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Ballroom dance music: pasodoble, cha cha cha and others. Vogue (dance) Children's music. Dance music. Slow dance. Drug use in music. Incidental music or music for stage and screen: music written for the score of a film, play, musicals, or other spheres, such as filmi, video game music, music hall songs and showtunes and others.
Music genre. A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. [1] Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometimes used interchangeably. [2]
Motet – Polyphonic choral composition based on a sacred text. Opera – Dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists. Opera buffa – Genre of opera characterized by light, humorous, and often satirical themes. Opera seria – Genre of opera with serious, often tragic themes.
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. Microgenres (3 C, 28 P) Music genres by theme (1 C, 2 P) Musical subgenres by genre (57 C) Music genres by century (6 C) Music genres by period (4 C) Musical genres by region (7 C)
Drill music – Chicago rap, see Drill (music genre) for more. Drone music – an experimental, minimalist style of ambient music, known for drawn-out and repetitive tones, giving it a droning feel. Drum and bass – a jungle-derived style of electronic dance music known for rapid-fire breakbeats and heavy basslines.
This is a list of rock music genres consisting of subgenres of popular music that have roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, ...
F. List of European folk music traditions. List of Oceanic and Australian folk music traditions. List of Asian folk music traditions. List of Caribbean folk music traditions. List of Central American folk music traditions. List of North American folk music traditions. List of South American folk music traditions.
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated in the United States, but also in United Kingdom, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, developing a lot of subgenres, including heavy metal and punk rock. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from country ...