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List of cultural and regional genres of music - Definition and Overview |
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Cultural genres
By race, ethnicity or origin
- Afrikaner
- Afro-Caribbean
- African American: blues, gospel, soul, funk, jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip hop
- Ainu: yukar
- Andean: nueva cancion
- Arab: classical Arab music, rai, sout, gnawa, al-jil, chaabi
- Ashkenazi Jewish: klezmer
- Australian Aborigine: didgeridoo, Aboriginal rock
- Basque: trikitrixa, bersolari, shawm and drum, fasil, raks, calgia
- Bedouin: zajal
- Berber
- Blackfoot
- Cajun and Louisiana Creole: la la, juré, zydeco, swamp pop
- Celtic: jig, reel, strathspey, hornpipe
- Ewe
- Garifuna: punta, paranda, brukdown
- Gypsy: flamenco
- Hausa
- Igbo
- Immigrants to Australia
- Immigrants to the United States
- Indian-British
- Inuit: katajjaq
- Irish-American
- Jamaican-British
- Jewish: piyyutim, klezmer
- Kurd
- Latino-American
- Latino: bossa nova, mariachi, punta, nueva cancion, Latin jazz, salsa, norteño, corridos, chachachá, tango, rumba, conga, merengue, calypso, mambo, conjunto, Latin rock, rock en espanol, nueva trova, bomba, plena, cumbia, llanera, zouk, lambada, choro, forró, vallenato
- Maori: kapa haka, waiata
- Native American and First Nations: chicken scratch, pow-wow, peyote song
- Nordic: pols, polska, runo, Scandinavian death metal, Finnish opera
- Palestinian: dabka, dalauna, meyjana
- Pedo
- Pygmy: hindewhu
- Russian
- Sami: joik
- Sephardic Jewish: Eastern Tradition, Western Tradition
- Sotho
- Tamil
- Yoruba
- Zulu
By religion
- Buddhism: shomyo
- Christianity: hymns, spirituals, Gregorian chant, wedding music, requiem, gospel, CCM
- Hare Krishna
- Hinduism: kriti, dhrupad, bhajan, dhamar
- Judaism: piyyutim, klezmer
- Latter-Day Saints
- Islam
- Native American religion: peyote song
- Rastafarianism: reggae, dub
- Shintoism: kagura
- Sikhism
- Zoroastrianism
See also: Music of the Vatican City
By language
- English
- Esperanto
- French
- Portuguese: fado, samba, Angolan merengue, semba, bossa nova, choro, lambada, MPB, baila, timbila, gumbe, marrabenta, morna
Geographic genres
By country
- Afghanistan: klasik, rubab
- Albania: llautë, çifteli, kaba
- Algeria: rai, rabaab, sha-bii, hawzii, nuubaat
- Andorra: contrapàs, marratxa
- Angola: kilapanda, kizomba, Angolan merengue, rebita, semba
- Antigua and Barbuda: steeldrum
- Argentina: rock nacional, milónga, chamamé, cuarteto, tango
- Armenia: duduk
- Australia: Australian rock, Australian hip hop, kun-borrk, wangga, karma, didgeridoo, bunggul
- Austria: schrammelmusik, Baroque music
- Azerbaijan: mugam
- Bahamas: junkanoo, goombay
- Bahrain: sawt, khaleeji
- Bangladesh
- Barbados: spouge, calypso, soca
- Belarus: skomorokhs, znamennogo, partesnoe
- Belgium: Belgian hip hop
- Belize: brukdown, punta
- Benin: tchinkoumé, tchink-system
- Bhutan: rigsar, zhungdra and boedra
- Bolivia: huayno, canto nuevo, nueva canción, lambada
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: sevdalinka
- Botswana
- Brazil: choro, bossa nova, fricote, carimbó, MPB, boi, maracatú, forró, lambada, samba
- Brunei: Aduk-Aduk, jipin, adai-adai, benari
- Bulgaria: gaida, kaval
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia: pinpeat orchestra, kantrum, jamrieng samai
- Cameroon: makossa
- Canada: rock and roll, folk music, country music
- Cape Verde: morna
- Central African Republic: mbela
- Chad
- Chile: nueva canción, canto nuevo
- China: shidaiqu, qin, baisha xiyue, hua-er, Nanguan ballad, chuigushou, Chinese rock, Cantopop
- Colombia: cumbia, porro, vallenato, mísica del interior, bambuco, champeta, Colombian salsa
- Comoros: twarab, variet
- Congo-Kinsasha: kwassa kwassa, soukous, rumba
- Congo-Brazzaville: makossa, soukous
- Costa Rica: calypso, marimba
- Côte d'Ivoire: gbébé, dopé, laba laba, polihet, rap dogba, zouglou, ziglibithy
- Croatia: tamburitza, gusle
- Cuba: son, son montuno, conga, rumba, punto, changuí, Cuban hip hop, música campesina, batá, nueva trova, timba, Latin jazz, conga, guajira, guaracha, mozambique, bolero, chachachá, charanga, habanera, salsa, songa
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic: polka, bluegrass, trampská hudba, cimbalom
- Denmark: pols, fanik
- Djibouti: balwo
- Dominica: bouyon
- Dominican Republic: merengue, gagá, bachata, salve
- East Timor: likurai
- Ecuador: marimba, bomba
- Egypt: al-jil
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea: bebon mvet
- Eritrea
- Estonia: runo-song, kannel
- Ethiopia: manzuma
- Fiji
- Finland: Finnish opera, runo, joik
- France: hurdygurdy, motete, minuet, gwerz, Breton pipes, bal-musette, cabaret, chanson, French hip hop
- Gabon
- Gambia: Afro-Manding blues
- Georgia (country) (orovela, krimanchuli
- Germany: Alpine New Wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, krautrock, stubenmusik, burger highlife, oom-pah, German hip hop
- Ghana: highlife
- Greece: rembétiko, Sephardic music, laïkó, Greek hip hop
- Grenada
- Guatemala:
- Guinea:
- Guinea-Bissau: gumbe, brosca, kussundé, kundere, djambadon, tina, tinga, calibash
- Guyana
- Haiti: ra-ra, minijazz, menwat, compas direct, cadence rampa, méringue
- Honduras: guancasco
- Hungary: verbunkos, nota, csárdás
- Iceland: rímur, Icelandic hip hop
- India: filmi, Carnatic music, khyal, kriti, dhrupad, Asian Underground, Dandiya, tarana, thillana, indo jazz, bhajan, Sugama Sangeetha, sitar, tabla, thumri, ghazal, bhangra
- Indonesia: gamelan, kebyar, jegog, joged bumbung, kroncong, langgam jawa, gandrung, kecak, qasidah modern, dangdut, jaipongan, angklung, kecapi suling, gambus, tapanuli ogong, tembang sunda
- Iran: Iranian pop, musiqi-e assil
- Iraq: oud, rebab
- Ireland: sean nós
- Israel: Sephardic music, klezmer, Yemenite Jewish music
- Italy: opera, Italian hip hop, Sardinian polyphonic singing, tarantella, canzone napoletana, ottava rima, trallalero, saltarello, neomelodici, Baroque music, tarantolati
- Ivory Coast (see Music of Côte d'Ivoire)
- Jamaica: mento, ska, reggae, dub, lovers rock, raggamuffin, dancehall
- Japan: gagaku, togaku, Group Sounds, ryukoka, shoka, kayokyoku, gunka, kawachi ondo, enka, J-pop, umui, shima uta, katcharsee, min'yo, sato kagura, yukar, biwa hoshi, shamisen, komagaku, saibara, shomyo, dodompa, Japanese hip hop
- Jordan: zajal
- Kazakhstan: akyn, qobuz, dombra
- Kenya: taarab, benga, Swahili sound, Congolese sound, Kikuyu pop, rurubene
- Kiribati: te kainikamaen
- Korea: (North and South): ppongtchak, Norae Undong, pansori, hyangak, aak, tangak, sanjo, nongak, Korean hip hop, sinawi, chongak, t'ong guitar
- Kuwait: sawt, (khaleeji)
- Kyrgyzstan: manaschi, komuz
- Laos: khaen, khaplam wai, lam nu, lam ploen, lam saravane, mor lam sing, lam luang
- Latvia: daina, kokle
- Lebanon
- Lesotho: lekolulo, thomo, setolo-tolo
- Liberia
- Libya: masoud, Arab classical music, huda
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania: rateliai, daino
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia: calgia, gajda
- Malawi: guitar-and-banjo duos, kwela, afroma, kwasa kwasa
- Malaysia: silat, zapin, ronggeng, kertok
- Maldives: boduberu, thaara, Gaa odi lava, langiri, bolimalaafath neshun
- Mali: wassoulou
- Malta: l-ghana
- Marshall Islands: beet
- Mauritania: Al-bayda, Al-kahla, l'-gnaydiya
- Mauritius: seggae, sega
- Mexico: jarochos, jaliscienses, mariachi, Mexican son, Mexican hip hop, cumbia, norteño, son huasteco, abajeños, istmeños, arpa grande, calentanos, corridos, ranchera, arribeño
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia: long-song, pop mop, horse-head fiddle, Tuvan throat-singing
- Morocco: chaabi, Sephardic music, gnawa
- Mozambique: marrabenta
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal: panchai baja, light music
- Netherlands: Nederpop, Dutch hip hop, gabber, Indo-rock
- New Zealand: waiata, haka, Kiwi rock, kapahaka
- Nicaragua: marimba
- Niger
- Nigeria: apala, Igbo highlife, Yo-pop, Afrobeat, fuji, juju
- Norway: wind music, fiddle, Scandinavian death metal
- Oman
- Pakistan: qawwali, tarana
- Palau
- Panama: mejorana, punto, amanojã, atravesao, tamborito
- Papua New Guinea: singsing, bamboo band
- Paraguay
- Peru: charango, chicha, musica criolla, huayno, Andean New Age
- Philippines: kundiman, Pinoy rock, Manila sound, Filipino hip hop
- Poland: polka, Polish hip hop, mazurka, klezmer
- Portugal: fado
- Qatar
- Romania: doina
- Russia: Tuvan throat-singing
- Rwanda: ikinimba
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa: pate, fala
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe: tchiloli, danço-congo, puxa
- Saudi Arabia: khaleeji
- Senegal: mbalax, sabar, hip hop
- Serbia and Montenegro: novokomponovana narodni muzika, turbo-folk, kolo
- Seychelles: contombley, montea
- Sierra Leone: palm wine
- Singapore
- Slovakia: cardas, fujara
- Slovenia: polka, oberkrainer
- Solomon Islands: panpipe, bamboo band
- Somalia: batar
- South Africa: iscathamiya, kwela, marabi, mbaqanga, township jive, South African jazz
- Spain: flamenco, Spanish hip hop, Sephardic music
- Sri Lanka: baila
- Sudan: haqibah, riq
- Suriname: kaseko
- Swaziland
- Sweden: spelmanslag, polska, waltz, Scandinavian death metal, Swedish hip hop, Europop, kulning, säckpipa, nyckelharpa
- Switzerland: Appenzell quartet, dialect rock raga rock, Swiss hip hop, Alpine New Wave, yodelling
- Syria: classical Arab music, muwashshah
- Taiwan: quguan, Taiwanese pop, New Taiwanese Song, bayin, shan'ge, tea-picking opera, budaixi, yueqin, gezaixi
- Tajikistan: shashmaqam, falak
- Tanzania: taarab, ngoma, muziki wa dansi, hip hop
- Thailand: mor lam, pleng phua cheewit, string, luk grung, wong shadow, khruang sai, piphat, pleng Thai sakorn, luk thung, kantrum
- Togo
- Tonga: lali, hiva usa
- Trinidad and Tobago: lavway, leggos, calypso, soca, parang, pan, chutney, rapso, steeldrum
- Tunisia: malouf
- Turkey: Ottoman classical music, Sephardic music, Turkish hip hop, arabesk, Anatolian rock, Sufi-Mevlevi music, tavern
- Turkmenistan: bakshy, dutar
- Tuvalu: kupu, fakanau, fakaseasea
- Uganda: kadongo kamu
- Ukraine: bandura
- United Arab Emirates: khaleeji
- United Kingdom: heavy metal, electronic music, Britpop, British rock, dream pop, synth pop, folk-rock, psychedelic rock, punk rock, progressive rock, New Wave of British heavy metal, lovers rock, New Wave music, two-tone, drum and bass, twee pop, space rock, shoegazing, trip hop, jungle, British blues, British hip hop, Oi!, folk
- United States: American rock and roll, jazz, country music, psychedelic rock, gospel, rockabilly, doo wop, soul, CCM, heavy metal, punk rock, bluegrass, hillbilly music, honkytonk, slack-key guitar, Western swing, salsa, hip hop, jug band, folk-rock, grunge, hardcore punk, klezmer, zydeco, blues, house music, techno
- Uruguay: candombe, tango, murga
- Uzbekistan: shashmaqam
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela: llanera, calipso
- Vietnam: quan họ, hát tuồng, hát chèo, cải lương, nhac toc cai bien, hát chầu văn, ca trù
- Western Sahara
- Yemen: Yemenite Jewish music
- Zambia: Zam-rock
- Zimbabwe: chimurenga, jit
By continent or other international region
- Africa: African hip hop, rai, highlife, Fuji music, mbalax, milo jazz, kwela, mbaqanga, mbube, Afropop, taarab, jit, juju, benga, makossa, rumba, kwassa kwassa, soukous, jive
- Arabia
- Caribbean: junkanoo, reggae, dub, salsa, merengue, bouyon, charanga, chutney, steelpan, zouk, biguine, spouge, cadence rampa, konpa direct, ska, mambo, rumba, salsa, son montuno, reggaeton, plena, bomba, calypso, areito, chachachá, soca
- Caucasus
- Central America: mariachi, calentanos, ranchera, paranda, brukdown, salsa, corridos, norteño, abajeños, son huasteco, istmeños, arpa grande, jaliscienses, arribeño, rock en espanol, jarochos, tamborito, Mexican son, cumbia, punta
- Central Asia: manaschi, bakshy, shashmaqam, akyn
- East Africa
- East Asia
- Eastern Europe
- Lesser Antilles: Combined rhythm, cadence-lypso, zouk, gwo ka, chouval bwa, tambour, biguine
- Melanesia
- Micronesia
- Middle East
- North Africa
- North America
- Northern Europe
- Polynesia: waiata, hula, lali, hiva usa, himene tarava, slack-key guitar, Imene tuki, imene metua, steel guitar
- South America
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Southern Europe
- West Africa
- Western Europe
By province, region or other sub-national entity
Australia
Austria
Bulgaria
Canada
Regions:
Provinces and Territories:
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
Overseas:
Finland
France
Overseas:
Germany
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Saxony
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Sorbia
- Swabia
Greece
India
Indonesia
Italy
- Calabria
- Campania
- Liguria
- Lombardy
- Piedmont
- Puglia
- Sardinia
- Sicily
- Tuscany
- Veneto
Japan
Malaysia
- Borneo
- Peninsular Malaysia
Mexico
- Chiapas
- Jalisco
- Oaxaca
- Veracruz
Netherlands
Overseas:
New Zealand
- North Island
- South Island
Overseas:
Philippines
Romania
- Dobrogea
- Moldavia
- Transylvania
- Wallachia
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Cities:
Regions:
- Channel Islands
- Cornwall
- England: morris dancing, Broadside ballad, border ballad, music hall, sea shanty, Punk, Oi!, Two Tone, folk, folk rock
- Essex
- Isle of Man
- Northern Ireland
- Kent
- Northumbria
- Scotland: acid croft, bagpipes
- Somerset
- Suffolk
- Wales: tympathau, eisteddfod
Overseas:
United States
Regions:
Cities:
States:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California: West Coast rap, death rock, Paisley Underground, hair metal, mariachi, psychedelic rock, surf, Bakersfield sound
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida: Miami bass, Miami sound
- Georgia
- Hawaii: steel guitar, slack-key guitar, hula
- Idaho
- Illinois: Chicago style (music), Chicago blues, House music
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky: Appalachian folk music, bluegrass, jug bands, country music
- Louisiana: zydeco, la la, juré, swamp pop, New Orleans jazz, New Orleans blues
- Maine
- Maryland: doo wop
- Massachusetts: punk rock, skinhead punk, alternative rock
- Michigan: Detroit sound, electronic music, Motown, punk rock, ghettotech, Detroit blues, funk, Motown, soul music
- Minnesota: alternative rock, Minneapolis sound
- Mississippi: blues
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska: Omaha sound
- Nevada: punk rock, lounge music
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York: East Coast rap, hip hop, salsa music, punk rock, Tin Pan Alley, stride, jazz
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio: punk rock, garage rock
- Oklahoma
- Oregon: hardcore punk
- Pennsylvania: Philadelphia soul, hip hop
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee: country music, Nashville Sound, honky-tonk
- Texas: norteño/Tex-Mex, punk rock, Texas blues, country music, Lubbock Sound
- Utah: Mormon folk music, Mormon pop
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington: twee pop, garage rock, grunge, riot grrl
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Overseas:
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