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This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories.
Templates dedicated specifically to music genres as a type of music. To find other topics sorted by genre (such as musicians, groups, instruments) see Category:Music by genre templates . The pages listed in this category are meant to be navigation templates.
Template: Popular music. ... Print/export Download as PDF; ... List of popular music genres; Template documentation. See also {{Classical music}}
Avant-garde music – music considered to be ahead of its time, often using new, unusual, or experimental elements, or fusing pre-existing genres. Avant-garde jazz – an avant-garde style of jazz made purposefully to challenge the conventions of the genre; related and originally synonymous with free jazz , avant-garde jazz still maintains some ...
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. [1] Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.
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