List of cultural and regional genres of music

Cultural genres

By race or ethnicity

• African American music (blues, gospel, soul, funk, jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip hop)
• Andean music (nueva cancion)
• Arab music (classical Arab music, rai, sout, gnawa, al-jil, chaabi)
• Ashkenazi music (klezmer)
• Basque music (trikitrixa, bersolari, shawm and drum, fasil, raks, calgia)
• Bedouin music (zajal)
• Berber music
• Cajun and Louisiana Creole music (la la, juré, zydeco, swamp pop)
• Celtic music (jig, reel, strathspey, hornpipe)
• Garifuna music (punta, paranda, brukdown)
• Gypsy music (flamenco)
• Inuit music (katajjaq)
• Jewish music (piyyutim, klezmer)
• Kurdish music
• Latin music (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)
• Lusophone music (fado, samba, Angolan merengue, semba, bossa nova, choro, lambada, MPB, baila, timbila, gumbe, marrabenta, morna)
• Native American and First Nations music (chicken scratch, pow-wow, peyote song)
• Nordic music (pols, polska, runo, Scandinavian death metal, Finnish opera)
• Palestinian music
• Pygmy music
• Saami music (joik)
• Sephardic music (Eastern Tradition, Western Tradition)

By religion

• Christian music (hymns, spirituals, Gregorian chant, wedding music, requiem, gospel, CCM)
• Hindu music (kriti, dhrupad, bhajan, dhamar)
• Jewish music (piyyutim, klezmer)
• Muslim music
• Native American music (peyote song)
• Rastafarian music (reggae, dub)
• Shinto music (kagura)

By language

• Esperanto music

Geographic genres

By country

• Music of Afghanistan (klasik, rubab)
• Music of Albania (llautë, çifteli, kaba)
• Music of Algeria (rai, rabaab, sha-bii, hawzii, nuubaat)
• Music of Andorra
• Music of Angola (kilapanda, kizomba, Angolan merengue, rebita, semba)
• Music of Anguilla (calypso)
• Music of Antigua and Barbuda
• Music of Argentina (rock nacional, milónga, chamamé, cuarteto, tango)
• Music of Armenia (duduk)
• Music of Australia (rock 'n' roll, kun-borrk, wangga, karma, didgeridoo, bunggul)
• Music of Austria (schrammelmusik, Baroque music)
• Music of Azerbaijan (mugam)
• Music of the Bahamas (junkanoo, goombay)
• Music of Bahrain (sout, khaleeji)
• Music of Bangladesh
• Music of Barbados (spouge, calypso, soca)
• Music of Belarus
• Music of Belgium
• Music of Belize (brukdown, punta)
• Music of Benin
• Music of Bhutan
• Music of Bolivia (huayno, canto neuvo, nueva cancion, lambada)
• Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina (sevdalinka)
• Music of Botswana
• Music of Brazil (choro, bossa nova, fricote, carimbó, MPB, boi, maracatú, forró, lambada, samba)
• Music of Brunei
• Music of Bulgaria (gaida, kaval)
• Music of Burkina Faso
• Music of Burundi
• Music of Cambodia (pinpeat orchestra, kantrum, jamrieng samai)
• Music of Cameroon (makossa)
• Music of Canada (rock and roll, folk music, country music)
• Music of Cape Verde (morna)
• Music of the Central African Republic
• Music of Chad
• Music of Chile (nueva canción, canto nuevo)
• Music of China (shidaiqu, qin, baisha xiyue, hua-er, Nanguan ballad, chuigushou, Chinese rock, Cantopop)
• Music of Colombia (cumbia, porro, vallenato, musica de la interior, champeta, Colombian salsa)
• Music of Comoros (twarab, variet)
• Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (kwassa kwassa, soukous, rumba)
• Music of the Republic of the Congo
• Music of Costa Rica (calypso, marimba)
• Music of Côte d'Ivoire (gbébé, dopé, laba laba, polihet, rap dogba, zouglou, ziglibithy])
• Music of Croatia (tamburitza, gusle)
• Music of Cuba (son montuno, comparsa, rumba, punto, changuí, música campesina, batá, nuevo trova, timba, Latin jazz, conga, guajira, guaracha, mozambique, bolero, chachachá, charanga, habanera, salsa, songa)
• Music of Cyprus
• Music of the Czech Republic (polka, bluegrass, trampská hudba, cimbalom)
• Music of Denmark (pols, fanik)
• Music of Djibouti
• Music of Dominica (bouyon)
• Music of the Dominican Republic (merengue, gagá, bachata, salve)
• Music of East Timor
• Music of Ecuador (marimba, bomba)
• Music of Egypt (al-jil)
• Music of Equatorial Guinea (bebon mvet)
• Music of Eritrea
• Music of Estonia (runo-song, kannel)
• Music of Ethiopia (manzuma)
• Music of Fiji
• Music of Finland (Finnish opera, runo, joik)
• Music of France (hurdygurdy, motete, minuet, gwerz, Breton pipes, bal-musette, cabaret, chanson)
• Music of Gabon
• Music of the Gambia
• Music of Georgia (country) (orovela, krimanchuli)
• Music of Germany (Alpine New Wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, krautrock, stubenmusik, burger highlife, oom-pah)
• Music of Ghana (highlife)
• Music of Greece (rembétiko, Sephardic music, laïkó)
• Music of Grenada
• Music of Guinea-Bissau (gumbe, brosca, kussundé, kundere, djambadon, tina, tinga, calibash)
• Music of Guyana
• Music of Haiti (ra-ra, minijazz, menwat, compas direct, cadence rampa, méringue)
• Music of Honduras
• Music of Hungary (verbunkos, nota, csárdás)
• Music of Iceland (rímur)
• Music of India (filmi, Carnatic music, khyal, kriti, dhrupad, Asian Underground, Dandiya, tarana, tillana, indo jazz, bhajan, sitar, tabla, thumri, ghazal, bhangra)
• Music of Indonesia (gamelan, kebyar, joged, kroncong, langgam jawa, gandrung, kecak, qasidah modern, dangdut, jaipongan, angklung, kecapi suling, gambus, tapanuli ogong, tembang sunda)
• Music of Iran (Iranian pop, musiqi-e assil)
• Music of Iraq (oud, rebab)
• Music of Ireland (sean nós)
• Music of Israel (Sephardic music, klezmer, Yemenite Jewish music)
• Music of Italy (opera, Italian hip hop, Sardinian polyphonic singing, tarantella, canzone napoletana, ottava rima, trallalero, saltarello, neomelodici, Baroque music, tarantolati)
• Music of the Ivory Coast (see Music of Côte d'Ivoire)
• Music of Jamaica (mento, reggae, dub music, lovers rock, raggamuffin, dancehall music)
• Music of 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)
• Music of Jordan (zajal)
• Music of Kazakhstan (akyn, qobuz, dombra)
• Music of Kiribati
• Music of Korea (North and South) (ppongtchak, Norae Undong, p'ansori, hyangak, aak, tangak, sanjo, nongak, sinawi, chongak, t'ong guitar)
• Music of Kuwait (sout, (khaleeji))
• Music of Kyrgyzstan (manaschi, komuz)
• Music of Laos (khaen, khaplam wai, lam nu, lam ploen, lam saravane, mor lam sing, lam luang)
• Music of Latvia (daina, kokle)
• Music of Lebanon
• Music of Lesotho
• Music of Liberia
• Music of Libya
• Music of Liechtenstein
• Music of Lithuania (rateliai, daino)
• Music of Luxembourg
• Music of Macedonia (calgia, gajda)
• Music of Malawi (guitar-and-banjo duos, kwela, afroma, kwasa kwasa)
• Music of Malaysia (silat, zapin, ronggeng, kertok)
• Music of the Maldives (boduberu, thaara, Gaa odi lava, langiri, bolimalaafath neshun)
• Music of Mali (wassoulou)
• Music of Malta
• Music of the Marshall Islands
• Music of Mauritania
• Music of Mauritius (seggae, sega)
• Music of Mexico (jarochos, jaliscienses, mariachi, Mexican son, cumbia, Norteño, son huasteco, abajeños, istmeños, arpa grande, calentanos, corridos, ranchera, arribeño)
• Music of Moldova
• Music of Monaco
• Music of Mongolia (long-song, pop mop, horse-head fiddle, Tuvan throat-singing)
• Music of Morocco (chaabi, Sephardic music, gnawa)
• Music of Mozambique (marrabenta)
• Music of Myanmar
• Music of Namibia
• Music of Nauru
• Music of Nepal (panchai baja, light music)
• Music of the Netherlands (Nederpop, gabber, Indo-rock)
• Music of New Zealand (waiata, haka, Kiwi rock, kapahaka)
• Music of Nicaragua (marimba)
• Music of Niger
• Music of Nigeria (apala, Igbo highlife, Yo-pop, Afrobeat, fuji, juju)
• Music of Norway (wind music, fiddle, Scandinavian death metal)
• Music of Oman
• Music of Pakistan (qawwali, tarana)
• Music of Palau
• Music of Panama (mejorana, punto, amanojã, atravesao, tamborito)
• Music of Papua New Guinea (singsing, bamboo band)
• Music of Paraguay
• Music of Peru (charango, chicha, musica criolla, huayno, Andean New Age)
• Music of the Philippines (kundiman, Pinoy rock, Manila sound)
• Music of Poland (polka, mazurka, klezmer)
• Music of Portugal (fado)
• Music of Qatar
• Music of Romania (doina)
• Music of Russia (Tuvan throat-singing)
• Music of Rwanda
• Music of Samoa
• Music of San Marino
• Music of Sao Tome and Principe
• Music of Saudi Arabia (khaleeji)
• Music of Senegal (mbalax, sabar, hip hop)
• Music of Serbia and Montenegro (novokomponovana narodni muzika, turbo-folk, kolo)
• Music of the Seychelles (contombley, montea)
• Music of Sierra Leone (palm wine)
• Music of Singapore
• Music of Slovakia (cardas, fujara)
• Music of Slovenia (polka, oberkrainer)
• Music of the Solomon Islands (panpipe, bamboo band)
• Music of Somalia (batar)
• Music of South Africa (iscathamiya, kwela, marabi, mbaqanga, township jive, South African jazz)
• Music of Spain (flamenco, Sephardic music)
• Music of Sri Lanka (baila)
• Music of the Sudan (haqibah, riq)
• Music of Suriname
• Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Music of St. Lucia
• Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Music of Swaziland
• Music of Sweden (spelmanslag, polska, waltz, Scandinavian death metal, Europop, kulning, säckpipa, nyckelharpa)
• Music of Switzerland (Appenzell quartet, dialect rock raga rock, Alpine New Wave, yodelling)
• Music of Syria (classical Arab music, muwashshah)
• Music of Taiwan (quguan, Taiwanese pop, New Taiwanese Song, bayin, shan'ge, tea-picking opera, budaixi, yueqin, gezaixi)
• Music of Tajikistan (shashmaqam, falak)
• Music of Tanzania (taarab, ngoma, muziki wa dansi, hip hop)
• Music of Thailand (mor lam, pleng phua cheewit, string, luk grung, wong shadow, khruang sai, piphat, pleng Thai sakorn, luk thung, kantrum)
• Music of Togo
• Music of Tonga (lali, hiva usa)
• Music of Trinidad and Tobago (lavway, leggos, calypso, soca, parang, pan, chutney, rapso, steeldrum)
• Music of Tunisia
• Music of Turkey (Ottoman classical music, Sephardic music, Turkish hip hop)
• Music of Turkmenistan (bakshy, dutar)
• Music of Uganda
• Music of Ukraine (bandura)
• Music of the United Arab Emirates (khaleeji)
• Music of the United Kingdom (heavy metal, electronic music, Britpop, 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)
• Music of the United States (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)
• Music of Uruguay (candombe, tango)
• Music of Uzbekistan (shashmaqam)
• Music of Vanuatu
• Music of Venezuela (llanera, calipso)
• Music of Vietnam (quan họ, hát tuồng, hát chèo, cải lương, nhac toc cai bien, hát chầu văn, ca trù)
• Music of Western Sahara
• Music of Yemen (Yemenite Jewish music)
• Music of Zambia
• Music of Zimbabwe (chimurenga, jit)

By continent or other international region

• Music of Africa (rai, highlife, Fuji music, mbalax, milo jazz, kwela, mbaqanga, mbube, Afropop, taarab, jit, juju, benga, makossa, rumba, kwassa kwassa, soukous, jive)
• Music of the Amazon
• Music of the 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)
• Music of the Caucasus
• Music of 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)
• Music of Central Asia (manaschi, bakshy, shashmaqam, akyn)
• Music of East Africa
• Music of East Asia
• Music of Eastern Europe
• Music of Europe
• Music of Kurdistan
• Music of the Lesser Antilles (Combined rhythm, cadence-lypso, zouk, gwo ka, chouval bwa, tambour, biguine)
• Music of Melanesia
• Music of Micronesia
• Music of the Middle East
• Music of North Africa
• Music of North America
• Music of Northern Europe
• Music of Polynesia (waiata, hula, lali, hiva usa, himene tarava, slack-key guitar, Imene tuki, imene metua, steel guitar)
• Music of South America
• Music of South Asia
• Music of Southeast Asia
• Music of Southern Europe
• Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Music of West Africa
• Music of Western Europe

By province, region or other sub-national entity

Australia

• Music of the Australian Capital Territory
• Music of New South Wales
• Music of the Northern Territory
• Music of Queensland
• Music of South Australia
• Music of Tasmania
• Music of the Torres Strait
• Music of Victoria
• Music of Western Australia

Canada

• Music of Alberta
• Music of British Columbia
• Music of Manitoba
• Music of the Maritime Provinces
• Music of New Brunswick
• Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Music of the Northwest Territories
• Music of Nova Scotia
• Music of Nunavat
• Music of Ontario
• Music of the Prairie Provinces
• Music of Prince Edward Island
• Music of Quebec
• Music of Saskatchewan
• Music of the Yukon

Chile

• Music of Easter Island

China

• Music of Guangxi
• Music of Guizhou
• Music of Hainan
• Music of Hong Kong
• Music of Inner Mongolia
• Music of Macau
• Music of Manchuria
• Music of Sichuan
• Music of Taiwan (quguan, Taiwanese pop, New Taiwanese Song, bayin, shan'ge, tea-picking opera, budaixi, yueqin, gezaixi)
• Music of Tibet
• Music of Xinjiang
• Music of Yunnan

Denmark

• Music of the Faroe Islands (kvæði, tættir, vísir)
• Music of Greenland (pisiq, kalattuut)

Finland

• Music of Aland
• Music of Karelia
• Music of Lapland

France

• Music of Brittany
• Music of Burgundy
• Music of Corsica (Corsican polyphonic singing)
• Music of French Guiana
• Music of French Polynesia (himene tarava)
• Music of the Marquesas Islands
• Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe (biguine, chouval bwa, gwo ka, kadans, zouk)
• Music of New Caledonia
• Music of Provence
• Music of Tahiti (himene tarava)

Greece

• Music of Crete

India

• Music of the Andaman Islands
• Music of Kashmir
• Music of Punjab
• Music of Rajasthan

Indonesia

• Music of Bali (gamelan, angklung, kebyar, joged, kecak)
• Music of Java (kroncong)
• Music of the Moluccan Islands
• Music of Sumatra
• Music of Sunda

Italy

• Music of Sardinia
• Music of Sicily
• Music of Tuscany

Netherlands

• Music of Aruba

New Zealand

• Music of the Cook Islands (imene tuki and imene metua)

Norway

• Music of Finmark

Russia

• Music of Altay
• Music of Chechnya
• Music of Dagestan
• Music of Ingushetia
• Music of Karelia
• Music of Siberia
• Music of Tuva

Spain

• Music of Andalusia
• Music of Aragon
• Music of the Balearic Islands
• Music of Basque Country
• Music of the Canary Islands
• Music of Castile, Madrid and Leon
• Music of Catalonia
• Music of Extremadura
• Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
• Music of Murcia
• Music of Navarre and La Rioja
• Music of Valencia

Sweden

• Music of Lapponia

United Kingdom

• Music of Bermuda
• Music of the Cayman Islands
• Music of Cornwall
• Music of England (morris dancing, Broadside ballad, border ballad, music hall, sea shanty)
• Music of the Isle of Man
• Music of Northern Ireland
• Music of Scotland (acid croft, bagpipes)
• Music of the Virgin Islands
• Music of Wales (tympathau, eistedfodd)

United States

• Music of Alabama
• Music of Alaska
• Music of Arizona
• Music of Arkansas
• Music of California (West Coast rap, death rock, Paisley Underground, hair metal, mariachi, psychedelic rock, surf, Bakersfield sound)
• Music of Colorado
• Music of Connecticut
• Music of Delaware
• Music of Florida (Miami bass, Miami sound)
• Music of Georgia
• Music of Guam
• Music of Hawaii (steel guitar, slack-key guitar, hula)
• Music of Idaho
• Music of Illinois (Chicago style, Chicago blues)
• Music of Indiana
• Music of Iowa
• Music of Kansas
• Music of Kentucky (Appalachian folk music, bluegrass, jug bands, country music)
• Music of Louisiana (zydeco, la la, juré, swamp pop, New Orleans jazz, New Orleans blues)
• Music of Maine
• Music of the Mariana Islands
• Music of Maryland (doo wop)
• Music of Massachusetts (punk rock, skinhead punk, alternative rock)
• Music of Michigan (Detroit sound, electronic music, Motown, punk rock, ghettotech, Detroit blues, funk, Motown, soul music)
• Music of Minnesota (alternative rock, Minneapolis sound)
• Music of Mississippi (blues)
• Music of Missouri
• Music of Montana
• Music of Nebraska (Omaha sound)
• Music of Nevada (punk rock, lounge music)
• Music of New Jersey
• Music of New Mexico
• Music of New York (East Coast rap, hip hop, salsa music, punk rock, Tin Pan Alley, stride, jazz)
• Music of North Carolina
• Music of North Dakota
• Music of Ohio (punk rock, garage rock)
• Music of Oklahoma
• Music of Oregon (hardcore punk)
• Music of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia soul, thresher, hip hop)
• Music of Puerto Rico (bomba, aguinaldo, décima, danza, plena, reggaeton, salsa)
• Music of Rhode Island
• Music of South Carolina
• Music of South Dakota
• Music of Tennessee (country music, Nashville Sound, honky-tonk)
• Music of Texas (Norteño, punk rock, Texas blues, country music, Lubbock Sound)
• Music of the Virgin Islands
• Music of Utah
• Music of Vermont
• Music of Virginia
• Music of Washington (twee pop, garage rock, grunge, riot grrl)
• Music of Washington D.C. (hardcore punk, emo, riot grrl, go go)
• Music of West Virginia
• Music of Wisconsin
• Music of Wyoming

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