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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.
Category: Musical subgenres by genre. 31 languages. ... Gamelan ensembles and genres (1 C, 23 P) Gospel music genres (4 C, 10 P) Gothic music genres (8 C, 8 P) H.
Calypso music – a Trinidadian popular music genre inspired by both African (via Kaiso) and French styles and is known for its lyrics dealing with the racist oppression of native Trinidadians at the time. Calypso-style baila – a fusion of baila and calypso. Campursari – Indonesian fusion genre, combining several folk styles with pop music ...
List of hardcore punk subgenres; Heavy metal genres; List of hip-hop genres; Styles of house music; I. List of industrial music genres; J. List of jazz genres; L.
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса
Toggle Geographic genres subsection. 2.1 By country. 2.2 By continent or other international region. 2.3 By province, region or other sub-national entity. 2.3.1 Algeria.
The term genre is generally defined similarly by many authors and musicologists, while the related term style has different interpretations and definitions. Some, like Peter van der Merwe, treat the terms genre and style as the same, saying that genre should be defined as pieces of music that share a certain style or "basic musical language". [7]
This is a list of musical genres within the context of classical music, organized according to the corresponding periods in which they arose or became common. Various terms can be used to classify a classical music composition, mainly including genre, form , compositional technique and style.