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Regional and national music with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when it is a version of an international genre, such as: traditional music, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque and indigenous music.
Obscuro; Obikhod – a collection of liturgical chants used by the Russian Orthodox Church; tends to be polyphonic.; Oi! – 1980s style of British punk rock. Old-school hip hop – a term for hip hop music recorded before approximately 1984; this style tended to have simpler rapping techniques with lyrics that generally focused on party-related subject matter, resulting in songs that are much ...
Ars antiqua – European music from the Late Middle Ages, which advanced concepts of rhythm. Ars nova – a style of French music from the Late Middle Ages, rejected fiercely by the Catholic Church. Ars subtilior – a style of French music from the Late Middle Ages. Art pop – pop music made purposefully to bring the genre to artistic heights.
List of Caribbean music genres; List of classical music genres; ... Middle Eastern and North African music traditions; P. Styles of pop music; Punk rock subgenres; R.
Works about music genres (10 C, 1 P) C. Classical and art music traditions (13 C, 45 P) Contemporary music (17 C, 16 P) D. Dance music (6 C, 13 P) E. Experimental ...
Ancient music genres (6 P) B. Genres of Byzantine music (31 P) M. Medieval music genres (5 C, 40 P) R. Renaissance music genres (4 P)
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 ...
This is a list of genres of literature and entertainment (film, television, music, and video games), excluding genres in the visual arts.. Genre is the term for any category of creative work, which includes literature and other forms of art or entertainment (e.g. music)—whether written or spoken, audio or visual—based on some set of stylistic criteria.