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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.
Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles such as rock, urban, dance, Latin, and country. Below is a list of styles of pop music.
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.
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 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)
Pop music. Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. [ 4] During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. Rock and pop music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ...
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.
Ambient pop – a style of dream pop with heavy ambient influence that developed in the 1980s. Ambient techno – a fusion of techno and ambient music. Ambrosian chant – plainsong used during the Ambrosian rite. American folk music – folk music developed in the United States.