Music Genres & Styles
32 entries in the Music Genres & Styles compendium.
KirtanA call-and-response devotional chant from Indian religious traditions.KlezmerInstrumental music tradition of Ashkenazi Jews from Central and Eastern Europe.Latin popPop music in Spanish or Portuguese, enriched by Latin and Iberian traditions.LiedA German term for setting poetry to music, often synonymous with art song.Light musicA lighter form of Western classical music emphasizing melody.Lo-fi musicA music style embracing recording imperfections as aesthetic choice.Lounge musicEasy listening music evoking tranquil themes and retro space age.MandopopMandopop is Mandarin-language popular music originating from 1930s Shanghai.March (music)A musical genre with strong rhythm, originally for military marching.Medieval musicFirst and longest major era of Western classical music.Minimal musicMinimal music uses limited materials to focus on listening.Modernism (music)A period of innovation and linguistic plurality in music.New-age musicA genre defined by intent, not instruments.New wave musicPop-oriented genre branching from punk, popularized by MTV.Noise musicExperimental music using unwanted noise as a primary element.Novelty songNovelty songs are popular music's most disposable art form.Tango musicTango music originated among European immigrants in Argentina and Uruguay.TechnoA Detroit-born electronic genre emphasizing rhythm and technology.Theme musicMusical compositions for radio, TV, games, and films.Thrash metalAggressive, fast-tempo heavy metal subgenre emerging in the early 1980s.Traditional music of KoreaTraditional Korean music spans millennia, from shamanistic rituals to court performances.Traditional popPre–rock and roll Western popular music and its enduring standards.Trance musicThe hypnotic pulse of electronic dance music, born in Frankfurt and spreading worldwide.Trap musicA hip-hop subgenre originating in the Southern United States.Video game musicThe soundtracks that accompany video games, from chiptune origins to dynamic adaptive scores.World musicA marketing category for non-Western traditional music.Balkan musicComplex rhythms and Romani brass from southeastern Europe.Bhangra (dance)Traditional Punjabi folk dance performed at harvest festivals.AfrofuturismA cultural aesthetic exploring Black futures through technology and speculation.BaroqueA Western artistic style flourishing from the early 1600s to 1750s.Avant-gardeExperimental art challenging established norms and advocating societal reform.YodelingA vocal technique of rapid pitch changes between chest and head registers, used worldwide.
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