Jump to content

List of music genres and styles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 208.79.179.146 (talk) at 14:18, 7 October 2019 (→Comedy). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Popular music
Timeline of musical events
List of popular music genres

This is a list of music styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and closely related forms often overlap. Larger genres and styles comprise more specific sub-categories. Applicable styles are classified in this list using AllMusic[1] genre categorization.[2]

African

Main article: African popular music

Arabic music

Main article: Arabic music

Asian

Main article: Asian music

East Asian

South and southeast Asian

Main article: Music of Southeast Asia

Avant-garde

Main article: Avant-garde music

Blues

Main article: Blues

Caribbean and Caribbean-influenced

Main article: List of Caribbean music genres

Country

Main article: Country music

Easy listening

Main article: Easy listening

Electronic music

Main article: Electronic music

Folk song

Main article: Folk music

Hip hop

Main article: Hip hop music

Jazz

Main article: Jazz

Latin

Main article: Latin music

Pop

Main article: Pop music

R&B and soul

Main articles: Rhythm and blues and Soul music

Rock

Main article: Rock music

Classical music

Main article: Classical music

Other

These categories are not exhaustive. A music platform, Gracenote, listed more than 2000 music genres (included by those created by ordinary music lovers, who are not involved within the music industry, these being said to be part of a 'folksonomy', i.e. a taxonomy created by non-experts). Most of these genres were created by music labels to target new audiences, however classification is useful to find music and distribute it.

References

  1. ^ [1] Allmusic website
  2. ^ "Definition of "popular music" | Collins English Dictionary". www.collinsdictionary.com. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

Bibliography

  • Borthwick, Stuart, & Moy, Ron (2004) Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Fabbri, Franco (1982) A Theory of Popular Music Genres: Two Applications. In Popular Music Perspectives, edited by David Horn and Philip Tagg, 52-81. Göteborg and Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co., Ltd.
  • Frith, Simon (1996) Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
  • Holt, Fabian (2007) Genre in Popular Music. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Negus, Keith (1999) Music Genres and Corporate Cultures. London and New York: Routledge.

See also

This list is split into four separate pages:

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=List_of_music_genres_and_styles&oldid=920069488"