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Cultural genres

By ethnicity or origin

Local, national and regional music scenes
Blues
Africa - Britain - Chicago - Detroit - Kansas City - Louisiana - Memphis - Mississippi Delta - Piedmont - St. Louis - Texas - West Coast
Calypso
Antigua and Barbuda - Barbados - Bermuda - Costa Rica - Dominica - Grenada - Guyana - Panama - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Venezuela - Virgin Islands
Country
Australia - Canada
Cumbia
Argentina - El Salvador - Mexico - Uruguay
Hardcore
Australia - Boston - Chicago - Detroit - Los Angeles - Minneapolis - New Jersey - New York - Phoenix - Seattle - San Francisco - Southern California - Texas - Umeå - DC
Heavy metal
Australia - Pakistan - Scandinavia
Hip hop
Africa - Albania - Algeria - Angola - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Belgium - Benin - Bosnia - Botswana - Brazil - Bulgaria - Canada - Cape Verde - China - DRC Congo - Cuba - Czech Republic - Denmark - Egypt - Finland - France - Gambia - Germany - Ghana - Greece - Guinean - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Ivory Coast - Japan - Korea - Madagascar - Malaysia - Mali - Mexico - Morocco - Native American - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Niger - Nigeria - Norway - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Rwanda - Senegal - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovakia - Slovenia - Somalia - South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Tanzania - Taiwan - Togo - Turkey - Uganda - Ukraine - United Kingdom - United States - Zimbabwe
Jazz
Australia - Belgium - Brazil - Canada - Cuba - France - Netherlands - Spain - South Africa
Klezmer
Germany - Israel - United States
Polka
Czech Republic - Greenland - Mexico - Slovenia - United States
Pop
Afghanistan - Albania - Angola - Armenia Australia - Austria - Bangladesh - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Canada - China - Congolese - Cuba - Czech - Denmark - Egypt - Estonia - Fiji - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hong Kong - Hungary - India - Indonesia - Iran - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Japan - Kenya - Latvia - Lebanon - Lithuania - Malawi - Malaysia - Mexico - Micronesia - Mongolia - Netherlands - New Zealand - North Korean - Norway - Pakistan - Panama - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - South Africa - South Korea - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Taiwan - Turkey
Progressive rock
France - Germany - Italy - Netherlands - United Kingdom - United States
Punk
Australia - Belgium - Denmark - Germany - Japan - Malaysia - New Zealand - Norway - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom - United States
Reggae
Africa - Anguilla - Antigua - Australia - Barbados - Benin - Brazil - Burkina Faso - Côte d\'Ivoire - Fiji - Ghana - Grenada - Hawaii - Kenya - Native American - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nigeria - Panama - Philippines - Portugal - Puerto Rico - Senegal - Seychelles - Slovenia - South Africa - Spain - United Kingdom - Zimbabwe
Rock
Argentina - Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Brazil - Cambodia - Canada -Chile - China - Colombia - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Greece - Germany - Iceland - Indonesia - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Japan - Latvia - Lithuania - Malaysian - Mexico - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Norway - Peru - Philippines - Portugal - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Tatar - Thailand - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom - United States - Uruguay - Vietnam - Zambia
Soul
Detroit - Memphis - Philadelphia
Tango
Japan - Uruguay

• Ainu
• Indigenous Australian
• Chamorro
• Maori
• Palestinian
• Russian
• Samaritan
• Ukrainian

Immigrant communities

• Afrikaner
• African American
• Anglo-American
• Anglo-Australian
• Cajun and Louisiana Creole
• Caribbean-British
• Immigrants to Australia
• Immigrants to the United States
• Indian-British
• Indo-Caribbean
• Irish- and Scottish-Australian
• Irish- and Scottish-Canadian
• Irish- and Scottish-American
• Latino-American
• North African-French
• Tex-Mex and Tejano

International ethnic groups

• Afro-American (also Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean)
• Andean
• Arabic
• Assyrian
• Basque
• Bedouin
• Berber
• Celtic
• Chaldean
• Garifuna
• Korean
• Kurd
• Jewish
  • Ashkenazi
  • Bene Israel
  • Beta Israel
  • Sephardic
• Lao
• Maroon
• Miskito
• Native American and First Nations
• Nordic
• Romani
• Sinhalese
• Sri Lankan
• Sami

Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups

• Ashante
• Baganda
• Bakongo
• Bushman
• Dogon
• Ewe
• Fulani
• Hausa
• Igbo
• Kasena
• Khoikhoi
• Khoisan
• Kikuyu
• Kongo
• Malinke
• Masai
• Ndebele
• Pedo
• Pygmy
• San
• Shona
• Sotho
• Swazi
• Tiw
• Tswana
• Venda
• Wolof
• Xhosa
• Yoruba
• Zulu

Native American ethnic groups

• Aleut
• Apache
• Arapaho
• Blackfoot
• Chippewa
• Choctaw
• Cree
• Dene
• Haida
• Iroquois
• Innu
• Inuit
• Kiowa
• Kwakiutl
• Navajo
• Ojibwe
• Omaha
• Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni)
• Seminole
• Sioux (Lakota, Dakota)
• Tlingit
• Tsimshian
• Yaqui
• Yuman

Indigenous Caribbean, Mexican, South and Central American people

• Huastec
• Indigenous Brazilians
• Kallawaya
• Maya
• Otavalo
• Purépecha
• Quechua
• Zapotec

By religion

• Assyrian Church
• Buddhism
• Christianity
  • Anglicanism and Episcopalianism
  • Amish
  • Baptist
  • Christian Scientist
  • Latter-Day Saints
  • Mar Thoma
  • Melkite
  • Methodist
  • Nestorian
  • Pentecostal and Renewal
  • Roman Catholic
  • Salvation Army
  • Shakers
  • Unitarian Church
  • United Church of Christ
  • United Reformed Church
• Hare Krishna
• Hinduism
• Judaism
  • Karaite
• Islam
  • Dervish
• Native American religion
• Rastafarianism
• Santeria
• Shintoism
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Voodoo
• Zoroastrianism

See also: Music of the Vatican City

By language

• Esperanto
• Portuguese

Geographic genres

By country

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Arab	Azerbaijani
Bengali	Burmese
Cambodian	Central Asian
Chinese	European
Hindustani	Kashmiri
Indian	Odissi
Indonesian	Iranian
Japanese	Korean
Laotian	Nepalese
North African	Ottoman
Philippine	South Indian
Thai	Tibetan
Vietnamese	West African

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana

Popular music traditions
Algeria	raï - sha-bii
Argentina	chamamé - cuarteto - tango
Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles	kaseko - tumba
Bahamas	junkanoo
Barbados	spouge
Belize	punta
Benin	tchink-system
Bhutan	rigsar
Bolivia	canto nuevo - lambada
Bosnia and Herzegovina	sevdalinka
Botswana	gumba-gumba
Brazil	bossa nova - lambada - MPB - música nordestina - samba
Cambodia	ramkbach - ramvong
Cameroon	bantowbol - bend-skin - bikutsi - makossa - nganja - pedalé
Cape Verde	coladeira - funaná - morna
Chile	nueva canción
China	Cantopop - Taiwanese pop
Colombia	cumbia - llanera - vallenato
Comoros	twarab - variet
DR Congo	madiaba - mutuashi - soukous
Côte d\'Ivoire	laba laba - polihet - ziglibithy - zouglou
Cuba	chachachá - mambo - nueva trova - rumba - salsa
Dominica	bouyon - cadence-lypso
Dominican Republic	bachata - merengue
Egypt	al-jil - light song - shaabi
Ethiopia	bolel
France	bal-musette - cabaret - chanson
Germany	cabaret - schlager
Ghana	highlife
Greece	laïkó - éntekhno - rebetiko
Guinea-Bissau	gumbe - tina - tinga
Haiti	cadence rampa - compas direct - minijazz
Hawaii	slack-key
India	bhangra - filmi - qawwali
Indonesia	dangdut - gamelan - jaipongan - kroncong
Iran	bandari
Iraq	pesteh
Ireland	trad
Israel	Sephardic music
Italy	film music
Jamaica	dub - reggae - rocksteady - ska
Japan	enka - kayōkyoku
Kenya	benga - Congolese - finger-style - Kamba - Kikuyu - Swahili
Korea	North Korean pop - teuroteu - t\'ong guitar
Kuwait	sawt
Laos	mor lam
Louisiana	zydeco
Republic of Macedonia	calgia
Malawi	afroma - kwasa kwasa - Malawian jazz
Malaysia	nasyid
Mali	bajourou, wassoulou
Martinique and Guadeloupe	zouk
Mauritius	sega
Mexico	banda - mariachi - duranguense - norteño - ranchera
Morocco	chaabi
Mozambique	marrabenta
Nepal	Light music
Nigeria	apala - fuji - juju
Pakistan	qawwali
Panama	punto
Peru	chicha - huayno
Philippines
Portugal	fado
Puerto Rico	plena - reggaeton - salsa
Senegal	mbalax
Serbia and Montenegro	novokomponovana narodna muzika - turbo-folk
Seychelles	montea
Sierra Leone	maringa - milo jazz
Slovenia	polka
Solomon Islands	bamboo band
South Africa	bubblegum - kwaito - marabi - mbaqanga - mbube - pennywhistle
Spain	flamenco
Sri Lanka	baila
Sudan	haqiba
Suriname	kaseko
Tanzania	taarab
Tex-Mex and Tejano	conjunto
Thailand	luk grung - pleng phua cheewit - pleng Thai sakorn
Trinidad and Tobago	calypso - chutney - soca - steelpan
Turkey	Arabesk
United Kingdom	bhangra - heavy metal - punk - techno
United States	country - doo wop - funk - gospel - hip hop - jazz - punk - R&B - ragtime - rock - salsa - soul - surf - techno
Uruguay	candombe - canto popular
Venezuela	llanera
Vietnam	ca tru
Zimbabwe	chimurenga - jit - sungura

• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Congo-Kinsasha
• Congo-Brazzaville
• Costa Rica
• Côte d\'Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Solomon Islands
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

By continent or other international region

Folk music traditions and instruments
Afghanistan	Jat - rubab
Albania	çifteli - kaba - Rapsodi Kreshnike - sharki
Algeria	hoffi - raï - zindalii
Andorra	contrapàs - marratxa
Angola	kilapanda - rebita - semba
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	tango
Armenia	ashough - duduk - kamancha
Australia	clan song - didgeridoo - karma
Austria	ländler - schrammelmusik - yodeling
Azerbaijan	ashiq
Bahamas	ant\'em - goombay drum - junkanoo - rake-and-scrape - ripsaw
Bahrain	khaleeji - sawt
Bangladesh	bandari - Baul geeti - bhatiali - Hanson Raja - jaari - kirtan - lalon - upojatiyo
Barbados	tuk
Belarus
Belgium
Belize	brukdown - marimba
Benin	tchinkoumé
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	ganga- ravne pesme - sargena - sevdah
Botswana
Brazil	afoxê - bumba-meu-boi - Capoeira music - choro - repentismo - samba
Brittany	kan ha discan
Brunei	adai adai
Bulgaria	choirs - gaida - kaval
Burkina Faso	balafon - bendré - djeli - djembe - kora
Cambodia
Cameroon	bikutsi - mvet
Canada	fiddle - sea shanty
Cape Verde	batuco - funaná
Central African Republic	mbela
Chad
Chile	cueca - payadores - tonada
China	chuigushou - dizi - erhu - hua\'er - kuaiban - lu - qin - Nanguan ballad - pipa - yang - yunluo - zheng
Colombia	bambuco - champeta - cumbia - llanera - vallenato
Comoros
Congo-Kinsasha
Congo-Brazzaville
Corsica	Corsica polyphonic song
Costa Rica	marimba - sinkit
Côte d\'Ivoire	abissa - gbébé
Croatia	gusle - klapa - tamburitza
Cuba	areito - batá - cabildo - campesina - changuí - charanga - clave - congas - gallos - guajira - rumba - son - toque - yuka
Cyprus
Czech Republic	cimbalom - polka
Denmark	accordion - fanik - fiddle - pols
Djibouti	balwo
Dominica
Dominican Republic	bachata - gagá - merengue - salve
East Timor	likurai
Ecuador	marimba - pasacalle - pasillo - yarabi
Egypt	mizmar - saiyidi
El Salvador	chanchona - xuc
Equatorial Guinea	mvet
Eritrea	kobar - kraar - wata
Estonia	kannel - runo-song - zither
Ethiopia	azmari
Fiji
Faroe Islands	kingosálmar - skjaldur
Finland	joik - jouhikko - kantele - rekilaulu - runolaulu
France	bagad - bal musette - bodega - boha - bourrée - cabrette - couple de sonneurs - galoubets-tambourins - hurdy gurdy - sardana - trikitixa
Gabon
Gambia	griot - kora
Georgia	krimanchuli - orovela
Germany	lieder - oom-pah - Volkslieder - schuchplattler - yodelling
Ghana	asonko - highlife - kpanlogo
Greece	akritic - dhimotiká - hasaposérviko - kalamatianó - kantádhes - kléftiko - klephtic - lyra - mirolóyia - nisiótika - rebetiko - syrtó - tsámiko
Grenada	Carriacou Big Drum - Heel-and-Toe
Guatemala	marimba
Guinea	kora - ngoni
Guinea-Bissau	brosca - calabash - djambadon - kundere - kussundé
Guyana
Haiti	méringue - ra-ra
Hawaii	hula - mele
Honduras	caramba - guancasco - marimba
Hungary	csardas - táncház - verbunkos
Iceland	langspil - fiðla - rimur
India	Baul music - bhangra - dandiya - lavani
Indonesia	kecak - kecapi suling - tembang sunda
Iran	Musiqi Sonati-Folk music-Ney-Dhol-Sorna-Daf-Naqareh-Tonbak-
Iraq	oud - rebab
Ireland	fiddle - sean nós - set dancing - step dancing - Uilleann pipes
Israel	Sephardic music
Italy	carrettiera - endecasillabo - lamentazioni - launedda - saltarello - Sardinian choir - tarantolati - trallalero
Jamaica	mento
Japan	katcharsee - min\'you - sato kagura - umui - warabe uta
Jordan	zajal
Kazakhstan	akyn - dombra - qobuz
Kenya	benga - chamonge guitar - ground bow - obokano - sukuti
Kiribati	rurubene - te kainikamaen
Korea	nongak - pansori - sanjo
Kuwait	sawt
Kyrgyzstan	komuz - manaschi
Laos	khaen - mor lam
Latvia	daina - zither
Lebanon	ney - oud
Lesotho	lekolulo - setolo-tolo - thomo
Liberia
Libya