LIST OF REGIONAL GENRES OF MUSIC

Specialty Definition: List of cultural and regional genres of music

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Cultural genres

African American music (blues, gospel, soul, funk, jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip hop)
Andean music (nueva cancion)
Arab music
Ashkenazi music (klezmer)
Basque music (trikitrixa, bersolari, shawm and drum, fasil, raks, calgia)
Bedouin music
Cajun and Louisiana Creole music (la la, juré, zydeco, swamp pop)
Celtic music (jig, reel, strathspey, hornpipe)
Christian music (hymns, spirituals, Gregorian chant, wedding music, requiem, gospel, CCM)
Esperanto music
Gypsy music (flamenco)
Hindu music (kriti, dhrupad, bhajan, dhamar)
Inuit music (katajjaq)
Jewish music (piyyutim, klezmer)
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)
Mestizo music
Muslim music
Native American music (chicken scratch, pow-wow, peyote song)
Nordic music (pols, polskor, runo, Scandinavian death metal, polka, Finnish opera, mazurka)
Pygmy music
Rastafarian music (reggae, dub)
Saami music (joik)
Sephardic music
Shinto music

Regional, national and geographic genres

Music of Afghanistan (klasik, rubab)
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 Alabama
Music of Aland
Music of Alaska
Music of Albania (llautës, çifteli, kaba)
Music of Alberta
Music of Algeria (rai, rabaab, sha-bii, hawzii, nuubaat)
Music of Altay
Music of the Amazon
Music of Andalusia
Music of the Andaman Islands
Music of Andorra
Music of Angola
Music of Anguilla (calypso)
Music of Antigua and Barbuda
Music of Argentina (rock nacional, milónga, chamamé, cuarteto, tango)
Music of Arizona
Music of Arkansas
Music of Armenia
Music of Aruba
Music of Australia (rock 'n' roll, kun-borrk, wangga, karma, didgeridoo, bunggul)
Music of the Australian Capital Territory
Music of Austria (schrammelmusik, Baroque music)
Music of Azerbaijan (mugam)
Music of the Bahamas (junkanoo, goombay)
Music of the Balearic Islands
Music of Bali (gamelan, angklung, kebyar, joged, kecak)
Music of Bangladesh
Music of Barbados (spouge, calypso, soca)
Music of Basque Country
Music of Belarus
Music of Belgium
Music of Belize (brukdown, punta)
Music of Benin
Music of Bermuda
Music of Bhutan
Music of Bolivia (huayno, canto neuvo, nueva cancion, lambada)
Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina (sevdalinka)
Music of Botswana
Music of Burgundy
Music of Brazil (choro, bossa nova, fricote, carimbó, MPB, boi, maracatú, forró, lambada, samba)
Music of Brittany
Music of British Columbia
Music of Brunei
Music of Bulgaria (gaida, kaval)
Music of Burkino Faso
Music of Burundi
Music of California (West Coast rap, death rock, Paisley Underground, hair metal, mariachi, psychedelic rock, surf, Bakersfield sound)
Music of Cambodia (pinpeat orchestra, kantrum, jamrieng samai)
Music of Cameroon (makossa)
Music of Canada
Music of the Canary Islands
Music of Cape Verde (morna)
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 Catalonia
Music of the Caucasus
Music of the Cayman Islands
Music of the Central African Republic
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 Chad
Music of Chechnya
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 Colorado
Music of Comoros
Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (kwassa kwassa, soukous, rumba)
Music of the Republic of the Congo
Music of Connecticut
Music of the Cook Islands (imene tuki and imene metua)
Music of Cornwall
Music of Corsica (Corsican polyphonic singing)
Music of Costa Rica
Music of Côte d'Ivoire
Music of Crete
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 Dagestan
Music of Delaware
Music of Denmark (pols, fanik)
Music of Djibouti
Music of Dominica (bouyon)
Music of the Dominican Republic (merengue, gagá, bachata, salve)
Music of East Africa
Music of East Asia
Music of East Timor
Music of Easter Island
Music of Eastern Europe
Music of Ecuador (marimba, bomba)
Music of Egypt (al-jil)
Music of England
Music of Equatorial Guinea
Music of Eritrea
Music of Estonia (runo-song, kannel)
Music of Ethiopia (manzuma)
Music of Europe
Music of the Faroe Islands (kvæði, tættir, vísir)
Music of Fiji
Music of Finland (Finnish opera, runo, joik)
Music of Florida (Miami bass, Miami sound)
Music of France (hurdygurdy, motete, minuet, gwerz, Breton pipes, bal-musette, chanson)
Music of French Guiana
Music of French Polynesia (himene tarava)
Music of Gabon
Music of Galicia
Music of the Gambia
Music of Georgia (country)
Music of Georgia (U.S. state)
Music of Germany (Alpine New Wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, krautrock, stubenmusik, burger highlife, oom-pah)
Music of Ghana (highlife)
Music of Greece (rembétiko, laïkó)
Music of Greenland (pisiq, kalattuut)
Music of Grenada
Music of Guam
Music of Guangxi
Music of Guinea-Bissau
Music of Guizhou
Music of Guyana
Music of Hainan
Music of Haiti (ra-ra, minijazz, menwat, compas direct, cadence rampa, méringue)
Music of Hawaii (steel guitar, slack-key guitar, hula)
Music of Honduras
Music of Hong Kong
Music of Hungary (verbunkos, nota, csárdás)
Music of Iceland
Music of Idaho
Music of Illinois (Chicago style, Chicago blues)
Music of India (filmi, Carnatic music, khyal, kriti, dhrupad, Asian Underground, Dandiya, tarana, tillana, indo jazz, bhajan, sitar, tabla, thumri, ghazal, bhangra)
Music of Indiana
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 Ingushetia
Music of Inner Mongolia
Music of Iowa
Music of Iran
Music of Iraq (oud, rebab)
Music of Israel
Music of Italy
Music of the Ivory Coast
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 Java (kroncong)
Music of Jordan
Music of Kansas
Music of Karelia
Music of Kashmir
Music of Kazakhstan (akyn, qobuz, dombra)
Music of Kentucky
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 Kurdistan
Music of Kyrgyzstan (manaschi, komuz)
Music of Laos (khaen, khaplam wai, lam nu, lam ploen, lam saravane, mor lam sing, lam luang)
Music of Lappland (joik)
Music of Latvia (daina, kokle)
Music of Lebanon
Music of Lesotho
Music of the Lesser Antilles (Combined rhythm, cadence-lypso, zouk, gwo ka, chouval bwa), tambour, biguine)
Music of Liberia
Music of Libya
Music of Liechtenstein
Music of Lithuania (rateliai, daino)
Music of Louisiana (zydeco, la la, juré, swamp pop, New Orleans jazz, New Orleans blues)
Music of Luxembourg
Music of Macau
Music of Macedonia
Music of Maine
Music of Malawi
Music of Malaysia (silat, zapin, ronggeng, kertok)
Music of the Maldives
Music of Mali (wassoulou)
Music of Malta
Music of the Isle of Man
Music of Manchuria
Music of Manitoba
Music of the Mariana Islands
Music of the Marquesas Islands
Music of the Marshall Islands
Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe (biguine, chouval bwa, gwo ka, kadans, zouk)
Music of Maryland (doo wop)
Music of Massachusetts (punk rock, skinhead punk, alternative rock)
Music of Mauritania
Music of Mauritius (seggae, sega)
Music of Melanesia
Music of Mexico (jarochos, jaliscienses, mariachi, Mexican son, cumbia, Norteño, son huasteco, abajeños, istmeños, arpa grande, calentanos, corridos, ranchera, arribeño)
Music of Michigan (Detroit sound, electronic music, punk rock, ghettotech, Detroit blues, funk, Motown, soul music)
Music of Micronesia
Music of the Middle East
Music of Minnesota (alternative rock, Minneapolis sound)
Music of Mississippi (blues)
Music of Missouri
Music of Moldova
Music of the Moluccan Islands
Music of Monaco
Music of Mongolia (long-song, pop mop, horse-head fiddle, Tuvan throat-singing)
Music of Montana
Music of Morocco (chaabi, gnawa)
Music of Mozambique (marrabenta)
Music of Myanmar
Music of Namibia
Music of Nauru
Music of Nebraska (Omaha sound)
Music of Nepal (panchai baja, light music)
Music of the Netherlands (Nederpop, gabber, Indo-rock)
Music of Nevada (punk rock, lounge music)
Music of New Brunswick
Music of New Caledonia
Music of New Jersey
Music of New Mexico
Music of New South Wales
Music of New York (East Coast rap, hip hop, salsa music, punk rock, Tin Pan Alley, stride, jazz)
Music of New Zealand (waiata, haka, Kiwi rock, kapahaka)
Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
Music of Nicaragua
Music of Niger
Music of Nigeria (apala, fuji, juju)
Music of North Africa
Music of North America
Music of North Carolina
Music of North Dakota
Music of Northern Europe
Music of the Northern Territory
Music of the Northwest Territories
Music of Norway (wind music, fiddle, Scandinavian death metal)
Music of Nova Scotia
Music of Nunavat
Music of Ohio (punk rock, garage rock)
Music of Oklahoma
Music of Oman
Music of Ontario
Music of Oregon (hardcore punk)
Music of Pakistan (qawwali, tarana)
Music of Palau
Music of Palestine
Music of Panama (mejorana, punto, amanojã, atravesao, tamborito)
Music of Papua New Guinea (singsing, bamboo band)
Music of Paraguay
Music of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia soul, thresher, hip hop)
Music of Peru (charango, chicha, musica criolla, huayno, Andean New Age)
Music of the Philippines (kundiman, Pinoy rock, Manila sound)
Music of Poland
Music of Polynesia (waiata, hula, lali, hiva usa, himene tarava, slack-key guitar, Imene tuki, imene metua, steel guitar)
Music of the Federated States of Polynesia
Music of Portugal (fado)
Music of Prince Edward Island
Music of Provence
Music of Puerto Rico (bomba, aguinaldo, décima, danza, plena, reggaeton, salsa)
Music of Punjab
Music of Qatar
Music of Quebec
Music of Queensland
Music of Rajasthan
Music of Rhode Island
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 Sardinia
Music of Saskatchewan
Music of Scotland
Music of Senegal (mbalax, sabar, hip hop)
Music of Serbia and Montenegro
Music of the Seychelles
Music of Siberia
Music of Sicily
Music of Sichuan
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 South America
Music of South Asia
Music of South Australia
Music of South Carolina
Music of South Dakota
Music of Southeast Asia
Music of Southern Europe
Music of Spain (flamenco)
Music of Sri Lanka (baila)
Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
Music of the Sudan (haqibah, riq)
Music of Sumatra
Music of Sunda
Music of Suriname
Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Music of St. Lucia
Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Music of South America
Music of Swaziland
Music of Sweden
Music of Switzerland (Appenzell quartet, dialect rock raga rock, Alpine New Wave, yodelling)
Music of Syria

Music of Tahiti (himene tarava)
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 Tasmania
Music of Tennessee (country music, Nashville Sound, honky-tonk)
Music of Texas (Norteño, punk rock, Texas blues, country music, Lubbock Sound)
Music of Thailand (mor lam, pleng phua cheewit, string, luk grung, wong shadow, khruang sai, piphat, pleng Thai sakorn, luk thung, kantrum)
Music of Tibet
Music of Togo
Music of Tonga (lali, hiva usa)
Music of the Torres Strait
Music of Trinidad and Tobago (lavway, leggos, calypso, soca, parang, pan, chutney, rapso, steeldrum)
Music of Tuscany
Music of Tunisia
Music of Turkey
Music of Turkmenistan (bakshy, dutar)
Music of Tuva
Music of Uganda
Music of Ukraine
Music of the United Arab Emirates
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, house music, techno, 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)
Music of Uruguay (candombe, tango)
Music of Utah
Music of Uzbekistan (shashmaqam)
Music of Vanuatu
Music of Venezuela (llanera, calipso)
Music of Vermont
Music of Victoria
Music of Vietnam (quan họ, hát tuồng, hát chèo, cải lương, nhac toc cai bien, hát chầu văn, ca trù)
Music of the Virgin Islands
Music of Virginia
Music of Wales
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 Africa
Music of West Virginia
Music of Western Australia
Music of Western Europe
Music of Western Sahara
Music of Wisconsin
Music of Wyoming
Music of Xinjiang
Music of Yemen
Music of the Yukon
Music of Yunnan
Music of Zambia
Music of Zimbabwe (chimurenga, jit)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of cultural and regional genres of music."

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