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Traditionally uses a 12-bar chord progression and thematic content often deals with life struggles and emotion.

Characterized by a repetitive 4/4 beat and often has a tempo ranging from 120 to 150 beats per minute.

Focuses on sample-based production and lyrical storytelling, often reflecting urban life.

Known for its complex time signatures, extended improvisation, and a fusion of rock and jazz techniques.

Emphasizes high-energy performance, power chords, and fast-paced rhythms usually under three minutes in length.

This genre's roots are in the Southern United States, with themes of love, heartbreak, and storytelling amid twangy vocals and steel guitars.

Defined by heavy use of acoustic instruments, storytelling lyrics, and harmonious melodies.

Dependent on ethnic instruments and motifs, this genre preserves historical and cultural traditions through music.

Characterized by expressive melodies, dynamic contrasts, and a wide range of instruments from different families.

Driven by fast tempos, distortion, aggressive vocals, and advanced guitar techniques.

Characterized by syncopated rhythms, improvised instrumental solos, and a swing feel.

Characterized by mournful tracks, often about the darker side of love, and features heavy use of reverb.

This style is a harmonious blend of European classical music with African rhythms, known for its syncopation and colorful harmonies.

A smooth, sophisticated style that emerged in the early 1960s, characterized by bossa nova rhythms and jazz-influenced harmonies.

Known for its repetitive beat and the use of synthesized loops, this free-form style often induces a trance-like state.

Utilizes falsetto singing over synthetic beats and draws influences from soul, funk, and disco.

Incorporates electronic synthesizers, drum machines, and a heavy influence from disco, funk, and hip-hop, often delivering a futuristic sound.

Characterized by their heavy use of reverb, minimalist instrumentation, and slower tempos, often evoking an atmosphere of melancholy.

Features traditional Spanish chord progressions, fast-paced finger-picking, and emotional intensity.

Pioneered by artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Kraftwerk, characterized by robotic sounds and an emphasis on rhythm over melody.

Focuses on hard-hitting, syncopated rhythms and usually has an absence of melody and harmony.

Typified by a fast tempo, melodic guitar riffs, sing-along choruses, and a punk rock attitude.

Originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s, featuring offbeat rhythms, staccato chords, and socially conscious lyrics.

Typically features political or social commentaries, with an aggressive style combining rock instrumentation with an electronic backdrop.

Often acoustic and harking back to a simpler time, this genre emphasizes storytelling and harmonious vocals.

Typically instrumental, this genre emphasizes extended guitar solos, virtuosity, and musical improvisation.

Known for the fusion of salsa rhythms with jazz and other genres, showcasing instrumental soloists and intricate arrangements.

Combines aspects of pop music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less focus on attitude.

Developed in the dancehalls of Jamaica, this genre is known for its rapid-fire vocal delivery and competitive lyrical battles.

Combines hip-hop and funk influences with electronic dance music, creating a distinct, up-tempo, and beat-heavy sound.

A type of drone music which is characterized by an aesthetic of sonic texture and timbral exploration.

A style of house music that evolved from disco and classic house, focusing on lush and complex melodies, piano, and strings.

A subgenre of house music known for its rich chords, deep basslines, and soulful vocals.

Characterized by a lo-fi production quality, use of samples, and a focus on complex lyrics and rhyme schemes.

Built on electronic beats and synthesized sounds, this genre often creates a dreamy, spacey atmosphere.

Originating from the UK in the 1990s, this genre features a blend of hip-hop and techno with often unorthodox production techniques.

Typified by its use of Indian classical music fused with elements of ambient, electronica, and new-age.

This subgenre of hip hop music features boastful, often self-congratulatory rhymes, and a focus on material success and style.