Music Types & Genre List

LIST OF TYPES OF MUSIC | MUSIC GENRES

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• Alternative ! Alternative Rock ! College Rock ! Experimental Rock ! Goth Rock ! Grunge ! Hardcore Punk ! Hard Rock ! Indie Rock ! New Wave ! Progressive Rock ! Punk ! Shoegaze ! Steampunk

• Anime • Blues ! Acoustic Blues ! Chicago Blues ! Classic Blues ! Contemporary Blues ! Country Blues ! Delta Blues ! Electric Blues • Children’s Music ! Lullabies ! Sing-Along ! Stories

• Classical ! Avant-Garde ! Baroque ! Chamber Music ! Chant ! Choral ! Classical Crossover ! Early Music ! High Classical ! Impressionist ! Medieval ! Minimalism ! Modern Composition ! Opera ! Orchestral ! Renaissance ! Romantic ! Wedding Music • Comedy ! Novelty ! Standup Comedy

• Country ! Alternative Country ! Americana ! Bluegrass ! Contemporary Bluegrass ! Contemporary Country ! Country Gospel ! Honky Tonk ! Outlaw Country ! Traditional Bluegrass ! Traditional Country ! Urban Cowboy

• Dance / EMD ! Breakbeat ! Dubstep ! Exercise ! Garage ! Hardcore ! Hard Dance ! Hi-NRG / Eurodance ! House ! Jackin House ! Jungle/Drum’n’bass ! Techno ! Trance • Disney • Easy Listening ! Bop ! Lounge ! Swing

• Electronic ! Ambient ! Crunk ! Downtempo ! Electro ! Electronica ! Electronic Rock ! IDM/Experimental ! Industrial

• Enka

• French Pop

• German Folk

• German Pop

• Fitness & Workout

• Hip-Hop/Rap ! Alternative Rap ! Bounce ! Dirty South ! East Coast Rap ! Gangsta Rap ! Hardcore Rap ! Hip-Hop ! Latin Rap ! Old School Rap ! Rap ! Underground Rap ! West Coast Rap

• Holiday ! Chanukah ! Christmas ! Christmas: Children’s ! Christmas: Classic ! Christmas: Classical ! Christmas: Jazz ! Christmas: Modern ! Christmas: Pop ! Christmas: R&B ! Christmas: Religious ! Christmas: Rock ! Easter ! Halloween ! Holiday: Other ! Thanksgiving

• Indie Pop

• Industrial

• Inspirational – Christian & Gospel ! CCM ! Christian Metal ! Christian Pop ! Christian Rap ! Christian Rock ! Classic Christian ! Contemporary Gospel ! Gospel ! Christian & Gospel ! Praise & Worship ! Qawwali ! Southern Gospel ! Traditional Gospel

• Instrumental ! March (Marching Band)

• J-Pop ! J-Rock ! J-Synth ! J-Ska ! J-Punk

• Jazz ! Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson) ! Avant-Garde Jazz ! Big Band ! Blue Note ! Contemporary Jazz ! Cool ! Crossover Jazz ! Dixieland ! Ethio-jazz ! Fusion ! Hard Bop ! Latin Jazz ! Mainstream Jazz ! Ragtime ! Smooth Jazz ! Trad Jazz

• K-Pop

• Karaoke

• Kayokyoku

• Latino ! Alternativo & Rock Latino ! Baladas y Boleros ! Brazilian ! Contemporary Latin ! Latin Jazz ! Pop Latino ! Raíces ! Reggaeton y Hip-Hop ! Regional Mexicano ! Salsa y Tropical

• New Age ! Environmental ! Healing ! Meditation ! Nature ! Relaxation ! Travel

• Opera

• Pop ! Adult Contemporary ! Britpop ! Pop/Rock ! Soft Rock ! Teen Pop

• R&B/Soul ! Contemporary R&B ! Disco ! Doo Wop ! Funk ! Motown ! Neo-Soul ! Quiet Storm ! Soul Copyright © 2010-14 MusicGenresList.com. All Rights Reserved • Reggae ! Dancehall ! Dub ! Roots Reggae ! Ska

• Rock ! Adult Alternative ! American Trad Rock ! Arena Rock ! Blues-Rock ! British Invasion ! Death Metal/Black Metal ! Glam Rock ! Hair Metal ! Hard Rock ! Metal ! Jam Bands ! Prog-Rock/Art Rock ! Psychedelic ! Rock & Roll ! Rockabilly ! Roots Rock ! Singer/Songwriter ! Southern Rock ! Surf ! Tex-Mex

• Singer/Songwriter ! Alternative Folk ! Contemporary Folk ! Contemporary Singer/Songwriter ! Folk-Rock ! New Acoustic ! Traditional Folk

• Soundtrack ! Foreign Cinema ! Musicals ! Original Score ! Soundtrack ! TV Soundtrack

• Spoken Word • Tex-Mex / Tejano ! Chicano ! Classic ! Conjunto ! Conjunto Progressive ! New Mex ! Tex-Mex

• Vocal ! Barbershop ! Doo-wop ! Standards ! Traditional Pop ! Vocal Jazz ! Vocal Pop

• World ! Africa ! Afro-Beat ! Afro-Pop ! Asia ! Australia ! Bossa Nova ! Cajun ! Caribbean ! Celtic ! Celtic Folk ! Contemporary Celtic ! Drinking Songs ! Drone ! Europe ! France ! Hawaii ! Indian Pop ! Japan ! Japanese Pop ! Klezmer ! Middle East ! North America ! Polka ! South Africa ! South America ! Traditional Celtic ! Worldbeat ! Zydeco