music genres
Types of songs
Music genres are categories that classify music by shared characteristics—rhythm, instrumentation, cultural origin, or mood.
Rock, jazz, hip-hop, classical, and country are broad genres; subgenres like thrash metal or Chicago blues slice finer.
Genre boundaries blur constantly as artists blend influences: Is this indie rock or dream pop?
Genre labels help listeners find what they like and give critics shorthand for description, though musicians often resist being pigeonholed.
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- AfrobeatWest African funk-jazz fusion
- popFizzy drink, regionally
- folkRegular common people
- rockSolid earthen material
heavy metal · death metal · flamenco · zydeco · tango · bluegrass · bossa nova · smooth jazz · musique concrète · hip-hop · trip hop · ambient · jazz fusion · R&B · shanty · dubstep · bhangra · country
- musicsong, songs, singing, singer, singers
- trivia topicsnational flags, famous landmarks, Olympic sports, famous paintings, literary classics
- Southeast Asian Musicfolk melodies, gongs, metallophones, dalang, chap
- culturebeliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals, art galleries
- regional influencesdialect, accent, cuisine, local customs, architecture
- cultural exchangecultural exchange, cross-cultural, student exchange, intercultural, exchange program
music genresmusical works
Pieces of composed sound
albums · performances · playlists · artists · musicians