List of cultural and regional genres of music

Cultural genres

• 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
• 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, polska, runo, Scandinavian death metal, Finnish opera)
• Pygmy music
• Rastafarian music (reggae, dub)
• Saami music (joik)
• Sephardic music (Eastern Tradition, Western Tradition)
• 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 (duduk)
• 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 Bahrain (sout, khaleeji)
• 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 (rock and roll, folk music, country music)
• 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 (morris dancing, Broadside ballad, border ballad, music hall, sea shanty)
• 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, cabaret, 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) (orovela, krimanchuli)
• 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, Sephardic music, 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 (rímur)
• 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 (Iranian pop, musiqi-e assil)
• Music of Iraq (oud, rebab)
• 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
• 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 (Appalachian folk music, bluegrass, jug bands, country music)
• 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 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 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 (calgia, gajda)
• 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, Motown, 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, Sephardic music, 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 (polka, mazurka, klezmer)
• 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 Saudi Arabia (khaleeji)
• Music of Scotland (acid croft, bagpipes)
• Music of Senegal (mbalax, sabar, hip hop)
• Music of Serbia and Montenegro (novokomponovana narodni muzika, turbo-folk, kolo)
• 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, Sephardic music)
• 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 (spelmanslag, polska, waltz, Scandinavian death metal, Europop, kulning, säckpipa, nyckelharpa)
• 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 (Ottoman classical music, Sephardic music, Turkish hip hop)
• Music of Turkmenistan (bakshy, dutar)
• Music of Tuva
• Music of Uganda
• Music of Ukraine (bandura)
• Music of the United Arab Emirates (khaleeji)
• 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, 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, house music, techno)
• 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 (tympathau, eistedfodd)
• 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)