See also Jazz genres
| absolute music | acid house |
| acid rock | alt.country |
| ambient | AOR |
| arioso | bachata |
| baggy | ballet music |
| barbershop | baroque |
| bel canto | benga |
| bhangra | bluegrass |
| blues | boogie-woogie |
| breakbeat | Britpop |
| calypso | Cantopop |
| chamber music | chant |
| choral music | church music |
| classical music | comic opera |
| contrapuntal music | country |
| country and western | country rock |
| cowpunk | crossover |
| crunk | cumbia |
| dance floor | dancehall |
| death metal | dhrupad |
| disco | dodecaphonic music |
| doo-wop | drum and bass |
| dub | easy listening |
| electro | emo/emocore |
| flamenco | folk |
| funk | funkadelic |
| fusion | gagaku |
| galant | gangsta (rap) |
| garage | glam rock |
| go-go | gospel |
| Goth | grand opera |
| grunge | gumbo |
| hardcore | heavy metal |
| highlife | hip hop |
| house | indie |
| industrial | jazz |
| jit | jive |
| juju | jump blues |
| jungle | klezmer |
| Krautrock | kwaito |
| kwela | light opera |
| liturgical music | marabi |
| mariachi | mash |
| mbaqanga | mento |
| merengue | minimalism |
| motet | Motown |
| multiculti | musique concrète |
| New Age | New Romantic |
| new wave | norteño |
| northern soul | oi |
| old-time | opera |
| opera buffa | opera seria |
| orbital | orchestral music |
| Palm Court | parang |
| pibroch | pogo |
| pop | popular music |
| programme music | progressive |
| psychedelic | psychobilly |
| punk | qawwali |
| queercore | ragamuffin/ragga |
| ragtime | rai |
| ranchera | rap |
| rave | reggae |
| reggaeton | rhythm and blues (R & B) |
| rock | rockabilly |
| rock and roll | rocksteady |
| sacred music | sakkie-sakkie |
| salsa | serialism |
| sijo | ska |
| skiffle | soca |
| soukous | soul |
| surf | symphonic music |
| taarab | talking blues |
| tasso | techno |
| technofunk | Tejano |
| Tex-Mex | thrash (metal) |
| trance | trip hop |
| twelve-note/twelve-tone music | vocalese |
| western swing | world music |
| zouk | zydeco |