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List of music genres and styles

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.

Classical
Andalusian classical musicIndian classical musicKorean court musicPersian classical musicKurdish classical musicOttoman music (Classical Turkish music) • Western classical musicEarly musicMedieval music (500–1400) • Ars antiqua (1170–1310) • Ars nova (1310–1377) • Ars subtilior (1360–1420) • Renaissance music (1400–1600) • Common practice period (1600-1900) • Baroque music (1600–1750) • Galant music (1720–1770) • Classical period (1750–1820) • Romantic music (1780–1910) • 20th and 21st-centuries classical music (1900–present): • Modernism (1890–1930) • Impressionism (1875 or 1890–1925) • Neoclassicism (1920–1950) • High modernism (1930–present) • Postmodern music (1930–present) • Experimental music (1950–present) • Contemporary classical music (1945 or 1975–present) • Minimal music == Popular ==
Popular
Avant-garde & experimental Acoustic musicAvant-garde musicCrossover musicDanger musicDrone musicElectroacousticIndustrial musicInstrumentalLo-fiMusical improvisationMusique concrèteNoiseOutsider musicProgressive musicPsychedelic musicUnderground music Blues Country Electronic Folk Hip-hop Jazz Pop R&B & soul Rock Metal Punk == Regional ==
Regional
African Antarctica Nunatak (band) Asian Middle Eastern Arabic musicArabic pop musicFann at-TanburaFijiriKhalijiLiwaKurdish folkHayranDengbêjKurdish maqamMusic of IsraelPersian traditional musicSawtMusic of TurkeyTurkish folk musicGypsy music Australasia & Oceania Australian folk musicAustralian hip-hopIndigenous music of AustraliaMusic of HawaiiMusic of New ZealandMāori musicKapa hakaMusic of PolynesiaMusic of Samoa European Latin & South American North American ==Religious==
Religious
BuddhistChristianHinduIslamicJewishNative AmericanNeopaganRastafarianShintoSikhTaoistZoroastrian == Traditional folk ==
Traditional folk
Other
A cappellaBarbershop musicCollegiate a cappellaBallroom dance music: pasodoble, cha cha cha and others • Vogue (dance)Bedroom productionChildren's musicClassic hip-hopComputer musicHyperpopInternet memeDance musicSlow danceDrug use in musicIncidental 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 • Independent musicMulti-instrumentalistBassistDrummerPercussionFound object (music)GuitaristPianistKeyboardistOne-man bandLGBT music • Patriotic music: military music, marches, national anthems, War songs and related compositions • Martial industrialList of war metal bands • Regional and national music with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when it is a version of an international genre, such as: traditional music, oral traditions, sea shanties, work songs, nursery rhymes, Arabesque and indigenous music. In North America and Western Europe, regional and national genres that are not from the Western world are sometimes classified as world music. • Theatre musicVirtuosoYodeling These categories are not exhaustive. 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). Most of these genres were created by music labels to target new audiences, however classification is useful to find music and distribute it. ==See also==
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