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Ballroom dance music: pasodoble, cha cha cha and others. Vogue (dance) Children's music. Dance music. Slow dance. Drug use in music. Incidental music or music for stage and screen: music written for the score of a film, play, musicals, or other spheres, such as filmi, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes and others.
Art rock – rock music made purposefully to bring the genre to artistic heights. Ashik – music performed by mystic or traveling Turkish, Azerbaijan, Georgian, Armenian, and Iranian bands, using vocals and the saz, performed since ancient times. Assyrian folk/pop music – pop, folk and dance music informed by traditional Assyrian styles.
Music genre. 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. [ 2]
In summary, genre is a broader term and often refers to the overall style, structure, cultural context, or purpose of the music. For example, a rondo is based on alternation between familiar and novel sections (e.g. ABACA structure); a mazurka is defined by its distinctive meter and rhythm ; a nocturne is based on the mood it creates, required ...
Street pop, or street hop, is an experimental, hybrid rap genre that blends Nigerian street music, Nigerian hip hop, Afrobeats and pop with African and Western electronic dance music elements like gqom. It features uptempo beats, including slower-paced beats and variation styles. The genre combines Western and Nigerian pop influences to create ...
F. List of European folk music traditions. List of Oceanic and Australian folk music traditions. List of Asian folk music traditions. List of Caribbean folk music traditions. List of Central American folk music traditions. List of North American folk music traditions. List of South American folk music traditions.
The most popular genres of music rank differently throughout the world. However, there are also very niche genres of music. For example, in Canada the most popular niche genre of music is video game soundtracks. In Sweden, black metal is a niche genre of music. In South India, Carnatic is a niche genre of music people enjoy listening to.
This category has the following 42 subcategories, out of 42 total. Microgenres (3 C, 28 P) Music genres by theme (1 C, 2 P) Musical subgenres by genre (57 C) Music genres by century (6 C) Music genres by period (4 C) Musical genres by region (7 C)