enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of music genres and styles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_genres_and...

    A music platform, Gracenote, listed more than 2000 music genres (included by those created by ordinary music lovers, who are not involved within the music industry, these being said to be part of a 'folksonomy', i.e. a taxonomy created by non-experts).

  3. List of styles of music: A–F - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_styles_of_music:_A–F

    Acid jazz – a psychedelic music genre that combines elements of jazz, soul music, funk, and disco. Acid rock – a harder style of psychedelic rock, characterized by long instrumental solos, few (if any) lyrics and musical improvisation. Acid techno – a style of techno that developed out of acid house.

  4. Music genre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

  5. List of electronic music genres - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_electronic_music_genres

    This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [1]

  6. Styles of pop music - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styles_of_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. [1] The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles.

  7. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_genres

    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 ...

  8. Genre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre

    A music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. [11] It is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style , although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably.

  9. List of rock genres - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_genres

    This is a list of rock music genres consisting of subgenres of popular music that have roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, and which developed into a distinct identity as rock music in the 1960s, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom. [1]