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By race or ethnicity
Australian Aboriginal music (didgeridoo, Aboriginal rock)
African American music (blues, gospel, soul, funk, jazz, rock 'n' roll, hip
hop)
Andean music (nueva cancion)
Arab music (classical Arab music, rai, sout, gnawa, al-jil, chaabi)
Ashkenazi music (klezmer)
Basque music (trikitrixa, bersolari, shawm and drum, fasil, raks, calgia)
Bedouin music (zajal)
Berber music
Blackfoot music
Cajun and Louisiana Creole music (la la, juré, zydeco, swamp pop)
Celtic music (jig, reel, strathspey, hornpipe)
Garifuna music (punta, paranda, brukdown)
Gypsy music (flamenco)
Inuit music (katajjaq)
Jewish music (piyyutim, klezmer)
Kurdish music
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)
Lusophone music (fado, samba, Angolan merengue, semba, bossa nova, choro,
lambada, MPB, baila, timbila, gumbe, marrabenta, morna)
Maori music (kapa haka, waiata)
Native American and First Nations music (chicken scratch, pow-wow, peyote
song)
Nordic music (pols, polska, runo, Scandinavian death metal, Finnish opera)
Palestinian music (dabka, dalauna, meyjana)
Pygmy music (hindewhu)
Sami music (joik)
Sephardic music (Eastern Tradition, Western Tradition)
By religion
Buddhist music (shomyo)
Christian music (hymns, spirituals, Gregorian chant, wedding music, requiem,
gospel, CCM)
Hare Krishna music
Hindu music (kriti, dhrupad, bhajan, dhamar)
Jewish music (piyyutim, klezmer)
Muslim music
Native American music (peyote song)
Rastafarian music (reggae, dub)
Shinto music (kagura)
Zoroastrian music
By language
Esperanto music
By country
Music of Afghanistan (klasik, rubab)
Music of Albania (llautë, çifteli, kaba)
Music of Algeria (rai, rabaab, sha-bii, hawzii, nuubaat)
Music of Andorra (contrapàs, marratxa)
Music of Angola (kilapanda, kizomba, Angolan merengue, rebita, semba)
Music of Anguilla (calypso)
Music of Antigua and Barbuda (steeldrum)
Music of Argentina (rock nacional, milónga, chamamé, cuarteto,
tango)
Music of Armenia (duduk)
Music of Australia (Australian rock, Australian hip hop, kun-borrk, wangga,
karma, didgeridoo, bunggul)
Music of Austria (schrammelmusik, Baroque music)
Music of Azerbaijan (mugam)
Music of the Bahamas (junkanoo, goombay)
Music of Bahrain (sout, khaleeji)
Music of Bangladesh
Music of Barbados (spouge, calypso, soca)
Music of Belarus (skomorokhs, znamennogo, partesnoe)
Music of Belgium (Belgian hip hop)
Music of Belize (brukdown, punta)
Music of Benin (tchinkoumé, tchink-system
Music of Bhutan (rigsar, zhungdra and boedra)
Music of Bolivia (huayno, canto nuevo, nueva canción, lambada)
Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina (sevdalinka)
Music of Botswana
Music of Brazil (choro, bossa nova, fricote, carimbó, MPB, boi, maracatú,
forró, lambada, samba)
Music of Brunei (Aduk-Aduk, jipin, adai-adai, benari)
Music of Bulgaria (gaida, kaval)
Music of Burkina Faso
Music of Burundi
Music of Cambodia (pinpeat orchestra, kantrum, jamrieng samai)
Music of Cameroon (makossa)
Music of Canada (rock and roll, folk music, country music)
Music of Cape Verde (morna)
Music of the Central African Republic (mbela)
Music of Chad
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 Comoros (twarab, variet)
Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (kwassa kwassa, soukous, rumba)
Music of the Republic of the Congo (makossa, soukous)
Music of Costa Rica (calypso, marimba)
Music of Côte d'Ivoire (gbébé, dopé, laba laba,
polihet, rap dogba, zouglou, ziglibithy])
Music of Croatia (tamburitza, gusle)
Music of Cuba (son, son montuno, conga, rumba, punto, changuí, Cuban
hip hop, música campesina, batá, nueva 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 Denmark (pols, fanik)
Music of Djibouti (balwo)
Music of Dominica (bouyon)
Music of the Dominican Republic (merengue, gagá, bachata, salve)
Music of East Timor (likurai)
Music of Ecuador (marimba, bomba)
Music of Egypt (al-jil)
Music of England
Music of Equatorial Guinea (bebon mvet)
Music of Eritrea
Music of Estonia (runo-song, kannel)
Music of Ethiopia (manzuma)
Music of Fiji
Music of Finland (Finnish opera, runo, joik)
Music of France (hurdygurdy, motete, minuet, gwerz, Breton pipes, bal-musette,
cabaret, chanson, French hip hop)
Music of Gabon
Music of the Gambia (Afro-Manding blues)
Music of Georgia (country) (orovela, krimanchuli)
Music of Germany (Alpine New Wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, krautrock, stubenmusik,
burger highlife, oom-pah, German hip hop)
Music of Ghana (highlife)
Music of Greece (rembétiko, Sephardic music, laïkó, Greek
hip hop)
Music of Grenada
Music of Guinea-Bissau (gumbe, brosca, kussundé, kundere, djambadon,
tina, tinga, calibash)
Music of Guyana
Music of Haiti (ra-ra, minijazz, menwat, compas direct, cadence rampa, méringue)
Music of Honduras (guancasco)
Music of Hungary (verbunkos, nota, csárdás)
Music of Iceland (rímur, Icelandic hip hop)
Music of India (filmi, Carnatic music, khyal, kriti, dhrupad, Asian Underground,
Dandiya, tarana, thillana, indo jazz, bhajan, Sugama Sangeetha,sitar, tabla,
thumri, ghazal, bhangra)
Music of Indonesia (gamelan, kebyar, jegog, joged bumbung, kroncong, langgam
jawa, gandrung, kecak, qasidah modern, dangdut, jaipongan, angklung, kecapi
suling, gambus, tapanuli ogong, tembang sunda)
Music of Iran (Iranian pop, musiqi-e assil)
Music of Iraq (oud, rebab)
Music of Ireland (sean nós)
Music of Israel (Sephardic music, klezmer, Yemenite Jewish music)
Music of Italy (opera, Italian hip hop, Sardinian polyphonic singing, tarantella,
canzone napoletana, ottava rima, trallalero, saltarello, neomelodici, Baroque
music, tarantolati)
Music of the Ivory Coast (see Music of Côte d'Ivoire)
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, dodompa, Japanese
hip hop)
Music of Jordan (zajal)
Music of Kazakhstan (akyn, qobuz, dombra)
Music of Kenya (taarab, benga, Swahili sound, Congolese sound, Kikuyu pop,
rurubene)
Music of Kiribati (te kainikamaen)
Music of Korea (North and South) (ppongtchak, Norae Undong, pansori, hyangak,
aak, tangak, sanjo, nongak, Korean hip hop, sinawi, chongak, t'ong guitar)
Music of Kuwait (sout, (khaleeji))
Music of Kyrgyzstan (manaschi, komuz)
Music of Laos (khaen, khaplam wai, lam nu, lam ploen, lam saravane, mor lam
sing, lam luang)
Music of Latvia (daina, kokle)
Music of Lebanon
Music of Lesotho (lekolulo, thomo, setolo-tolo)
Music of Liberia
Music of Libya (masoud, Arab classical music, huda)
Music of Liechtenstein
Music of Lithuania (rateliai, daino)
Music of Luxembourg
Music of Macedonia (calgia, gajda)
Music of Malawi (guitar-and-banjo duos, kwela, afroma, kwasa kwasa)
Music of Malaysia (silat, zapin, ronggeng, kertok)
Music of the Maldives (boduberu, thaara, Gaa odi lava, langiri, bolimalaafath
neshun)
Music of Mali (wassoulou)
Music of Malta (l-ghana)
Music of the Marshall Islands (beet)
Music of Mauritania (Al-bayda, Al-kahla, l'-gnaydiya)
Music of Mauritius (seggae, sega)
Music of Mexico (jarochos, jaliscienses, mariachi, Mexican son, Mexican hip
hop, cumbia, norteño, son huasteco, abajeños, istmeños,
arpa grande, calentanos, corridos, ranchera, arribeño)
Music of Micronesia
Music of Moldova
Music of Monaco
Music of Mongolia (long-song, pop mop, horse-head fiddle, Tuvan throat-singing)
Music of Morocco (chaabi, Sephardic music, gnawa)
Music of Mozambique (marrabenta)
Music of Myanmar
Music of Namibia
Music of Nauru
Music of Nepal (panchai baja, light music)
Music of the Netherlands (Nederpop, Dutch hip hop, gabber, Indo-rock)
Music of New Zealand (waiata, haka, Kiwi rock, kapahaka)
Music of Nicaragua (marimba)
Music of Niger
Music of Nigeria (apala, Igbo highlife, Yo-pop, Afrobeat, fuji, juju)
Music of Norway (wind music, fiddle, Scandinavian death metal)
Music of Oman
Music of Pakistan (qawwali, tarana)
Music of Palau
Music of Panama (mejorana, punto, amanojã, atravesao, tamborito)
Music of Papua New Guinea (singsing, bamboo band)
Music of Paraguay
Music of Peru (charango, chicha, musica criolla, huayno, Andean New Age)
Music of the Philippines (kundiman, Pinoy rock, Manila sound, Filipino hip
hop)
Music of Poland (polka, Polish hip hop, mazurka, klezmer)
Music of Portugal (fado)
Music of Qatar
Music of Romania (doina)
Music of Russia (Tuvan throat-singing)
Music of Rwanda (ikinimba)
Music of Samoa (pate, fala)
Music of San Marino
Music of São Tomé and Príncipe (tchiloli, danço-congo,
puxa)
Music of Saudi Arabia (khaleeji)
Music of Scotland (jig, reel, strathspey, bagpipes)
Music of Senegal (mbalax, sabar, hip hop)
Music of Serbia and Montenegro (novokomponovana narodni muzika, turbo-folk,
kolo)
Music of the Seychelles (contombley, montea)
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 Spain (flamenco, Spanish hip hop, Sephardic music)
Music of Sri Lanka (baila)
Music of the Sudan (haqibah, riq)
Music of Suriname (kaseko)
Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Music of St. Lucia
Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Music of Swaziland
Music of Sweden (spelmanslag, polska, waltz, Scandinavian death metal, Swedish
hip hop, Europop, kulning, säckpipa, nyckelharpa)
Music of Switzerland (Appenzell quartet, dialect rock raga rock, Swiss hip
hop, Alpine New Wave, yodelling)
Music of Syria (classical Arab music, muwashshah)
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 Thailand (mor lam, pleng phua cheewit, string, luk grung, wong shadow,
khruang sai, piphat, pleng Thai sakorn, luk thung, kantrum)
Music of Togo
Music of Tonga (lali, hiva usa)
Music of Trinidad and Tobago (lavway, leggos, calypso, soca, parang, pan,
chutney, rapso, steeldrum)
Music of Tunisia (malouf)
Music of Turkey (Ottoman classical music, Sephardic music, Turkish hip hop,
arabesk, Anatolian rock, Sufi-Mevlevi music, tavern)
Music of Turkmenistan (bakshy, dutar)
Music of Tuvalu (kupu, fakanau, fakaseasea)
Music of Uganda (kadongo kamu)
Music of Ukraine (bandura)
Music of the United Arab Emirates (khaleeji)
Music of the United Kingdom (heavy metal, electronic music, Britpop, British
rock, 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, jungle, British
blues, British hip hop)
Music of the United States (American 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, house
music, techno)
Music of Uruguay (candombe, tango)
Music of Uzbekistan (shashmaqam)
Music of Vanuatu
Music of Venezuela (llanera, calipso)
Music of Vietnam (quan h?, hát tu?ng, hát chèo, c?i luong,
nhac toc cai bien, hát ch?u van, ca trù)
Music of Western Sahara
Music of Yemen (Yemenite Jewish music)
Music of Zambia (Zam-rock)
Music of Zimbabwe (chimurenga, jit)
By continent or other international region
Music of Africa (African hip hop, rai, highlife, Fuji music, mbalax, milo
jazz, kwela, mbaqanga, mbube, Afropop, taarab, jit, juju, benga, makossa,
rumba, kwassa kwassa, soukous, jive)
Music of the Amazon
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 the Caucasus
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 East Africa
Music of East Asia
Music of Eastern Europe
Music of Europe
Music of Kurdistan
Music of the Lesser Antilles (Combined rhythm, cadence-lypso, zouk, gwo ka,
chouval bwa, tambour, biguine)
Music of Melanesia
Music of Micronesia
Music of the Middle East
Music of North Africa
Music of North America
Music of Northern Europe
Music of Polynesia (waiata, hula, lali, hiva usa, himene tarava, slack-key
guitar, Imene tuki, imene metua, steel guitar)
Music of South America
Music of South Asia
Music of Southeast Asia
Music of Southern Europe
Music of Sub-Saharan Africa
Music of West Africa
Music of Western Europe
By province, region or other sub-national entity
Canada
Music of Alberta
Music of British Columbia
Music of Manitoba
Music of the Maritime Provinces
Music of New Brunswick
Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
Music of the Northwest Territories
Music of Nova Scotia
Music of Nunavat
Music of Ontario
Music of the Prairie Provinces
Music of Prince Edward Island
Music of Quebec
Music of Saskatchewan
Music of the Yukon
Chile
Music of Easter Island
China
Music of Guangxi
Music of Guizhou
Music of Hainan
Music of Hong Kong
Music of Inner Mongolia
Music of Macau
Music of Manchuria
Music of Sichuan
Music of Taiwan (quguan, Taiwanese pop, New Taiwanese Song, bayin, shan'ge,
tea-picking opera, budaixi, yueqin, gezaixi)
Music of Tibet
Music of Xinjiang
Music of Yunnan
Denmark
Music of the Faroe Islands (kvæ©£i, tættir, vísir)
Music of Greenland (pisiq, kalattuut)
Finland
Music of Aland
Music of Karelia
Music of Lapland
France
Music of Brittany
Music of Burgundy
Music of Corsica (Corsican polyphonic singing)
Music of French Guiana
Music of French Polynesia (himene tarava)
Music of the Marquesas Islands
Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe (biguine, chouval bwa, gwo ka, kadans,
zouk)
Music of New Caledonia
Music of Provence
Music of Tahiti (himene tarava)
Music of Wallis and Futuna
Greece
Music of Crete
India
Music of the Andaman Islands
Music of Bengal
Music of Kashmir
Music of Punjab
Music of Rajasthan
Indonesia
Music of Bali (gamelan, angklung, kebyar, jegog, joged bumbung, kecak)
Music of Java (kroncong)
Music of the Moluccan Islands
Music of Sumatra
Music of Sunda
Italy
Music of Sardinia
Music of Sicily
Music of Tuscany
Netherlands
Music of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles (tumba, kaseko)
New Zealand
Music of the Cook Islands (imene tuki and imene metua)
Norway
Music of Finnmark
Russia
Music of Altay
Music of Chechnya
Music of Dagestan
Music of Ingushetia
Music of Karelia
Music of Siberia
Music of Tuva
Spain
Music of Andalusia
Music of Aragon
Music of the Balearic Islands
Music of Basque Country
Music of the Canary Islands
Music of Castile, Madrid and Leon
Music of Catalonia
Music of Extremadura
Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
Music of Murcia
Music of Navarre and La Rioja
Music of Valencia
Sweden
Music of Lapponia
United Kingdom
Music of Bermuda
Music of the Cayman Islands
Music of Cornwall
Music of England (morris dancing, Broadside ballad, border ballad, music hall,
sea shanty)
Music of the Isle of Man
Music of Northern Ireland
Music of Scotland (acid croft, bagpipes)
Music of Turks and Caicos Islands (ripsaw)
Music of the Virgin Islands (scratch bands, cariso)
Music of Wales (tympathau, eisteddfod)
United States
Music of Alabama
Music of Alaska
Music of Arizona
Music of Arkansas
Music of California (West Coast rap, death rock, Paisley Underground, hair
metal, mariachi, psychedelic rock, surf, Bakersfield sound)
Music of Colorado
Music of Connecticut
Music of Delaware
Music of Florida (Miami bass, Miami sound)
Music of Georgia
Music of Guam
Music of Hawaii (steel guitar, slack-key guitar, hula)
Music of Idaho
Music of Illinois (Chicago style (music), Chicago blues, House music)
Music of Indiana
Music of Iowa
Music of Kansas
Music of Kentucky (Appalachian folk music, bluegrass, jug bands, country music)
Music of Louisiana (zydeco, la la, juré, swamp pop, New Orleans jazz,
New Orleans blues)
Music of Maine
Music of the Mariana Islands
Music of Maryland (doo wop)
Music of Massachusetts (punk rock, skinhead punk, alternative rock)
Music of Michigan (Detroit sound, electronic music, Motown, punk rock, ghettotech,
Detroit blues, funk, Motown, soul music)
Music of Minnesota (alternative rock, Minneapolis sound)
Music of Mississippi (blues)
Music of Missouri
Music of Montana
Music of Nebraska (Omaha sound)
Music of Nevada (punk rock, lounge music)
Music of New Jersey
Music of New Mexico
Music of New York (East Coast rap, hip hop, salsa music, punk rock, Tin Pan
Alley, stride, jazz)
Music of North Carolina
Music of North Dakota
Music of Ohio (punk rock, garage rock)
Music of Oklahoma
Music of Oregon (hardcore punk)
Music of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia soul, thresher, hip hop)
Music of Puerto Rico (bomba, aguinaldo, décima, danza, plena, reggaeton,
salsa)
Music of Rhode Island
Music of South Carolina
Music of South Dakota
Music of Tennessee (country music, Nashville Sound, honky-tonk)
Music of Texas (norteño/Tex-Mex, punk rock, Texas blues, country music,
Lubbock Sound)
Music of the Virgin Islands (scratch bands, cariso)
Music of Utah
Music of Vermont
Music of Virginia
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 Virginia
Music of Wisconsin
Music of Wyoming
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