Zouk music or Zouk béton is a fast tempo style of rhythmic music originating from the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, popularized by the group Kassav in the 80s. The main source of zouk music is cadence/kadans which dominated the Antilles music scene during the early 1960s. Zouk music has African, European, and Caribbean musical roots. The word "zouk" means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the mazurka(mazouk), that was introduced to the French Caribbean in the 19th Century.

Elements of gwo ka, tambour, ti bwa and biguine vidé are prominent in zouk. The French Creole tongue of Martinique and Guadeloupe is an important element, and are a distinctive part of the music. In Africa, it is popular in francophone and lusophone countries. In Europe, it is particularly popular in France and in North America in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The band Kassav (formed in 1979 by Pierre-Edouard Décimus), who came from Guadeloupe and Martinique, gave zouk a pan-Caribbean sound by taking elements from compas, reggae, and salsa music, and became one of the most famous bands of the genre in the world. Décimus and Freddy Marshall decided to take carnival music and make it a more modern and polished style. Their first album, Love and Ka Dance (1980), established the sound of zouk. They continued to grow more popular, finally peaking in 1984 with Yélélé, which featured the international hit "Zouk-la-sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni" (zouk is the medicine unique). With this hit, zouk rapidly became the most widespread dance craze to hit Latin American in some time. With Kassav's popularity, Zouk became the most widespread dance to hit the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa. Zouk became known for wildly theatrical concerts featuring special effects spectacles, colorful costumes and outrageous antics.

Zouk music has thrilled and inspired millions of fans from around the world. The global influence of the genre like reggae remarkable considering its roots, music coming from small islands with small populations. The islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique together cover barely 1,000 square miles, and each is inhabited by just 400,000 residents. Zouk music is steeped in the complex history of the islands, one of unsurpassed beauty, colonization, political turmoil, and the abundant fusion of bits and pieces of African, European, and Caribbean cultures. Naturally, zouk itself is the product of a combination of musical influences.

The influence of zouk or compas music has been felt in Brazilian lambada and other Caribbean styles like, bouyon, soca and combined rhythm, as well as African styles such as soukous, zouglou, coupe-decale, and gumbe. Today you can often hear it mixed with Jamaican dancehall as well as popular music from India.

Kassav

Zouk Machine

Grammacks

Exile One

Edith Lefel

Francky Vincent

Gilles Floro

Jocelyne Béroard

Jocelyne Labylle

Joëlle Ursull

Patrick Saint-Éloi

Jade

Kaysha

Laureen

Les Déesses

Maléna

Michael

Princess Lover

Soumia

Suzanna Lubrano

Tess

Oh my! At least 3, and those then branch off into more.

There's rocksteady.

There's ska. And within ska (my fave) there's 1st wave ('60s), 2nd Wave (aka "2-tone" popular late '70s & early '80s) and a 3rd Wave that I'm not as familiar with.

Don't know much about rocksteady & what distinguishes it from reggae.

I'm mainly a 2-Tone ska lover.

Go to: reggae

1. 2 Unlimited - "No Limit"

2. a-ha - "Take On Me"

3. Anja - "Dance All Nite"

4. Bananarama - "Venus"

5. Black Eyed Peas - "Pump It"

6. Bollywood Rainbow - "Kurio ko uddah le jana"

7. Cee Lo Green - "Forget You"

8. Countdown Mix Masters - "What_are_the_songs_on_just_dance_3Liar"

9. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"

10. Danny Elfman - "This is Halloween"

11. Donna Summer - "I Feel Love"

12. Dr. Creole - "Baby Zouk"

13. Duck Sauce - "Barbra Streisand"

14. Girls Aloud - "Jump (For My Love)"

15. Groove Century - "Boogie Wonderland"

16. Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For"

17. Inspector Marceau - "The Master Blaster"

18. Janelle Monae - "Tightrope (Solo Version)"

19. Jessie J featuring B.o.B - "Price Tag"

20. Brahms by Just Dance Classical Orchestra - "Hungarian Dance No. 5"

21. Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls"

22. Kiss - "I Was Made For Lovin' You"

23. Konshens - "Jamaican Dance"

24. African Ladies - "Pata Pata"

25. Latino Sunset - "Mamasita"

26. Laura Bell Bundy - "Giddy On Up (Giddy On Out)"

27. Lena Meyer-Landrut - "Satellite"

28. LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - "Party Rock Anthem"

29. Madness - "Night Boat To Cairo"

30. MIKA - "Lollipop"

31. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland - "Promiscuous"

32. Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited"

33. Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

34. Reggaeton Explosion - "Boom"

35. Rita Mitsouko - "Marcia Baila"

36. Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - "Somethin' Stupid"

37. Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

38. Sweat Invaders - "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

39. Taio Cruz - "Dynamite"

40. The Buggles - "What_are_the_songs_on_just_dance_3Killed The Radio Star"

41. The Chemical Brothers - "Hey Boy Hey Girl"

42. The Girly Team - "Baby One More Time"

43. The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast - "Think"

44. The Sugarhill Gang - "Apache (Jump On It)"

45. Tommy Sparks - "She's Got Me Dancing"

46. Wilson Pickett - "Land of 1000 Dances"

This is all of them :-) xxx

"i don't know but i think firework by Katy perry"

Actually, "Firework" was a free download on JD2. They just announced today that JD3 is coming in October and some leaks suggest Black Eyed Peas and of course another Katy Perry song.

Song Artist Technique Effort Year Mode Time Choreographer(s) Airplanes (TE) B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams 2010 Solo ♂ Apache (Jump On It) [2] The Sugarhill Gang 1981 Solo ♂ Baby One More Time* [2] Britney Spears 1998 Quartet ♀/♀/♀/♀ Baby Zouk** [2] Dr. Creole ???? Barbra Streisand [2] Duck Sauce 1 3 2010 Solo ♀ Beautiful Liar* [2] Beyoncé featuringShakira 2007 Solo ♀ Boogie Wonderland* [2] Earth, Wind & Fire 2 2 1979 Quartet ♀/♂/♂/♀ Boom** [2] Reggaeton Explosion ???? California Gurls [2] Katy Perry featuringSnoop Dogg 2010 Solo ♀ Crazy Little Thing Called Love[2] Queen 1979 Duet ♀/♂ Da Funk [2] Daft Punk 1995 Duet -/- Dance All Nite [2] Anja ???? Solo ♀ Dynamite [2] Taio Cruz 2 2 2010 Quartet ♂/♀/♀/♂ E.T (BBE) Katy Perry featuringKanye West 2011 Solo ♀ Forget You [2] Cee Lo Green 2010 Solo ♂ Giddy On Up [2] Laura Bell Bundy 1 1 2010 Solo ♀ Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)* [2] C+C Music Factoryfeaturing Freedom Williams 1990 Solo ♂ Hey Boy Hey Girl [2] The Chemical Brothers 1999 Solo ♂ Hungarian Dance No. 5* [2] Johannes Brahms 1950 I Feel Love [2] Donna Summer 1977 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' [2] Scissor Sisters 2006 Solo ♀ I'm So Excited [2] The Pointer Sisters 1982 I Was Made for Lovin' You [2] KISS 1 2 1979 Quartet ♂/♂/♀/♂ Jamaican Dance** [2] Konshens ???? Jump (For My Love) [2] Girls Aloud 2003 Kurio ko uddah le jana** [2] Bollywood Rainbow ???? Duet ♀/♂ Land of 1000 Dances [2] Wilson Pickett 1966 Solo - Lollipop [2] Mika 2007 Solo ♀ Mamasita** [2] Latino Sunset ???? Marcia Baïla*** [2] Rita Mitsouko 1985 Night Boat to Cairo [2] Madness 1979 Quartet -/-/-/- No Limit [2] 2 Unlimited 2 3 1993 Duet ♀/♂ Only Girl (In the World) (TE) Rihanna 2010 Solo ♀ Party Rock Anthem [2] LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock 1 2 2011 Solo ♂ Pata Pata * [2] Miriam Makeba 1967 Price Tag [2] Jessie J featuring B.o.B 2011 Solo ♀ Promiscuous [2] Nelly Furtado featuringTimbaland 2006 Duet ♀/♂ Pump It [2] The Black Eyed Peas 2 3 2006 Solo ♂ Satellite*** [2] Lena 2010 Solo ♀ She's Got Me Dancing [2] Tommy Sparks 1 2 2009 Solo ♂ Somethin' Stupid [2] Robbie Williams featuringNicole Kidman 2001 Spectronizer** ??? ???? Quartet ♀/♂/♂/♂ Take On Me [2] A-ha 1 3 1985 Solo ♂ Teenage Dream (BBE) Katy Perry 2010 Solo ♀ The Master Blaster** [2] Inspector Marceau ???? Think** [2] The London Theatre Orchestra & Cast ???? This Is Halloween [2] Danny Elfman 1993 Tightrope (Solo Version) [2] Janelle Monáe 2010 Solo ♀ Venus [2] Bananarama 1986 Video Killed the Radio Star [2] The Buggles 1979 Solo - What You Waiting For? [2]
Gwen Stefani 1 1 2004 Solo ♀

• A "*" Indicates that the song is a cover version, not the original.
• A "**" Indicates that the song is unknown.
• A "***" Indicates that the song is an Europe exclusive
• A "(BBE)" Indicates that its a Best Buy Exclusive
• A "(TE)" Indicates that its a Target Exclusive

TrEnD oF MuSiC iN cOfFeE ShOpS The trend of coffee shops in Pakistan is getting popularity day by day. And the most important thing which people want that a coffee shop should have is music. Music now days play a very important role in our society. It's because the people feel refreshing when they listen to good music while having a cup of coffee with a brownie or a chocolate cookie and chatting with their friends. Sometimes music does irritate you when you are not in a good mood. But it also refreshes you at the same time. Music was from the beginning when MOHAMMAD (PBUH) was their. No doubt that the type of music was different at that time. But now the trend has been totally changed, now when a child is born he wants an ipod. So we can say that music have a great influence on our youngsters and on our society. I decided that why not go and check out that what kind of music people like to listen in coffee shops and why they love to hang out their. Here I would like to tell you about a new coffee shop that has recently opened up in Lahore (as if there weren't enough in the first place). The place is called Gloria jeans and I must say so far I have been very impressed. Being new and kind of hidden (opposite to Arizona Grill) not many people know about this hidden gem yet.

So let me tell you the highlights of my experience. The prices are actually decent and the selection is excellent. Their food menu is also quite delicious, with subs sandwiches and cakes.

I've had the frappes, the green tea and cappuccino, and have not to be disappointed. The taste is actually really nice!

Beyond these seemingly common features of coffee shops these days, the one thing that has made Gloria jeans stand out to me has been the service. All the waiters seem to enjoy their work, with big smiles, and will truly go the length to ensure you're well taken care of. And the thing which is a bit different from other coffee shops is that you have to wait till your name is call upon when your order is ready. Its coffee beans are import from Australia which makes really a great cup of coffee .the ambience of the place is also very bright with a diversity of music playing in the background. I asked people about the music that what kind of music they want to listen in a coffee shop they said that it should be new release of Hollywood songs. It could be any, jazz, rock and roll and etc I asked a lady sitting in one of the coffee shop and she said that "

Coffee is not a status symbol; cafes are a place to sit and enjoy the company of your friends, because there is no other place to go. Cafes are used for the same purpose around the world. The only difference is that people in Lahore are just getting these cafes and therefore are very excited when a new one opens up. They have been around in the developed world for a long time now, so the excitement there is long gone. And as far as music is concern music is the need of every person now a day. If u talks about me: then seriously music makes my day. "Cafe Coffee Day is the largest Indian coffee shop chain, now entering the Pakistan market with the opening of its first outlet in Karachi." This I come to know from the manager of massoms coffee shop. So the coffee shops do have competition day by day as international markets are investing in Pakistan. I was told by the manager of massoms that music is the soul of any coffee shop because people come here to chat, for refreshment and to enjoy the atmosphere, so we try to provide good atmosphere which we can only do by the music. Because for our coffee shop music is very important element. We play music according to the peoples will and taste. Mostly people love to listen loud music but there are a very few who ask us to slow down the volume. You can say that sometimes music becomes the face of a particular café. And it gets popularity just because of its music like café zouk is known by its loud music. He further said that more likely celebrities also visit our coffee shop like Rembo,Sahiba,Shoaib Akhter and a lot more. He said that Celebes do come here with their friends and enjoy the music and they do ask us to increase the volume. I asked the manager that what if u arrange the live bands performance here? So he said that in Pakistan this kind of trend is not yet practice. There are few places where live violins are played but no live performances are done as u can say that in PC burban live performances are done on Saturday nights but no such things are found in Lahore city. "Coffee shops are becoming trend and music you can say is the backbone of any coffee shop because there is no other place where people can hangout" It was said by the manager of Coffee Tea and Company. I did a survey to know about that what kind of music people love: There was a large number of people who said that live DJ should be their, there were some who said that English music should be played in full volume. Some said that owner should respect in moharram and Ramadan. Their were many who said that we come to a coffee shop just to have a cup of coffee and to listen good music. This shows us that music is so very refreshing and takes the person out of the worries and makes u relaxed. Music touches our romantic strings of our heart. One said that I don't care about music because I come here to have conversation with my girlfriend.

there is a lot of types of dancing. jazz, ballet, tap, show group, acro, hip hop, ballroom, belly, group, contra, Irish, line, and

• Acro dance
• Allemande
• Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
• Ardha (Arab tribal war dance)
• Argentine Tango
• Anaconda ([Snake Dance])
• Arial
• Attan (Pashtun)
• Acharuli ([Georgian folk dance])
• Azonto (Ghanaian dance)

• Baba Karam (Persian, Folk)
• Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
• Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
• Balboa (Swing)
• Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
• Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece), (Turkey)
• Ballroom dance, category
• Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
• Bandari dance
• Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
• Barn dance, category
• Baroque dance, category
• Barynya (Russian, folk)
• Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse, Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
• Basque dance
• BBoying (Breakdance)
• Belly dance
• Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
• Bereznianka (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Bergamask (Be dance, from Bergamo, Italy
• Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
• Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
• Big Apple (Line dance)
• Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
• Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
• Blues (Club dance, Swing)
• Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
• Bollywood (Danced in Indian Movies)
• Bomba (African, Caribbean)
• Bon Odori (Japanese)
• Boogaloo
• Boogie-woogie (Swing)
• Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
• Bossa nova (Brazilian, see Bossa nova music)
• Borrowdale (Zimbabweean, see Museve music)
• Boston
• Bourrée (historical)
• Branle (Bransle) (historical)
• Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
• Breakdancing
• Bump and grind
• Bugg
• Bunny Hop
• Butoh (Japanese)
• Butterfly (Urban, USA/Caribbean)
• Buyo (Japanese)

• Cat Daddy
• Cajun dance, (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
  • Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step
  • Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Zydecko
• Cakewalk (Swing)
• Calypso (Caribbean)
• Candombe (Uruguayan)
• Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
• Can-can (Cancan, can can)
• Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
• Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
• Carioca
• Carol (Medieval)
• Castle Walk
• Căluş (Romanian ritual dance)
• Céilidh (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England)
• Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
• Chacarera (Argentina)
• Chaconne
• Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
• Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
• Charleston
• Charmander (dance)
• Chumak (Ukrainian)
• Chasapiko (Greece)
• Cheerleading
• Chicken Dance
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Chodzony (Poland)
• Chula (Southern Brasil)
• Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
• Circassian Dance
• Circle dance
• Clogging
• Clowning
• Cocek
• Collegiate shag
• Compas (Haiti)
• Conga
• Contact improvisation
• Contemporary dance
• Contra dance
• Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
• Cossack dance
• Cotillion
• Country/western dance
• Country dancing
• Country/Western Two-step
• Country Swing or Western Swing
• Courante (historical)
• Court dance
• Cueca (Chile)
• Cumbia (Colombia, Club)
• Cupid Shuffle
• Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
• Chowpurulia W.B. INDIA

• Dances of Universal Peace
• Dandia (Folk dance of Gujarat, India)
• Dabke (Levantine)
• Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
• Disco
• Dappan koothu
• Doublebugg
• Dougie
• Dragon dance
• Drobushki (Russia)
• Dubotanets (Ukrainian)
• Duranguense
• Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
• dougie-american dance

• East Coast Swing
• Eisa
• Electro dance
• Electric Slide
• English Country Dance
• Ethnic dance

• Fat dance
• Fandango
• Farandole (Provençal)
• Faroese dance
• Farruca
• Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
• Folk dance
• Formation dance
• Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
• Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
• The Freddy
• Frug
• Freak dancing
• Funk Brazil

• Gaida (Greece)
• Galliard
• Galop
• Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
• Gankino (Bulgaria)
• Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
• Gigue
• Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
• Grizzly Bear
• Guapacha (dance)
• Gumboot dance (Africa)
• Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
• g-slide by Lil Mama

• Habanera
• Haka (Māori)
• Hakken (Dutch)
• Halay (Turkish, Folk)
• Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
• Hand Dance (Swing, Washington DC and Baltimore MD metropolitan areas, regional)
• Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
• Hasapiko (Greece)* Headbanging
• Highland dancing
• Hip hop dance
• Historical dance
• Hitch hike
• Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
• Hootchy-Kootchy : Bellydance
• Holubka (Ukrainian, Hutsul, Bukovina, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Hopak (Ukrainian)
• Hopak-Kolom (Ukrainian)
• House dance
• Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
• Horan (Crimean Tatars)
• Horon (Turkish, Folk)
• Hornpipe (Ireland)
• Hula
• Hully Gully
• Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
  • Latin Hustle
• Humppa (see Music of Finland)
• Hutsulka (Ukrainian, Hutsuls)

• Ice dancing
• Ikariotikos (Greece)
• Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Intercessory dance
• International folk dance
• Interpretive dance
• Irish
  • Irish Dance
  • Irish Sean-Nós Dance
  • Irish Stepdance
• Israeli folk dancing

• Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
• Jarabe tapatío
• Java (French dance developed in France in the early part of the 20th century)
• Jazz dance
• Jazz Funk
• Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
• Jerkin'
• Jig Ireland
• Jig (Scottish country)
• Jitterbug (Swing)
  • Cajun Jitterbug
• Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
• Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Joged (Indonesian)
• John Wall dance
• Jota (Spanish dance)
• Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
• Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)
• Jabbawokeez

• Kalinka (Russia)
• Kalymnikos (Greece)
• Kamarinskaya (Russia)
• Karsilama (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece, Gypsy)
• Karşılama (Serbia, Iran, Turkey)
• Kandian ([sri Lanka])
• Kathak (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
• Kazachok (Russia)
• Kerala Natanam (Indian Dance created by Guru Gopinath)
• Khasapiko (Greece)
• Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
• Kizomba (Angola)
• [{Kizomba De Roda - New way to Dance Kizomba}] ({[Angola}])
• Kolo (Slavic)
• Khon (Thai dance)
• Khorovod (Russia)
• Kleistos (Greece)
• Koftos (Greece)
• Kolbasti (Turkey)
• Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
• Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
• Kotsari(Armenian: Քոչարի; Turkish: Koçari; Greek: Κότσαρι; Georgian: ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; Azerbaijani: Köçəri)
• Kozachok (Ukrainian)
• Krakowiak (Poland)
• Krishnanattam (India)
• Krumping)
• Kuchipudi (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kuki Lenkhawm Laam (Classical dance form of the Kuki people practised during the times of the Sukte Dynasty)
• Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
• Kujawiak (Poland)
• Kushtdepdi (Turkmen)

• La Jota
• LambadaKochari(Armenian folk dance)
• Lambeth Walk
• Lancer (Quadrille)
• Landler (Quadrille)
• Lap dance
• Latin dance
• Lavani
• Lavolta
• Ländler (Austria)
• Lerikos (Greece)
• LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
• Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
• Leventikos (Greece)
• Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
• Lindy Hop (Swing)
• Line dance
• Lion dance
• Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz,Polka and Mazurka)
• Locking
• Long Sword
• Loure (historical)
• Lyrical hip hop dance
• Lyrical jazz dance
• Lyrical contempery

• Macarena
• Madison (Line dance)
• Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
• Malaguena
• Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
• Mandra (Mandilatos) (Balkan)
• Maneo (Galicia)
• Manila Swing
• Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance form)
• Mapale
• Marinera
• Marinella (Greece)
• Mashed Potato
• Matachin (Matachines)
• Maypole dance
• Maxixe (Social)
• Mazur (dance) (Poland)
• Mazurka(Poland)
• Medieval dance
• Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
• Merengue (Latin Club)
• Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
• Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
• Minuet
• Modern dance
• Modern contemporary
• Modern Jive
• Molly dance
• Mohiniattam
• Monkey
• Moonwalker
• Morris dance
• Moshing
• Muiñeira (Galicia)
  • Carballesa
  • Chouteira
  • Contrapaso
  • Golpe
  • Muiñeira ribeirana
  • Muiñeira vella
  • Pandeirada
  • Piruxada
  • Redonda
  • Regueifa
• Walk it out

• Novelty and fad dances
• The Nutbush
• Nama Stap (Namibia)

• Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
• Odissi AKA orissi (Orissa, India)
• Onei
• Over/Under

• Pachanga
• Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
• Pagode
• Pangalatok (Philippines)
• Panthi (Folk dance of Chhatisgarh, India)
• Pantsula (South Africa)
• Parasol dance (Japan)
• Partner dance
• Participation dance
• Para Para
• Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
• Passepied (historical)
• Pasillo
• Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Pavane (historical)
• Peabody (ballroom)
• Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
• Pentozalis (Greece)
• Persian dance (Iran).
• Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Kastrinos Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos (Greece)
• Pendozalis (Greece)
• Pole dancing
• Pop, Lock, and Drop It (Hip hop)
• Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
• Pogonisios (Greece)
• Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
• Polka-mazurka
• Polonaise
• Pony
• Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska)
• Pom Squad
• Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
• Prophetic dance
• Pryvit (Ukrainian)
• Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
• Push (Swing, Texas)

• Qasemabadi (a northern Persian style)
• Quadrille
• Quickstep (Ballroom)
• Quebradita (Mexico)
• FINE (United States of America)

• Raas
• Rain dancing
• Ramvong (Cambodia)
• Rapper sword
• Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhatisgarh, India)
• Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
• Rebetiko dances (Greece)
• Redowa
• Reel (Irish and Scottish)
• Regency dance
• Reggae
• Reggaeton
• Renaissance dance
• Rigaudon, Rigadoon
• River Dancing
• Robot dance
• Rock and Roll
  • Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
• Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
• Rumba (Ballroom: International Latin & American Rhythm, Folk)
  • Cuban Rumba (Ballroom dance as of the beginning of the century, e.g., "The Peanut Vendor" piece)

• Salsa (Latin Club)
• Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
• Saltatio (Roman)
• Sambalpuri (India)
• Samba
  • Samba dance
  • Samba de Gafieira
  • Samba (ballroom)
• Sarabande (Saraband)
• Sardana (Catalonia)
• Sattriya dance
• Saunter
• Schottische
• Scottish country dance
• Scottish highland dance
• Schoolcraft
• Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
• Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
• Sequence dance
• Serra (Greece)
• Set Dance Ireland
• Sevillana (Spain)
• Shag (Swing)
  • Carolina Shag
  • Collegiate Shag
  • St. Louis Shag
• Shake
• Shim Sham (Line dance)
• Shimmy
• Shuffle
• Siganos (Greece)
• Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
• Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
• Skank (dance)
• Skip jive
• Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
• Slip jig (Ireland)
• Slosh (Scotland)
• Slow dance
• Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
• Social dance
• Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
• Sousta (Greece)
  • Bulgarian Sousta (Greece)
  • Cretan Sousta (Greece)
  • Dodecanese Sousta (Greece)
  • Macedonian Sousta (Greece)
  • Megarian Sousta (Greece)
• The Spongebob
• Square dance
  • Traditional square dance
  • Modern Western square dance
• Stage diving
• (Do The) Standing Still (The Table, 1977)
• Stanky Legg (GS Boys)
• Step dance Ireland
• Street dance
• Swim
• Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
• Swing Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
• Swing Roc (Modern Jive, Club)
• Suzie Q
• Syrtos (Greece)
  • Cretan Syrtos (Greece)
  • Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Kapoutzidon Syrtos (Greece)
  • Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Silyvriano Syrtos (Greece)

• Tambourin (Provençal)
• Tango (Ballroom, Social, Club)
  • Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
  • Uruguayan Tango - also known as Tango Uruguayo (Social)
  • Ballroom Tango - competitive and social dance styles
  • Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
  • Finnish tango
  • Chinese tango
• Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
• Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
• Tap dance
• Tarantella (Italian, folk)
• Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
• Tecktonik ("tck")
• Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
• Thizz Dance
• Tik (Greece)
• Tinikling (Philippines)
• Time Warp
• Tourdion (historical)
• Traditional dance
• Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
• Trata (Greece)
• Trepak (Russian, folk)
• Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
• Tropotianka (Ukrainian, Rusyn, Carpathian Ruthenia, Bukovina, Hutsuls)
• Troubadou (Haiti)
• Tsakonikos (Greece)
• Tsamiko (Greece)
• Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) (Greece)(Gypsy)(Arabic)
• Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
• Tsyganochka, ("Gypsie Girl") Russian
• Turf Dancing
• Tumba
• Twist
• Two-step
  • Cajun Two Step
  • Country/Western Two-step
  • Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
• Theatre jazz
  • Progressive Double Two

• Universal Peace, Dances of
• Ukrainian dance
• Upa or Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue music and dance.
• Uvyvanets (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia, Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls)
• Pole Dancing

• Valeta (a dance to waltz music)
• Vals (Argentina, tango style)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Verbunkos
• Vesnianka (Ukrainian, a type of khorovod)
• Vintage dance
• Vogue (dance)
• Volte (also Volta, La volta, or Lavolta, Renaissance)

• Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Boston (dance)
    • Walking Boston
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Dream Waltz
  • Elizabeth Waltz
  • Cross-step waltz
  • Five-step Waltz (Five Step Waltz)
  • Hesitation Waltz
  • Slow waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
  • Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Watusi (fad dance)
• West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
• Western swing (United States)
  • Classic WCS
  • Funky chick
  • Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
• Western promenade dance
• Whip (Swing, Texas)
• Winterguard
• Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
• Worship dance

• Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))

• Yablochko (Russian, folk)
• Yerakina (Greece)
• YMCA
• Yakshagana (India, Karnataka)
• Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)

• Zapateado (Spain)
• Zeibekiko (also spelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
• Zeibeks (Turkey)
• Zonaradiko (Thrace)
• Zorba's dance (of Greek origin)
• Zouk (Brazil, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
• Zouk-Lambada (Brazil)
• Zumba (Colombia)
• Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)

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• 2-step garage
• 2 tone
• 4-beat
• 4x4 Garage UK garage also known as Bassline
• 8-bit
• A cappella - any singing performed without instrumental backing
• Acid Jazz - a combination of jazz,funk,and hip hop
• Acid Rock
• Afrobeat - a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, and funk rhythms, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the 1970s.
• Aleatoric music - music the composition of which is partially left to chance
• Alpine New Wave
• Alternative country - reaction against the 1990s highly-polished Nashville sound
• Alternative dance - music combining elements of dance-pop (or other forms of electronic house or techno) and alternative rock genres such as indie rock.
• Alternative hip hop - opposite of gangsta rap, usually includes metaphorical aware lyrics (also known as alternative rap or Bohemian hip hop)
• Alternative metal - catch-all term for heavy metal which uses techniques less conventional in heavy metal
• Alternative rock - broad movement born in the 1980s generally relegated to the underground music scene and operating outside of the mainstream
• Americana- style similar to folk music, but with elements of newer styles such as rock and rhythm and blues
• Anti-folk - sounds raw or experimental; it also generally mocks the seriousness and pretension of the established mainstream music scene in addition to mocking itself.

• Apala
• Arabesque - A versatile collection of music fusing eastern folk music, Arab classical music and various other genres
• Argentine rock
• Ars antiqua - music of Europe of the late Middle Ages between approximately 1170 and 1310
• Ars nova - music of the Late Middle Ages, centered in France, which encompassed the period roughly from 1310 to 1314
• Art rock - rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture.
• Ashiq - Azeri bards who sing and accompany themselves on a saz (a kind of lute)
• Australian country music (see also Country music)
• Australian pub rock
• Australian hip hop
• Australian humour
• Avant-garde jazz - sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, despite its distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which improvisation may take place.
• Avant-garde metal - a subgenre of heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements, large-scale experimentation, and the use of non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures.
• Avant-garde music - used at different times to mean different kinds of music (usually art music) considered ahead of their time and containing new, unusual, or experimental ideas or elements or fusing different genres.
• Avant-punk
• Axé - pop music from Salvador, Bahia

Ba - Be-Bh - Bi-Bl - Bo - Br-Bu

• Bachata - originated in the countryside and the rural neighborhoods of the Dominican Republic. Its subjects are often romantical; especially prevalent are tales of heartbreak and sadness.
• Baggy
• Baião - a Northeast Brazilian rhythmic formula that became the basis of a wide range of music.
• Bakersfield sound - gritty, hard-edged reaction against 1950s pop country (Nashville sound)
• Bakshy - Turkmen folk music made by travelling musicians also called bakshy
• Baila - Sri Lankan dance music derived from African slaves held by the Portuguese
• Baile Funk - Brazilian dance music literally means "ball", as in "dance party", and "funk"
• Baisha xiyue - a song and dance suite from the Naxi of Lijiang, China
• Bajourou - Malian (Mali) pop music usually played at weddings and social gatherings.
• Bakou - trilling vocals that accompany Wolof wrestling
• Bal-musette - a style of French music and dance which arose in 1880s Paris especially the 5th, 11th, and 12th districts.
• Balakadri - a traditional quadrille music that was performed for balls on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
• Ballad - generic term for usually slow, romantic, despairing and catastrophic songs
• Ballata - an Italian poetic and musical form, which was in use from the late 13th to the 15th century.
• Ballet (music)

• Bamboo band - originally from the Solomon Islands, music played by hitting bamboo tubes with sandals
• Bambuco - the "unofficial music of Colombia". Folk music accompanied by a stylized group dance in either a 6/8 or 3/4 meter.
• Banda - Mexican brass norteño pop music invented in the 1960s
• Bangsawan - a type of traditional Malay opera. It was known to have developed from a sort of Indian theatre performance during the 19th century by visiting Indian travellers.
• Bantowbol
• Barbershop music - a style of a cappella, or unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture
• Barndance
• Baroque music - 17th-18th century European classical music
• Bass music (Miami bass, Booty bass) - electro influenced form of hip hop dance music arising in Miami, Florida
• Batá-rumba - a form of Rumba music popular mainly in Cuba
• Batcave (club) - original gothic rock music.
• Batucada - a substyle of samba and refers to an African influenced Brazilian percussive style, usually performed by an ensemble.
• Batuco

• Beach music - a regional genre which developed from various musical styles of the forties, fifties and sixties. These styles ranged from big band swing instrumentals to the more raucous sounds of blues/jump blues, jazz, doo-wop, boogie, rhythm and blues, reggae, rockabilly and old-time rock and roll.
• Beat - a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul. Beat groups characteristically had simple guitar-dominated line-ups, with vocal harmonies and catchy tunes.
• Beatboxing - Music performed by producing percussive and melodic sounds with the mouth alone, often mimicking instruments, recorded samples and other sounds not typically associated with vocalization.
• Bebop - 1940s jazz style with complex improvisation and a fast tempo
• Beiguan - Taiwanese instrumental music
• Bel canto - Italian vocal style which arose in the late 16th century and which ended in the mid-19th century
• Bend-skin - a kind of urban Cameroonian popular music.
• Benga - a genre of Kenyan popular music
• Bhajan - a Hindu religious song
• Bhangra - originally Punjabi dance music
• Bhangra-wine
• Bhangragga
• Bhangramuffin

• Big band music - large orchestras which play a form of swing music
• Big Beat - 1990s electronic music based on breakbeat with other influences
• Biguine - Guadeloupean folk music
• Black ambient - blackened form of dark ambient music
• Blackened death metal - a fusion between death and black metal
• Black metal - highly distorted and swift form of heavy metal
• Bluegrass - American country music mixed with Irish and Scottish influences
• Blue-eyed soul - rhythm and blues or soul music performed by white artists.
• Blues - African-American music from the Mississippi Delta area
• Blues ballad - the sound of the blues using a blues scale and blues style chord progressions with a bridge using a different bluesy chord progression)
• Blues-rock - a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles.
• Biomusic - a form of experimental music which deals with sounds created or performed by living things.
• Bitpop - electronic music, where at least part of the music is made using old 8-bit computers, game consoles and little toy instruments. Popular choices are the Commodore 64, Game Boy, Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.

• Bocet
• Bohemian Dub - Contemporary music style that blends Hip Hop, Dub, Funk, Pop and Klezmer music
• Boi - Central Amazonian folk music
• Bolero - Spanish and Cuban dance and music
• Bomba
• Bombay pop
• Bongo - distinctive African drum and style of drumming
• Boogie woogie - style of piano-based blues popular in the 1940s US
• Boogaloo - soul and mambo fusion popular in 1960s United States
• Bossa nova
• Bothy ballad - songs sung by farm labourers, specifically in the northeast region of Scotland.
• Bouncy techno - a rave hardcore dance music style that developed from around 1992, mostly emanating from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
• Boy band
• Boy with guitar

• Brass band - a musical group generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section.
• Brazilian funk
• Brazilian jazz - bossa nova and samba mixed with American jazz
• Breakbeat - a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of house or trance). These rhythms may be characterised by their intensive use of syncopation and polyrhythms.
• Breakbeat hardcore - a derivate of acid house that combines 4-to-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats, and is associated with UK Rave scene.
• Breakcore - an electronic music style that brings together elements of industrial, jungle, hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented sound that encourages speed, complexity, impact and maximum sonic density. It adheres to a loose set of stylistic rules.
• Brill Building Pop - named after New York's Brill Building at 1619 Broadway
• Britfunk
• Britpop
• British blues
• British Invasion - rock and roll, beat and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States from 1964 to 1966.
• Broken beat - an electronic music genre which can be characterized by syncopated rhythm typically in 4/4 metre, with staggered or punctuated snare beats and/or hand claps.
• Brown-eyed soul - a subgenre of soul music or rhythm and blues created in the United States mainly by Latinos in Southern California during the 1960s, continuing through to the early 1980s.
• Brukdown - rural Belizean Kriol music
• Bubblegum dance
• Bubblegum pop - sometimes synonymous with pop music, especially that performed by teen idols; can also refer to specific styles of South African or Japanese pop
• Bikutsi
• Bulerias
• Bumba-meu-boi
• Bunraku - Japanese style originated from a kind of puppet-theater.
• Burger-highlife
• Burgundian School...

Ca - Cc-Ce - Ch - Ci-Cl - Co - Cr-Cu

• Ca din tulnic
• Ca pe lunca
• Ca trù - (hat a dao) Vietnamese folk music
• Cabaret
• Cadence
• Cadence-lypso - guitar-dominated Cadence music combined with calypso horns
• Cadence rampa
• Café-aman
• Cai luong - Vietnamese opera
• Cajun music
• Cakewalk
• Calenda - Trinidadian drum dance
• Calentanos - folk music of the Balsas River Basin, Mexico
• Calgia - traditional urban ensemble music from Macedonia
• Calipso - Venezuelan calypso music
• Calypso - Trinidadian folk, and later pop, genre
• Calypso-style baila - Sri Lankan baila mixed with calypso influences
• Campursari - Indonesian modern folk music, a fusion of dangdut, langgam, and pop music
• Campillaneros

• Caña
• Canatronic
• Candombe
• Canon
• Canrock
• Cantata
• Cante chico
• Cante jondo
• Canterbury Scene
• Cantiñas
• Cantiga - Portuguese ballad form
• Cantique
• Canto livre - Portuguese modernized fado
• Canto nuevo - Bolivian pop-folk music which evolved out of Chilean nueva cancion
• Canto popular - Uruguayan singer-songwriter nativist music
• Cantopop - western-style pop music from Hong Kong
• Canzone napoletana - urban songs from Naples
• Capoeira music
• Caracoles
• Carceleras
• Cardas
• Carimbó - dance music of Belém, Brazil
• Cariso
• Carnatic music - South Indian classical music
• Carol
• Cartageneras

• Casséy-co
• Cassette culture
• Cavacha
• Ca..Doncaster rovers

• CCM (Contemporary Christian Music)
• Celempungan
• Cello rock
• Celtic
• Celtic fusion
• Celtic metal
• Celtic punk
• Celtic reggae
• Celtic rock

• Cha-cha-cha
• Chakacha
• Chamamé - Argentinian folk music
• Chamber jazz
• Chamber pop
• Chamber music
• Champeta - Colombian musical form derived from African communities in Cartagena
• Champloo
• Chalga
• Changuí
• Chanson
• Chant
• Charanga
• Charanga-vallenato - 1980s mixture of salsa, charanga and vallenata
• Charikawi
• Chastushki - humorous Russian folk songs
• Chau van - Vietnamese trance music

• Chemical breaks
• Chèo
• Chicago blues
• Chicago house
• Chicago jazz (Dixieland jazz)
• Chicago soul
• Chicha - a Peruvian fusion of rock and roll, cumbia and huayno
• Chicken scratch - Arizona-based White American music
• Chillout
• Chimurenga (mbira)
• Chinese music
• Chinese rock - rock and roll from China / Taiwan, often with protest lyrics
• Chip music

• Chongak - Korean aristocratic chamber music
• Chouval bwa
• Chowtal
• Cho-kantrum - the most traditional form of Cambodian kantrum
• Chopera - Church Opera
• Chorinho
• Choro - Brazilian folk music
• Christian alternative
• Christian black metal (known as Unblack metal)
• Christmas carol See also: List of Christmas carols
• Christian electronic music
• Christian Hardcore
• Christian hip hop
• Christian Industrial
• Christian metal
• Christian music
• Christian punk
• Christian rock
• Christian ska
• Chylandyk - type of xoomii which sounds like the chirping of crickets
• Chzalni

• Chumba
• Chut-kai-pang
• Chutney - popular Indo-Caribbean music
• Chutney-bhangra
• Chutney-hip hop
• Chutney-soca - Chutney mixed with calypso and other influences

• Cigányzene
• Classic country
• Classic female blues - early popular form of blues
• Classic rock
• Classical music
• Classical music era (~1730-1820), for what's popularly known as "classical music", see European classical music or List of musical movements
• Clicks n Cuts
• Close harmony
• Club

• Cocobale
• Coimbra fado - a form of refined fado from Coimbra, Portugal
• Coladeira
• Colombianas
• Combined Rhythm - music of the Dutch Antilles
• Comedy rap
• Comedy rock
• Comic opera
• Comparsa
• Compas direct
• Compas meringue
• Concert overture
• Concerto
• Concerto grosso
• Congo - Panamanian dance music
• Conjunto
• Contemporary Africa music
• Contemporary Christian Music (CCM)
• Contemporary R&B
• Contonbley
• Contradanza
• Cool jazz
• Corrido - storytelling ballads from Mexico
• Corsican polyphonic song
• Cothoza mfana

• Country blues
• Country Gospel a.k.a. Christian Country
• Country music
• Country-rap
• Country rock
• Countrypolitan
• Country pop
• Coupé-Décalé
• Couple de sonneurs - Breton dance music
• Cowpunk
• Courtney

• Crag
• Crossover music
• Crossover thrash
• Crunk - American music
• Crust punk
• Csárdás
• Cuarteto - Argentinian folk music
• Cuddlecore
• Cueca
• Cumbia - popular dance music, originally Colombian but now popular across Latin America, especially Mexico
• Cumbia panameña - Panamanian cumbia
• Cumfa
• Cumbia villera - Argentinian type of cumbia which contains marginal lyrics
• Cybergrind

Da - De-Dh - Di-Dr - Du-Dz

• Dabka (Dabke) - Palestinian dance music for weddings
• Dadra
• Daina - Latvian sung poetry
• Daino - Lithuanian traditional music
• Dalauna
• Dance (musical form) - dance (form of musical composition)
• Dance music - any rhythmic music intended for dancing
• Dance-pop - comtemporary form of dance music with pop music structures
• Dance-punk - fusion of punk rock, funk, disco, and electro music (also known as disco-punk, punk-funk, and indie-dance)
• Dance-rock
• Dancehall
• Dangdut - popular Indonesian dance music with influences from Arabic and Indian music
• Dansband
• Danza
• Danzón
• Dark ambient
• Dark cabaret
• Darkcore (hardcore techno)
• Darkcore (drum & bass)
• Dark pop
• Darkwave

• De codru
• De dragoste
• De jale
• De pahar
• Deathcore - a fusion between death metal and metalcore
• Deathgrind - a fusion between death metal and grindcore
• Death industrial
• Death metal
• Death/Doom - a fusion between death metal and doom metal
• Death rock
• Décima
• Degung
• Delta blues
• Deep house
• Deep soul
• Dementia - relating to the style of music popularized by the Dr. Demento Show
• Desi - Indian folk music
• Detroit blues
• Detroit techno
• Dhamar - a type of highly-oranemented dhrupad
• Dhimotiká - traditional Greek songs
• Dhrupad - Hindustani vocal music performed by men singing in medieval Hindi
• Dhun

• Digital hardcore
• Dirge
• Dirty rap
• Dirty South (also known as Southern rap)
• Disco
• Disco house
• Disco polo - Polish nightclub dance music, played in '90s.
• Diva house
• Dixieland jazz (Chicago jazz)
• Djambadon
• Dodompa - Japanese tango
• Doina
• Dombola
• Dondang sayang - slow folk music that mixes Malaysian forms with Portuguese, India, Chinese and Arabic music
• Donegal fiddle tradition
• Dongjing - Chinese Naxi form of folk music, related to silk and bamboo music from Chinca
• Doo wop
• Doom metal
• Doomcore
• Downtempo
• Dream pop
• Drone doom (Also known as Drone metal)
• Drone music
• Dronology
• Drum and bass (DNB)

• Dub
• Dub house
• Dubtronica
• Dubstep
• Dunun - Yoruba drum music
• Dunedin Sound - early 1980s alternative rock sound based out of Dunedin, New Zealand and Flying Nun Records
• Dutch jazz

Ea-En - Er-Ez

• E-Grind
• Early music
• East Coast blues
• East Coast hip hop
• Eastern Tradition of Sephardic music
• Easy listening
• Elafrolaïkó
• Electric blues
• Electric folk
• Electro
• Electro Backbeat
• Electro hop
• Electro-maximal
• Electro-industrial
• Electro punk
• Electroclash
• Electrofunk
• Electronic art music
• Electronic body music (EBM, also known as industrial dance)
• Electronic dance
• Electronic luk thung - Dance-ready form of Thai pleng luk thung
• Electronic music
• Electronic rock
• Electronica
• Electropop
• Elevator music (or Muzak)
• Emo
• Enka - Japanese pop music, using native forms

• Equdorian Moggadawn Power Stomp
• Eremwu eu
• Ethereal wave
• Ethereal pop
• Euba
• Eurobeat
• Eurodance
• Euro disco
• Europop
• Eurotrance
• Exotica
• Experimental music
• Experimental noise
• Experimental pop
• Experimental rock
• Extreme Metal
• Ezengileer - type of Tuvan xoomii said to imitate the trotting of horses.

Fa - Fr - Fu

• Fado - Portuguese roots-based popular music
• Falak - Tajik folk music
• fandango - Spanish dance music
• Farruca - a genre of flamenco
• Filk - modern, science fiction-oriented music
• Film scores
• Filmi - Indian film music
• Filmi-ghazal - filmi based on Hindustani ghazal
• Finger-style
• Fjatpangarri - Aboriginal Australian music local to Yirrbala
• Flamenco - dance music of Andalusia, Spain
• Flower power
• Foaie verde - classical form of Romanian doina
• Fofa
• Folk metal
• Folk music
• Folk pop
• Folk punk
• Folk rock
• Folktronica
• Forró - extremely popular music of Northeastern Brazil

• Franco-country
• Freakbeat
• Freak-folk
• Free improvisation - freeform musical improvisation
• Free jazz - improvised 1960s jazz
• Free music
• Freestyle
• Freestyle house - a cross-culture mix of hip-hop/electro/house/pop
• Freetekno
• Frenchcore - exists of fast and dark beats mostly without a melody. It doesn't have to be made in France though.
• Frevo - folk music from Recife, Brazil
• Fricote - dance music from Salvador, Brazil

• Fuji - Yoruba vocal and percussion music
• Fulia - Afro-Venezuelan percussion music
• Full On
• Funaná
• Funeral doom - an extremely slow version of doom metal, most commonly made at the "pace of a funeral march"
• Funk - a bass-heavy outgrowth of soul music
• Funkcore
• Funk metal - 1980s combination of funk, heavy metal and punk rock
• Funk rock
• Funky house - considered a subgenre of UK Garage
• Furniture music - Erik Satie's invention of Background music
• Fusion jazz - mixture of rock and jazz
• [edit] G

  Ga - Ge-Gn - Go-Gr - Gu-Gy

  • G-funk
  [edit] Gaa-Gal
  • Gaana - Tamil folk/rap from Chennai, India
  • Gabber (also spelled as Gabba)
  • Gagá
  • Gagaku - Japanese classical music derived from ancient court traditions
  • Gaikyoku
  • Gaita - Afro-Venezuelan form of percussion music
  • Galant
  [edit] Gam-Gan
  • Gamad - Malay-style
  • Gambang kromong - popular, highly-evolved form of kroncong, originally adapted for the theater
  • Game
  • Gamelan - diverse Indonesian classical music, making use of a vast array of melodic percussion
  • Gamelan angklung - Balinese gamelan played for cremations and festivals
  • Gamelan bebonangan - Balinese cymbal-based processional gamelan
  • Gamelan degung - a form of popular Sundanese gamelan
  • Gamelan bang - Balinese sacred gamelan played for cremations
  • Gamelan buh - Balinese form of gay
  • Gamelan gede - ceremonial gamelan from the temple of Bator
  • Gamelan kebyar - an energetic form of large Balinese gamelan
  • Gamelan salendro - gamelan dance music from Sunda, known as lower-class music
  • Gamelan selunding - possibly the oldest style of gamelan, played only in the village of Tenganan in Bali gayman
  • Gamelan semar pegulingan - sensual form of gamelan from Bali
  • Gamewave
  • Gammeldans
  • Gandrung - Osing music performed at weddings and other waste of time.
  • Gangsta rap - American form of hip hop music which focuses on underground lifestyles and illegal activities.
  [edit] Gar-Gav
  • Gar - Tibetan classical music from gabi gishnola
  • Garage rock
  • Garrotin
  • Gavotte
  [edit] Ge-Gn
  • Gelugpa chanting - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting, very austere and restrained
  • Gender wayang - Indonesion gamelan that accompanies shadow plays and other puppet plays
  • Gending - a distinct gamelan music from southern Sumatra
  • German Folk Music
  • Gharbi
  • Gharnati
  • Ghazal - vocal form originally Persian but since spread to Central Asia, Iran, Turkey and India
  • Ghazal-song - a modernized version of ghazal influenced by filmi
  • Ghetto house - form of Miami bass influenced by house music which arose in Chicago
  • Ghettotech - form of Miami bass which developed in 1990s Detroit
  • Girl group - Girls singing rock songs
  • Girl Talk
  • Glam metal
  • Glam punk
  • Glam rock
  • Glitch
  • Gnawa
  [edit] Go-Gr
  • Go go
  • Goa (also known as Goa trance)
  • Gong-chime music
  • Goombay - Bahamanian percussion music
  • Goregrind
  • Gore Metal
  • Goshu ondo - a form of popularized Okinawan folk music
  • Gospel music
  • Gothenburg Sound
  • Gothic metal
  • Gothic rock
  • Granadinas
  • Grebo
  • Gregorian chant (plainchant)
  • Grime - emerged from East London, dark electronic beats with rapping, related to UK Garage and 2 step
  • Grindcore
  • Groove metal
  • Group Sounds - Japanese pop music from the 1960s, which included Appalachian folk music and psychedelic rock
  • Grunge
  • Grunge funk (also known as Grunk)
  • Grupera - a mixture of Mexican ranchera, norteño and cumbia
  [edit] Gu-Gy
  • Guaguanbo
  • Guajira
  • Guasca - from Colombia
  • Guitarra baiana - from Pernambuco, Brazil, a style of playing frevo using electric guitars
  • Guitarradas
  • Gumbe
  • Gunchei
  • Gunka - military marches with Japanese influences, created during the Meiji Restoration
  • Guoyue - invented conservatoire style of national Chinese music
  • Gwo ka - Guadeloupan percussion music
  • Gwo ka moderne - modernized gwo ka
  • Gypsy jazz
  • Gypsy punk
  • Gyu ke - form of Tibetan Tantric chanting
  [edit] H

  Ha - He-Ho - Hu-Hy

  [edit] Hab-Has
  • Habanera - Africanized danzón
  • Haiducesti
  • Hajnali - Hungarian-Transylvanian wedding songs
  • Hakka
  • Hambo
  • Hands Up
  • Hapa haole - a mixture of traditional Hawaiian music and English lyrics
  • Happy hardcore
  • Haqibah
  • Hardcore hip hop
  • Hardcore metal
  • Hardcore punk
  • Hardcore techno
  • Hard bop (hard bebop)
  • Hard house
  • Hard rock
  • Hardstyle
  • Hard trance
  • Harepa - harp-based music of Pedi people of South Africa
  • Harmonica blues
  • Hasaposérviko
  [edit] Hat-Haz
  • Hát chèo - an ancient form of Vietnamese stage opera
  • Hát cãi luong - Vietnamese popular opera
  • Hát chau van - a popular spiritual folk music of Vietnam
  • Hát tuồng (Hát bôi) - Vietnamese operatic music
  [edit] He-Ho
  • Heartland rock
  • Heavy metal
  • Hesher
  • Hi-NRG
  • Highlands
  • Highlife
  • Highlife fusion
  • Hillybilly music
  • Hiplife
  • Hip hop
  • Hip house
  • Hip pop
  • Hindustani classical music
  • Hiragasy
  • Hiva usu - unaccompanied vocal Christian music of Tonga
  • Honky tonk
  • Honkyoku
  • Hora lunga
  • Hornpipes
  • Horrorcore rap
  • Horror punk
  • House music
  [edit] Hu-Hy
  • Hua'er
  • Huasteco - folk music from Huasteco, Mexico
  • Huaynos - Andean dance music now most widespread in Peru
  • Hula
  • Humppa
  • Hunguhungu
  • Hyangak - Korean court music
  • Hymn
  • Hyphy
  [edit] I
  • Ibiza music
  • Igbo music
  • Ijexá
  • Ilahije
  • Illbient
  • Impressionist music
  • Improvisational
  • Incidental music
  • Indietronica
  • Indie music
  • Indie pop
  • Indie rock
  • Indo jazz - jazz mixed with forms of Indian music
  • Indo rock
  • Indoyíftika
  • Industrial dance (or EBM, electronic body music)
  • Industrial hip-hop
  • Industrial music
  • Industrial musical (also known as corporate musical)
  • Industrial metal
  • Industrial rock (or coldwave)
  • Instrumental rock
  • Intelligent dance music (IDM, also known as intelligent techno, listening techno or art techno)
  • International Latin - pop ballads from various Latin countries, especially Colombia
  • Inuit music - music of the Inuit
  • Irish folk
  • Irish Rebel Music
  • Iscathamiya
  • Isikhwela jo
  • Island - mix of reggae,ska,latin; music sounding from the island
  • Isolationist
  • Italo dance
  • Italo Disco - Italian nightclub music
  • Italo house
  • Itsmeños - folk music of the Zapotecs of Mexico
  • Izvorna bosanska muzika - modernized folk music from Drina, Bosnia
  [edit] J

  Ja-Je - Ji-Ju

  • J-Pop - Japanese pop music
  • J-Rock - Japanese rock music
  [edit] Ja-Je
  • Jaipongan - unpredictably rhythmic dance music from Sunda, Indonesia
  • Jaliscienses - Folk music of Jalisco, Mexico, and the origin of mariachi
  • Jam band
  • Jam rock
  • Jamana kura
  • Jamrieng samai
  • Jangle pop
  • Japanese pop - Japanese pop music using Western structures
  • Japanese rock - Japanese rock music
  • Jarana
  • Jariang - Cambodian folk narratives
  • Jarochos - folk music from Veracruz, Mexico
  • Jawaiian - Hawaiian reggae
  • Jazz
  • Jazz blues
  • Jazz-funk
  • Jazz fusion
  • Jazz Metal
  • Jazz rap
  • Jegog - Giant Bamboo ensemble of Bali, Indonesia
  • Jenkka
  • Jesus music
  [edit] Ji-Jt
  • Jesuscore
  • Jibaro
  • Jig
  • Jig punk
  • Jing ping
  • Jingle - form of music used in television commercials
  • Jit
  • Jitterbug
  • Jive
  • Joged - a generic term for various types of dance music all over Indonesia
  • Joged bumbung - a popular form of joged ensemble
  • Joik
  • Joropo
  • Jota
  • J'Ouvert
  • Jug band
  • Juke joint blues
  • Juju
  • Jump blues
  • Jumpstyle
  • Jungle
  • Junkanoo
  • Juré
  • Jtek
  [edit] K

  Ka - Ke-Kh - Ki-Kp - Kr-Kw

  [edit] Ka
  • Käng
  • Kaba - Southern Albanian instrumental music
  • Kabuki - lively and popular form of Japanese theater and music
  • Kadans
  • Kagok - Korean aristocratic vocal music accompanied by strings, wind and percussion instruments
  • Kagyupa chanting - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting
  • Kaiso
  • Kalamatianó
  • Kalattuut - Inuit polka
  • Kalinda (kalenda, ti kannot)
  • Kamba pop
  • Kan ha diskanrapes men
  • Kansas City blues
  • Kantádhes
  • Kantrum
  • Karaoke
  • Kargyraa
  • Karma
  • Kaseko - Surinamese folk music
  • Katcharsee - lively, celebratory Okinawan folk music
  • Katajjaq or Inuit throat singing - competititive duet style
  • Kawachi ondo - a form of modernized Okinawan folk music
  • Kayōkyoku - traditionally-structured Japanese pop music
  [edit] Ke-Kh
  • Ke-kwe
  • Kebyar - see gamelan gong kebyar above
  • Kecak - Balinese "monkeychant"
  • Kecapi suling - instrumental, improvisation-based music from Java
  • Kélé
  • Kertok - Malaysian xylophone music played in small ensembles
  • Khaleeji - popular folk-based music of the Persian Gulf countries
  • Khap
  • Khplam wai - a type of mor lam with a slow tempo which originated in Luang Prabang, Laos
  • Khelimaski djili - Hungarian Gypsy dance songs
  • Khene
  • Khrung sai - type of Thai classical music
  • Khyal - Hindustani vocal music that is informal, partially improvised and very popular
  • Khoomei
  • Khorovodi - Russian dance music
  [edit] Ki-Kp
  • Kĩkũyũ pop
  • Kilapanda
  • Kinko
  • Kirtan
  • Kiwi rock
  • Kizomba
  • Klape - Dalmatian male choir music
  • Klasik
  • Kléftiko
  • Klezmer
  • Kliningan
  • Kochare - Armenian folk dance
  • Kolomyjka
  • Komagaku
  • Konpa
  • Koumpaneia - Greek Gypsy music
  • Kpanlogo
  [edit] Kr-Kw
  • Krakowiak
  • Krautrock
  • Kriti (krithi) - a Hindui hymn
  • Kroncong - popular Indonesian music with strong Portuguese influence
  • Krzesany
  • Kulintang - Traditional gong-chime music of the Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, Eastern Malaysia, Brunei and Timor
  • Kulning - Swedish folk songs
  • Kumina - music (and religion) of the Bongo Nation of Jamaica
  • Kun-borrk
  • Kundere
  • Kundiman - traditional Filipino songs adapted to Western song structure
  • Kussundé
  • Kutumba wake
  • Kvæði
  • Kveding - traditional Norwegian songs
  • Kwaito
  • Kwassa kwassa
  • Kwela
  • korean pop
  [edit] L

  La - Le-Lo - Lu

  [edit] La
  • La la - Louisianan Creole music
  • Laba laba
  • Laïkó
  • Lai
  • Lam
  • Lam saravane - Laotian ensemble music from a town of the same name in southern Laos
  • Lam sing
  • Lambada - Bolivian and Brazilian dance music which arose from sayas and became internationally popular in the 1980s
  • Lancer
  • Langgam jawa - type of kroncong mixed with gamelan, popular around Solo, Indonesia
  • Latin American music
  • Laremuna wadauman
  • Latin jazz - jazz mixed with Latin musical forms like bossa nova or salsa
  • Lavlu
  • Lavway
  • Lakaluuk
  [edit] Le-Lo
  • Le leagan
  • Legényes - Hungarian-Transylvanian men's dance
  • Letkajenkka
  • Lhamo - form of Tibetan opera
  • Lieder
  • Likanos
  • Light Music - 20th Century light orchestral music (mainly British)
  • Light Rock
  • Liquindi
  • Llanera - Venezuelan music
  • Llanto - a flamenco-influenced genre of Panamanian folk music
  • Lo-fi music
  • Loki djili - traditional Hungarian Gypsy songs
  • Long-song - traditional Mongolian slow songs
  • Louisiana blues
  • Lounge music
  • Lovers rock
  • Lowercase - see Lowercase (music)
  [edit] Lu
  • Lu - unaccompanied Tibetan folk music
  • Lubbock country music
  • Lucknavi thumri - a type of thumri from Lucknow
  • Luhya omutibo
  • Luk grung - Popular Thai music from the early 20th century
  • Lullaby
  • Lundu
  • Lundum
  [edit] M

  Ma - Mb-Mg - Mi - Min-Mir - Mo-Mp - Mu

  • M-Base
  [edit] Mad-Mam
  • Madchester
  • Madrigal
  • Mafioso rap
  • Maglaal (tuuli)
  • Magnificat
  • Mahori - type of Thai classical music
  • Makossa
  • Makossa-soukous
  • Malagueñas
  • Malawian jazz
  • Malhun
  • Maloya - traditional music from Réunion
  • Maluf - evolved form of al-andalous classical music which developed in Constantine, Algeria
  • maluka
  • Mambo
  [edit] Man-Map
  • Manaschi - Kyrgyz folk music made by travelling musicians also called manaschi
  • Mandarin pop - early Taiwanese pop sung in Mandarin and popular with young listeners
  • Manding swing
  • Mangue Bit - African style beat music style from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Mangulina
  • Manikay
  • Manila sound - Early 1970s development in Pinoy rock which mixed Tagalog and English lyrics
  • Manouche
  • Manzuma
  • Mapouka
  • Mapouka-serré
  [edit] Mar-Maz
  • Marabi
  • Maracatu - African and Portuguese music popular around Recife, Brazil
  • Marga - Indian classical music
  • Mariachi - pop form of son jalisciense
  • Marimba
  • Marrabenta
  • Martial industrial
  • Maskanda - popularized Zulu-traditional music
  • Mass
  • Martinetes
  • Matamuerte
  • Mathcore
  • Math rock
  • Maxixe
  • Mazurka - Martinican Music
  [edit] Mb-Mg
  • Mbalax
  • Mbaqanga (township jive)
  • Mbira (Chimurenga)
  • Mbube
  • Mbumba
  • Medh
  • Meditation
  • Medieval folk rock
  • Medieval metal
  • Medieval music
  • Mejorana
  • Melhoun
  • Melhûn
  • Melodic black metal
  • Melodic death metal
  • Melodic hardcore
  • Melodic metalcore
  • Melodic music
  • Melodic trance
  • Memphis blues
  • Memphis rap
  • Memphis soul
  • Mento
  • Merengue
  • Merengue típico moderno
  • Merengue-bomba - Puerto Rican fusion of bomba and merengue
  • Méringue
  • Meringue
  • Merseybeat
  • Metalcore
  • Metallic hardcore
  • Mexican son - a broad group of Mexican folk music
  • Meyjana
  • Mezwed
  [edit] Mia-Mil
  • Miami bass (booty bass) (Bass music)
  • Mini compas
  • Mini-jazz
  • Minuet
  • Milongas
  [edit] Min-Mit
  • Min'yo - Japanese folk music
  • Mineras
  • Mini-jazz - Caribbean jazz
  • Minimalist music
  • Minimalist trance
  • Minimal techno
  • Minimal wave
  • Minstrel show
  • Minneapolis sound
  • Mirolóyia
  [edit] Mo-MP
  • Modinha
  • Modern classical music
  • Modern Laika
  • Modern Rock
  • Modinha
  • Mohabelo - neo-traditional music from South Africa and Lesotho
  • Mor lam - Laotian and Thai ensemble music for vocals with accompaniment
  • Mor lam sing - popular form of Laotian traditional music developed by Laotians in Thailand
  • Motown
  • Montuno
  • Morna
  • Mozambique
  • MPB (música popular brasileira) - catch-all term for multiple varieties of Brazilian pop music
  [edit] Mu
  • Mugam - classical music of Azerbaijan, featuring sung poetry and instrumental passages
  • Murga - Uruguayan street carnival dance with heavy percussion, also popular in Argentina.
  • Musette
  • Mushroom Jazz
  • Music drama
  • Music Hall
  • Music noir
  • Música campesina - Cuban rural music
  • Música criolla - a coastal Peruvian music from the early 20th century, consisting of a variety of Western fusions
  • Música de la interior - indigenous folk music from Colombia
  • Música llanera - harp-based form of folk music from Los Llanos, Colombia
  • Música nordestina - Northeast Brazilian popular music, centered around Recife
  • Música tropical - a form of Colombian salsa music
  • Musiqi-e assil - Persian classical music
  • Musique concrète (also known as electroacoustic music)
  • Mutuashi
  • Muwashshah
  • Muzak (or elevator music)
  • [edit] Na
    • Nafratala-Mexican s.x music
    • Na trapeza - Greek-Turkish slow songs
    • Nagauta - Japanese style of shamisen-playing
    • Naghmehs
    • Nakasi - Taiwanese musical form
    • Naked FUNK
    • Nangma - Tibetan dance music
    • Nanguan - Taiwanese instrumental music
    • Narcocorrido - Spanish for "Drug ballad", this Mexican music's theme was equivalent to gangster rap
    • Nardcore - Nardcore is a hardcore punk movement that came out of Southern California in the early 1980s
    • Narodna muzika - Serbian folk music
    • Nasheed - a capella music closely related with Islamic revival in the 20th century
    • Nashville Sound - pop-country music based out of Nashville, Tennessee
    • National Socialist Black Metal - NSBM Nazi black metal
    • Native American gospel - gospel music performed by Native Americans
    • Naturalismo - a term for the 2000s folk movement also referred to as New Weird America or Freak Folk
    • Nederpop - popular music of the Netherlands, especially in the Dutch language
    • Neoclassical (Dark Wave)
    • Neoclassical (New Age)
    • Neoclassical music
    • Neo-classical metal
    • Néo kýma
    • Neofolk - a form of folk music that emerged from European ideals and post-industrial music
    • Neo-Medieval
    • Neo-prog
    • Neo-Psychedelia
    • Neo Soul (Nu Soul) - late 1990s and early 2000s American fusion of contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul music, hip hop music, jazz, and classical music
    • Nerdcore
    • Neue Deutsche Härte
    • Neue Deutsche Welle - a kind of German New Wave music
    • Neue Volksmusik
    • New Age music - numerous varieties of music associated with New Age spirituality and culture, especially including atmospheric and natural sounds
    • New Beat - a downtempo music style from Belgium, contemporary to Chicago House and Detroit Techno.
    • New Instrumental
    • New Jack Swing (New Jack R&B, Swingbeat) - late 1980s and early 1990s American fusion of hip hop music, R&B, doo wop and soul music
    • New Orleans blues - piano and horn-heavy blues from the city of New Orleans, Louisiana
    • New Orleans contemporary brass band
    • New Orleans jazz
    • New Pop
    • New prog
    • New Rave
    • New Romantic - popular British New Wave from the early 1980s
    • New rumba
    • New school hip hop - generic term for hip hop music recorded after about 1989
    • New Taiwanese Song - modern Taiwanese pop music which combines ballads, rock and roll and hip hop
    • New Wave bhangra (Fusion bhangra)
    • New Wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) - mid- to late 1970s heavy metal coming out of the United Kingdom
    • New Wave - melodious pop outgrowth of arty punk rock, also used as description of an emerging sound in any genre (e.g. Alpine New Wave)
    • New Wave of New Wave
    • New Weird America - term to defining emerging folk/psychedelia/drone/noize influenced by pre-war country-folk-blues & 1960s counter cultural underground music.
    • New York blues - jazzy, urban blues from the early 20th century
    • New York House (also known as US Garage)
    • NuWave - a genre created by a popular DJ called DJ NuWave
    • Newgrass - progressive bluegrass
    [edit] Ng
    • Nganja
    • Nhąc dân tôc cai biên - modernized forms of Vietnamese folk music which arose in the 1950s
    • Nhac tài tů - Vietnamese chamber music which accompanies cai luong
    • Nha Nac
    • Niche - sub-genre of UK Garage and Bassline House, name derived from the club in Sheffield, that first started putting on regular bassline nights
    • Nintendocore
    • Nisiótika - folk songs of the Greek islands
    • No Wave - avant-garde late 1970s outgrowth of New Wave and punk rock
    • Noh - highly-stylized Japanese theater and music style
    • Noise music - style of avant-garde music, most closely associated with Japan
    • Noise pop - experimental 1990s outgrowth of punk
    • Noise rock - atonal punk rock from the 1980s
    • Nongak - Korean folk music played by 20-30 performers on different kinds of percussion instruments
    • Norae Undong - Korean rock music with socially aware lyrics
    • Nordic folk music
      • Nordic folk dance music
    • Nortec - electronic style from Tijuana, Mexico
    • Norteño (Tex-Mex) - Modernized corridos pop music of Mexico
    • Northern harmony
    • Northern Soul - late 1960s variety of soul music from northern England
    • Northumbrian smallpipe music
    • Nota
    • Nova canção - popular 1950s and 60s fado in Portugal and folk-based singer-songwriters in Spain
    • Novokomponovana narodna muzika - modernized Serbian folk music
    • Nu breaks
    • Nu jazz - fusion of late 1990s jazz and electronic music
    • Nu metal - fusion of heavy metal music with genres such as hip hop, funk, grunge and electronic music
    • Nu-NRG - a harder and faster version of Hi-NRG
    • Nu soul (neo soul) - popular fusion of hip hop music and soul music
    • Nueva canción - Chilean pop-folk music which influenced by native Chilean and Bolivian forms
    • Nyingmapa chanting - form of highly rhythmic and elaborate Tibetan Buddhist chanting
    [edit] O
    • Obscuro
    • Oi! - 1980s style of British punk rock
    • Old school hip hop - generic term for hip hop music recorded before approximately 1989
    • Old time country
    • Old-time - archaic term for many different styles that were an outgrowth of Appalachian folk music and fed into country music
    • Oldies
    • Olonkho - Yakut epic songs
    • Oltului
    • Ompa - Music by the Kaizers Orchestra
    • Omutibo
    • Ondo
    • On ikki muqam - Uyghur classical music suite in 12 parts
    • Oom pah band
    • Opera - theatrical performances in which all or most dialogue is sung with musical accompaniment
    • Oratorical calypso
    • Oratorio - similar to opera but without scenery, costumes or acting
    • Orchestra - a large ensemble, especially one used to played European classical music
    • Orchestre
    • Organ trio - a style of jazz from the 1960s that blended blues and jazz (and later "soul jazz") and which was based around the sound of the Hammond organ
    • Organic ambient - often acoustic ambient music which uses instruments and styles borrowed from world music
    • Organic house
    • Organica - A genre music created by SLIPS INTO SPACE in 2007, it is written without predetermining the outcome of the overall sound.This music causes audible hallucinations.
    • Organum - Middle Ages polyphonic music
    • Oriental Foxtrot
    • Oriental metal - a subgenre of folk metal that incorporates elements of traditional Middle Eastern music.
    • Orovela - eastern Georgian work songs
    • Orgel (Organ Orgue) - keyboard instrument with/without pedals
    • Orquestas Tejanas
    • Ottava rima - Italian rhyming stanzas
    • Outlaw country - late 1960s and 70s form of country music with a hard-edged sound and rebellious lyrics
    • Outsider music - generic term for music performed by outsiders
    • Özgün
    • Ozwodna
    [edit] P

    Pa - Pi - Po - Pr

    [edit] Pa
    • P-Funk - 1970s fusion of funk, heavy metal and psychedelic rock, most closely associated with the bands Funkadelic and Parliament, who shared many members collectively known as P-Funk
    • Padams
    • Pagan rock
    • Pagode - Brazilian style of music which originated in the Rio de Janeiro region
    • Paisley Underground - 1980s style of alternative rock that drew heavily on psychedelia
    • Palm wine - fusion of numerous West African, Latin American and European genres, popular throughout coastal West Africa in the 20th century
    • Palos
    • Panambih - tembang sunda that uses metered poetry
    • Panchai baja - Nepalese wedding music
    • Panchavadyam - Temple music from Kerala, India
    • Pansori - Korean folk music played by a singer and a drummer
    • Paranda - Garifuna form of music
    • Parisian soukous
    • Parranda - Afro-Venezuelan form of music
    • Parody - humorous renditions of various songs
    • Patriotic
    • Payada de contrapunto
    • Pambiche (Merengue estilo yanqui)
    • Paranda - Garifuna music of Belize
    • Parang - Trinidadian Christmas carols
    • Partido alto
    • El pasacalle
    • Paseo (music)
    • Pasillo
    • pcycobilly -hill billy and rock
    • Peace Punk
    • Pedo punk
    • Pelimanni music - Finnish folk dance music
    • Pennywhistle jive
    • Peroveta anedia
    • Petenera
    • Peyote Song - a mixture of gospel and traditional Native American music
    • Philadelphia soul - soft 1970s soul that came out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Phleng luk tung
    • punk techno- punk rock with techno beat and SFX
    [edit] Pi
    • Piano blues
    • Piano rock
    • Piedmont blues
    • Pineal Polka
    • Pinoy rock - rock and roll sung in Tagalog from the Philippines
    • Pinpeat orchestra
    • Piphat - ancient form of Thai classical ensemble
    • Pirekaus - traditional love songs of the Purépecha of Mexico
    • Pisiq - Greenlandic folk song
    • Pixiefunk - fusion of funk,afrobeat,celtic balad,pop-rock,drum'n'bass and jungle. Usually performed live and free style. Origin:London
    • Piyyutim
    • Plachi - melancholic Russian folk songs
    • Plainchant (Gregorian chant)
    • Plena
    • Pleng phua cheewit - Thai protest rock
    • Pleng Thai sakorn - a Thai interpretation of Western classical music
    • Plunk-Folk - energetic double-bass driven folk, with the 'plunk' of the double bass sound.
    [edit] Po
    • Poco-poco - Indonesian modern music which fuses disco with eastern Indonesian dance music
    • Polihet
    • Polka
    • Polo
    • Polonaise
    • Pols - Danish fiddle and accordion dance music
    • Polska
    • Pong lang
    • Pop folk
    • Pop-makossa
    • Pop melayu - Malay pop music with dangdut overlay
    • Pop mop - Mongolian pop music
    • Pop music
    • Pop Progressive - Pop accompanied by guitar/bass riffs and speedy drum patterns
    • Pop punk
    • Pop rai
    • Pop rap
    • Pop rock
    • Pop sunda - Sundanese mixture of gamelan degung and pop music structures
    • Pornocore
    • Porro - Colombian big band music
    • Portuguese Shangaan - South African and Mozambiquan mixture of traditional Tsonga and Portuguese music
    • Positive punk
    • Post-disco
    • Post-grunge
    • Post-hardcore- Slite mixture of Hardcore and Punk rock
    • Post-industrial
    • Post-Jam - Next Wave Jambands like the Slip, Lotus, STS9 and The Duo. Electronic and Indie Rock stylings.
    • Post-metal
    • Post-minimalism
    • Post-punk
    • Post-rock
    • Post-romanticism
    • Post-Traumatic-Stress-Core
    • Power electronics
    • Power metal
    • Power noise (or rhythmic noise)
    • Power pop
    • Powerviolence
    • Pow-wow - Native American dance music
    • Ppongtchak - Korean pop music developed during the Japanese occupation
    [edit] Pr
    • Praise song
    • Pre-Computer
    • Primus
    • Program symphony
    • Progressive Acoustic Urban Math Folk
    • Progressive electronic music
    • Progressive folk music
    • Progressive house
    • Progressive industrial beatbox-jambalaya
    • Progressive metal
    • Progressive bluegrass
    • Progressive rock
    • Progressive trance
    • Protopunk
    • Psychedelic music
    • Psych folk or Psychedelic folk
    • Psychedelic rock
    • Psychedelic trance (Psy-trance)
    • Psychobilly
    • Psychosomatic trance
    • Psych-pop
    • Punjabi thumri - a type of thumri from Punjab
    • Punk blues - a US music genre that developed in the 1980s, which mixes elements of blues with the aggressive sound of punk.
    • Punk Cabaret - a fusion of musical theater and cabaret style music with the aggressive, raw nature of punk rock.
    • Punk funk
    • Punk jazz
    • Punk rock
    • Punta
    • Punta rock - 1970s Belizean music
    • Puke-a-Billy - genre created by Nathan Payne in the late 1990s. Mix of rock-a-billy, punk, country, and blues.
    [edit] Q
    • Quan ho - Vietnamese vocal music which originated in the Red River Delta
    • Qasidah - Epic religious poetry accompanied by percussion and chanting
    • Qasidah modern - Qasidah updated for mainstream audiences
    • Qawwali - Sufi religious music updated for mainstream audiences, was originated in India
    • Quadrille
    • Queercore
    • Quiet Storm
    [edit] R

    Ra - Rh

    [edit] Ra
    • Rada
    • Raga rock - Swiss soul, rock and Indian music fusion
    • Ragas
    • Raggamuffin (Ragga)
    • Ragga-chutney
    • Ragga Jungle
    • Ragga-soca
    • Ragga-zouk - a fusion of reggae, dub music and zouk
    • Ragtime
    • Rainbow Rave
    • Rai - Algerian folk music now developed into a popular style
    • Rake-and-scrape - Bahamanian instrumental music
    • Ramkbach
    • Ramvong
    • Ranchera - pop mariachi from 1950s film soundtracks
    • Random dance
    • Rap
    • Rap opera
    • Rap rock
      • Rap metal
    • Rapcore
    • Rapso
    • Rara
    • Rare groove
    • Rasiya
    • Rateliai
    • Rave
    • Rebetiko
    • Rebita
    • reel
    • Reggae
    • Reggae dancehall (see Dancehall)
    • Reggae fusion
    • Reggae highlife
    • Reggaeton
    • Reinlender
    • Rekilaulu - Finnish rhyming sleigh songs
    • Religious
    • Rembetiko
    • Renaissance music
    • Requiem
    • Retro Acoustic Steel Guitar
    [edit] Rh
    • Rhapsody
    • Rhyming spiritual - Bahamanian hymns
    • Rhythm and blues (R&B)
    • Rhythmic noise (or power noise)
    • Ricercar
    • Rímur - Icelandic heroic epic songs
    • Ring Bang - the Barbadian sound of soca
    • Riot grrrl
    • Rock
    • Rock opera
    • Rock and roll
    • Rock en español
    • Rock sureño - 70's Rock from Andalusia with Flamenco influences
    • Rockabilly
    • Rocknoir
    • Rocksteady
    • Rococo
    • Rodeo music
    • Rokon fada
    • Romantic period in music
    • Romeras
    • Rondeaux
    • Ronggeng - a folk music from Malacca, Malaysia
    • Roots reggae
    • Roots rock
    • Roots rock reggae
    • Ruem trosh - Cambodian traditional music
    • Rumba
      • African Rumba
      • Cuban Rumba (yambu, columbia, and guaguanco)
      • Flamenco Rumba also known as Gypsy rumba
    • Rumba gitana - French Gypsy music
    • Runddan
    • Runolaulu - Finnish folk songs
    • Runo-song - Estonian folk music
    [edit] Sa
    • Sabar - drumming style found in Senegal
    • Sacred Harp
    • Sadcore
    • Saibara
    • Salegy
    • Salsa - fusion of multiple Cuban- and Puerto Rican-derived pop genres from immigrants in New York City
    • Salsa erotica - lyrically explicit form of salsa romantica
    • Salsa gorda
    • Salsa romantica - a soft, romantic form of salsa music
    • Saltarello
    • Salve
    • Samba - form of Brazilian popular music
    • Samba-canção - traditional samba in slow tempo and with romantic lyrics. influenced by bolero
    • Samba-reggae - a genre of samba with a choppy, reggae-like rhythm.
    • Sambai
    • Sanjo - Korean instrumental folk music
    • Sato kagura
    • Sawt - urban music from Kuwait and Bahrain
    • Saya - Bolivian music derived from African rhythms
    [edit] Sc
    • Schlager
    • Schottisch
    • Schranz
    • Science Future Vision - Post genome code science punk rock originally started in Hull
    • Scottish Baroque music
    • Scrap (music)
    • Screamo
    • Scrumpy and Western - folk music from West Country of England
    • Sea shanty
    • Sean nós - Sean-nós singing style of Ireland
    • Second Viennese School
    • Sega music
    • Seggae
    • Seis
    • Semba
    • Sephardic music
    • Serialism
    • Set dance
    • Sevdalinka - Bosnian urban popular music
    • Sevillana
    • Shabab
    • Shabad
    • Shalako - Armenian folk dance
    • Shan'ge - Taiwanese Hakka mountain songs
    • Shango
    • Shape note
    • Shibuya-kei
    • Shidaiqu - Hong Kong-based form of traditional music updated for pop audiences and sung in Mandarin
    • Shima uta - a form of Okinawan dance music
    • Shock rock
    • Shoegazing
    • Shoka - Japanese songs written during the Meiji Restoration to bring Western music to Japanese schools
    • Shomyo - Japanese Buddhist chanting
    • Showtunes
    [edit] Si
    • Sica
    • Siguiriyas
    • Silat - Malaysian mixture of music, dance and martial arts
    • Sinawi - Korean religious music meant for dancing; it is improvised and reminiscent of jazz
    • Singer-songwriter
    • Situational
    • Ska
    • Ska punk
    • Skacore (third wave of ska)
    • Skald
    • Skate punk
    • Skiffle
    • Skronk - popular music originating in Charleston, South Carolina, USA in the late 1990s having elements of ska, rock, and funk.
    • Slack-key guitar (kihoalu) - Hawaiian form invented by retuning open strings on a guitar
    • Slängpolska
    • Slide
    • Slowcore
    • Sludge metal
    • Smooth jazz
    [edit] So
    • Soca
    • Soft rock
    • Son-batá (batá rock)
    • Son montuno - Cuban folk music
    • Sonata
    • Songo - a mixture of changuí and son montuno
    • Songo-salsa - a mixture of songo, hip hop and salsa
    • Soukous
    • Soul blues
    • Soul jazz
    • Soul music
    • Soundtrack
    • Southern Gospel
    • Southern Harmony
    • Southern hip hop
    • Southern metal
    • Southern rock
    • Southern soul
    • Space age pop
    • Space music
    • Space rock
    • Spacesynth
    • Spectralism
    • Speedcore
    • Speed garage
    • Speed metal
    • Spirituals
    • Spouge - Barbadian folk music
    • Square dance
    [edit] St
    • St. Louis blues
    • Steelband
    • Stoner metal
    • Stoner rock
    • Straight edge
    • Strathspeys
    • Stride
    • String - 1980s Thai pop music
    • String quartet
    • Suite
    • Sunshine pop
    • Suomirock
    • Super Eurobeat
    • Surf ballads
    • Surf instrumental
    • Surf music
    • Surf pop
    • Surf rock
    • Swamp blues
    • Swamp pop
    • Swamp rock
    • Swingbeat (New Jack Swing, New Jack R&B)
    • Swing music
    [edit] Sy
    • Sygyt - type of xoomii (Tuvan throat singing), likened to the sound of whistling
    • Symphonic black metal
    • Symphonic metal
    • Symphonic poem
    • Symphonic rock
    • Symphony
    • Symphusion
    • Synthpop
    • Synthpunk
    [edit] T
    • Taarab
    • Tai tu - Vietnamese chamber music
    • Taiwanese pop - early Taiwanese pop music influenced by enka and popular with older listeners
    • Tala - a rhythmic pattern in Indian classical music
    • Talempong - a distinct Minangkabau gamelan music
    • Tambu
    • Tamburitza
    • Tamil Christian keerthanai - Christian devotional lyrics in Tamil
    • Táncház - Hungarian dance music
    • Tango - Argentinian dance music that became internationally popular in the 1920s
    • Tanguk - a form of Korean court music that includes elements of Chinese music
    • Tappa
    • Tarana - form of vocal music from northern India using highly rhythmic nonsense syllables
    • Tarantella
    • Taranto
    • Tech House
    • Tech Trance
    • Technical death metal
    • Technical metal
    • Techno
    • Techno metal
    • Techno rock
    • Technoid
    • Techtonik
    • Teen pop
    • Tejano music or "Tex-Mex", sometimes confused with norteño
    • Tekno
    • Tembang sunda - Sundanese sung free verse poetry
    • Texas blues
    • Thillana - form of vocal music from South India using highly rhythmic nonsense syllables
    • Thrashcore
    • Thrash metal
    • Thresher
    • Thumri - a type of popular Hindustani vocal music
    • Tibetan pop - pop music heavily influenced by Chinese forms, emerging in the 1980s
    • Tientos
    • Timbila - form of folk music in Mozambique
    • Tin Pan Alley
    • Tinga
    • Tinku - traditional music and dance from Potosi Bolivia
    • Toadas - traditional music and dance from Brazil
    • Toeshey - Tibetan dance music
    • Togaku
    • T'ong guitar - acoustic guitar pop music of Korea
    • Traditional pop music
    • Trallalero - Genoese urban songs
    • Trance
    • Travesty
    • Tribal house
    • Trikitixa - Basque accordion music
    • Trip-hop
    • Trip rock
    • Trock - Time Lord Rock, Songs about Doctor Who
    • Trompetenpunk
    • Tropicalia
    • Truck-driving country
    • Tumba
    • Turbo-folk - aggressive form of modernized Serbian music
    • Turntablism
    • Tuvan throat-singing
    • Twee pop
    • Twist (also a dance style, early 1960s)
    • Two tone (second wave of ska)
    [edit] U
    • UK garage
    • UK pub rock
    • Unblack metal (also known as Christian black metal)
    • Underground music
    • Unknown[disambiguation needed]
    • Uplifting Trance
    • Urban Cowboy
    • Urban Folk
    • Urban jazz
    [edit] V
    • Vallenato - accordion-based Colombian folk music
    • Vaudeville
    • Verbunkos - Hungarian folk music
    • Verismo
    • Video game music - Melodic music as defined by its media.
    • Victoriandustrial - penned by Emilie Autumn
    • Viking metal
    • Villanella - 16th century Neapolitan songs
    • Virelais
    • Visual Kei
    • Visual music
    • Vocal house
    • Vocal jazz
    • Volksmusik
    [edit] W
    • Waila (chicken scratch) - a Tohono O'odham fusion of polka, norteño and Native American music
    • Waltz
    • Warabe uta
    • Wassoulou
    • Were music
    • West Coast pop
    • Western blues
    • Western swing
    • Wizard rock
    • Women's music or womyn's music, wimmin's music--1970s lesbian/feminist
    • Wong shadow - 1960s Thai pop music
    • Work song
    • Wood Sounds of organic synthesis recorded on organic medium such as tape.
    • Worldbeat
    • World music
    • World fusion music
    [edit] X
    • Xoomii (khoomii, hoomii) - a type of Tuvan throat singing
    • Xhosa music
    • Xian rock
    [edit] Y
    • Yang - form of Tibetan Buddhist chanting
    • Yé-yé
    • Yorubeat Funk and Afrobeat influenced
    • Yo-pop
    • Yodeling
    • Yukar
    • Yule Christmas music
    [edit] Z
    • Zajal
    • Zapin - derived from ancient Arabic music, zapin is popular throughout Malaysia
    • Zarzuela - a form of Spanish operetta
    • Zeuhl
    • Zeibekiko - Greek Dance 9/8 Rytmus
    • Ziglibithy
    • Zolo - characterized by hyper bitchy rhythms and cacophonous/ harmonious bleeps and bongs
    • Zouglou
    • Zouk - Antillean ( Guadeloupean ) dance music
    • Zouk chouv
    • Zouklove - Guadeloupean Music
    • Zulu music
    • Zydeco - popular Louisianan Creole music