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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

Immigrant communities

International ethnic groups

Native Sub-Saharan African ethnic groups

Native American ethnic groups

Indigenous Caribbean, Mexican, South and Central American people

By religion

See also: Music of the Vatican City

By language


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
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

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