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Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

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Characterized by electronic sounds and a focus on dance rhythms.

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Hip-Hop

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Features rhythmic and rhyming speech called rapping, DJing, and sampling.

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Pop

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Characterized by its mainstream appeal and often features catchy melodies and hooks.

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Rock

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Known for its use of electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often strong vocals.

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Soul

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Combines elements of gospel, rhythm and blues, featuring expressive vocals and improvisation.

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Reggae

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Often associated with the Rastafarian movement, features offbeat rhythms and a laid-back groove.

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Disco

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Known for its upbeat sounds, four-on-the-floor beats, and glitzy, glamorous atmosphere.

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Country

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Often tells stories about life, love, and hardship with a distinctive twang.

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Heavy Metal

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An extreme subgenre of rock with aggressive vocals, amplified distortion, and emphatic beats.

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Metal

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Characterized by amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, and overall loudness.

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Afrobeat

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Combines African music genres such as highlife and fuji music with American funk and jazz influences, featuring complex grooves and rhythms.

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Classical

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Encompasses a variety of genres from different historical periods, valued for its complexity.

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Blues

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Originated by African Americans, characterized by its use of the blues scale and specific chord progressions.

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Punk Rock

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Fast-paced, hard-edged music with stripped-down instrumentation and often political lyrics.

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Jazz

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Characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, and improvisation.

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New Age

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Often instrumental and intended to create an inspirational, relaxing, and positive experience.

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Garage Rock

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Characterized by its raw simplicity and energetic performances, often attributed to bands not professional and practicing in garages.

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Folk

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Often features acoustic instruments and lyrics that tell a story or convey a moral.

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Bluegrass

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Incorporates elements of country and American roots music, and known for its rapid tempos and improvisation.

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Techno

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A form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, known for its repetitive instrumental music.

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Swing

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Developed in the 1930s and 1940s, known for a strong rhythm section of double bass and drums and a brass section.

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R&B

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Rhythm and Blues combines elements of pop, soul, and funk with strong backbeats and groovy rhythms.

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Reggaeton

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A Latin music genre that blends reggae rhythms with Latin American influences and rapping or singing in Spanish.

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Funk

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Focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline and drum part, often accompanied by electric guitars, keyboards, and horns.

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Trap

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Originated in the Southern United States, it is known for its use of multilayered thin or sharp snares and low-end 808 kick drums, pitched-down vocals, and cinematic strings.

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Grime

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Originated in London, it fuses elements of electronic music and hip-hop, characterized by its gritty sound and lyrical content.

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K-Pop

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South Korean pop music known for its audiovisual elements and a wide variety of audiovisual elements.

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Trip-Hop

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Originated from Bristol, UK, known for its downtempo beats, atmospheric sound, and elements of hip-hop, soul, and electronica.

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Folk Rock

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Combines elements of folk music and rock music, featuring electric guitars and folk-inspired melodies.

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Lo-fi

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Champions low-fidelity recording practices, producing music with a DIY aesthetic often featuring imperfections ignored in higher-budget productions.

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Indie Rock

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Produced independently from major commercial record labels, often characterized by its DIY ethic and unique sounds.

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Opera

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A dramatic art form that combines orchestral music with singers who perform with theatrical staging and costumes.

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Latin

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Encompasses various genres originating in Latin America, often featuring Spanish or Portuguese lyrics.

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Gospel

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Features dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian themes.

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J-Pop

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Japanese pop music, which often features a combination of Western and native influences.

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Ska

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Combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues.

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Alternative Rock

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Broadly defined genre of rock music characterized by unconventional song structures and a focus on independent ethos.

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Ambient

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Focuses on creating a mood or atmosphere rather than traditional music structure or rhythm.

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Singer-Songwriter

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Centers on the artist as the sole performer, mainly focused on the songwriting and storytelling, often accompanied by acoustic guitar or piano.

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Dubstep

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Features sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with prominent sub-bass frequencies.

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