwave
Verbunkos – Hungarian folk music
Verismo
Vidala
Vidalita
Video game music – Melodic music as defined by its media.
Viking metal
Villanella – 16th century Neapolitan songs
Visual Kei - Japanese music scene, created around the 1980s
Visual music
Vocal house
Vocal jazz
Vocal music
Vocaloid
Volksmusik
German folk – any folk music performed by Germans
Vomitstep - Electronic subgenre popularized by the artist Snails

W

Waila (chicken scratch) – a Tohono O'odham fusion of polka, norteño and Native American music
Wangga – Australian aboriginal music genre
Warabe uta
Wassoulou
Were music
West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music which originates in the westernmost region of the United States
Western blues
Western swing
Witch house
Wizard rock
Women's music or womyn's music, wimmin's music—1970s lesbian/feminist
Wong shadow – 1960s Thai pop music
Street bass
Wonky
Wood Sounds of organic synthesis recorded on organic medium such as tape.
World music
Worldbeat

X

Xhosa music
Xote – is a Brazilian music genre and dance for pairs or groups of four.
Yass – a style of Polish jazz music from the 1980s and 1990s.

Y

Z

Zajal
Zamacueca – Peruvian folk dance of African origins and precursor of Zamba
Zamba – Argentinian folk dance and music genre
Zamrock
Zapin – derived from ancient Arabic music, zapin is popular throughout Malaysia
Zarzuela – a form of Spanish operetta
Zef – South African music based in both rap & rave
Zeibekiko – Greek Dance 9/8 Rytmus
Zeuhl
Ziglibithy
Zouglou
Zouk – French Caribbean (Guadeloupean) dance music
Zouklove – Guadeloupean Music
Zulu music
Zydeco – popular Louisianan Creole music

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