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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.
Ballata – 13th–15th century Italian musical and poetic form based on an AbbaA structure that acted as a form of dance music. Ballet – a specific style of French classical music created to accompany the ballet dance. Baltimore club – a music style originated from Baltimore that combines hip hop music, breakbeat, and house music.
Concerto grosso – Form in which the musical material is passed between a small group of soloists and full orchestra. Concerto da camera – Concerto with the character of a dance suite, introduced by a prelude. Concerto da chiesa – Concerto with formal character and alternating slow and fast movements. Solo concerto – Concerto for a ...
Synth-pop – a style of new wave music and a form of electronic music that centers on the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. Originally an intentionally cold-sounding genre, later synth-pop artists incorporated elements of pop music into it, resulting in a more upbeat sound.
List of styles of music: A–F; List of styles of music: G–M; List of styles of music: N–R; List of styles of music: S–Z-List of ID3v1 genres * List of microgenres;
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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Musica reservata – Style in a cappella vocal music of the latter half of the 16th century. Musical repertoire – Collection of music pieces played by an individual musician or ensemble, composed for a particular instrument or group of instruments, voice, or choir, or from a particular period or area.