music fusion

Mixed musical styles

Music fusion is the blending of two or more distinct musical genres or traditions into a hybrid style.

Jazz fusion combines jazz with rock, funk, or electronic elements.

World fusion mixes Western pop with traditional music from other cultures.

The term often appears with its components named: Afro-Cuban fusion, jazz-rock fusion.

Fusion can describe deliberate artistic experimentation or organic cultural mixing.

Related

mashups · blend · folk-metal · nu metal · gospel-blues · world beat · harmony · merge · crossover · jam · cultural diplomacy · reggaeton · groove · beat · drum · rhythm · sound clash · eclectic

Opposites
musical innovation vs. traditionalism

music fusionroots music

Traditional folk-based genres

classical tradition · old-time music · regional music

genre purity

music fusionunblended

Not combined with others

innovation vs. tradition

music fusionrevivalism

Movement rekindling religious passion

preservationism · historical authenticity

Family

music, fusion

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Top 500,000
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