[{"n": "Music genre", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/music-genre/", "s": "Conventional category for shared musical traditions."}, {"n": "Music of Africa", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/music-of-africa/", "s": "African music is highly rhythmic, communal, and passed through oral tradition."}, {"n": "Music of China", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/music-of-china/", "s": "Chinese music blends ancient traditions with global influences."}, {"n": "Musical theatre", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/musical-theatre/", "s": "A theatrical form integrating song, dialogue, acting and dance."}, {"n": "Opera", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/opera/", "s": "Western theatre where music is fundamental and singers take dramatic roles."}, {"n": "Orchestra", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/orchestra/", "s": "Large instrumental ensemble central to classical and romantic music."}, {"n": "Peking opera", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/peking-opera/", "s": "Dominant form of Chinese opera blending music, dance, and acrobatics."}, {"n": "Ragtime", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/ragtime/", "s": "A syncopated piano style that shaped early American popular music."}, {"n": "Rapping", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/rapping/", "s": "Rhythmic vocal delivery central to hip-hop music."}, {"n": "Reggae", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/reggae/", "s": "Music genre originating in Jamaica in the late 1960s."}, {"n": "Rhythm and blues", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/rhythm-and-blues/", "s": "A genre originating in African American communities in the 1940s."}, {"n": "Rock and roll", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/rock-and-roll/", "s": "Genre of popular music evolving in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s."}, {"n": "Rock music", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/rock-music/", "s": "Genre originating in 1940s–50s U.S., blending blues, R&B, and country."}, {"n": "Salsa music", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/salsa-music/", "s": "Salsa is a dance music style rooted in Caribbean and Latin traditions."}, {"n": "Samba", "u": "/e/musical-forms-and-genres/samba/", "s": "Broad term for rhythms originating in Afro-Brazilian communities of Bahia."}]