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Focuses on sample-based production and lyrical storytelling, often reflecting urban life.
Hip Hop
Characterized by a repetitive 4/4 beat and often has a tempo ranging from 120 to 150 beats per minute.
Techno
Traditionally uses a 12-bar chord progression and thematic content often deals with life struggles and emotion.
Blues
Known for its complex time signatures, extended improvisation, and a fusion of rock and jazz techniques.
Progressive Rock
Characterized by mournful tracks, often about the darker side of love, and features heavy use of reverb.
Gothic Rock
Defined by heavy use of acoustic instruments, storytelling lyrics, and harmonious melodies.
Folk
Features traditional Spanish chord progressions, fast-paced finger-picking, and emotional intensity.
Flamenco
Utilizes falsetto singing over synthetic beats and draws influences from soul, funk, and disco.
R&B
Pioneered by artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Kraftwerk, characterized by robotic sounds and an emphasis on rhythm over melody.
Electro
Typified by a fast tempo, melodic guitar riffs, sing-along choruses, and a punk rock attitude.
Pop Punk
A smooth, sophisticated style that emerged in the early 1960s, characterized by bossa nova rhythms and jazz-influenced harmonies.
Bossa Nova
This style is a harmonious blend of European classical music with African rhythms, known for its syncopation and colorful harmonies.
Ragtime
Originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s, featuring offbeat rhythms, staccato chords, and socially conscious lyrics.
Reggae
Emphasizes high-energy performance, power chords, and fast-paced rhythms usually under three minutes in length.
Punk Rock
Incorporates electronic synthesizers, drum machines, and a heavy influence from disco, funk, and hip-hop, often delivering a futuristic sound.
Synth-pop
Known for its repetitive beat and the use of synthesized loops, this free-form style often induces a trance-like state.
Trance
Characterized by expressive melodies, dynamic contrasts, and a wide range of instruments from different families.
Classical
Characterized by syncopated rhythms, improvised instrumental solos, and a swing feel.
Jazz
Driven by fast tempos, distortion, aggressive vocals, and advanced guitar techniques.
Heavy Metal
Focuses on hard-hitting, syncopated rhythms and usually has an absence of melody and harmony.
Drum and Bass
This genre's roots are in the Southern United States, with themes of love, heartbreak, and storytelling amid twangy vocals and steel guitars.
Country
Characterized by their heavy use of reverb, minimalist instrumentation, and slower tempos, often evoking an atmosphere of melancholy.
Shoegaze
Dependent on ethnic instruments and motifs, this genre preserves historical and cultural traditions through music.
World Music
Characterized by a lo-fi production quality, use of samples, and a focus on complex lyrics and rhyme schemes.
Underground Hip Hop
A type of drone music which is characterized by an aesthetic of sonic texture and timbral exploration.
Drone Music
Typically features political or social commentaries, with an aggressive style combining rock instrumentation with an electronic backdrop.
Industrial
Typically instrumental, this genre emphasizes extended guitar solos, virtuosity, and musical improvisation.
Instrumental Rock
Combines aspects of pop music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less focus on attitude.
Soft Rock
Often acoustic and harking back to a simpler time, this genre emphasizes storytelling and harmonious vocals.
Americana
Known for the fusion of salsa rhythms with jazz and other genres, showcasing instrumental soloists and intricate arrangements.
Latin Jazz
Developed in the dancehalls of Jamaica, this genre is known for its rapid-fire vocal delivery and competitive lyrical battles.
Dancehall
A subgenre of house music known for its rich chords, deep basslines, and soulful vocals.
Deep House
A style of house music that evolved from disco and classic house, focusing on lush and complex melodies, piano, and strings.
Disco House
Combines hip-hop and funk influences with electronic dance music, creating a distinct, up-tempo, and beat-heavy sound.
G-Funk
Built on electronic beats and synthesized sounds, this genre often creates a dreamy, spacey atmosphere.
Ambient
Originating from the UK in the 1990s, this genre features a blend of hip-hop and techno with often unorthodox production techniques.
Trip Hop
This subgenre of hip hop music features boastful, often self-congratulatory rhymes, and a focus on material success and style.
Mumble Rap
Known for its loud, energetic sound, featuring growling vocals, heavily distorted instruments, and relentless drumming.
Thrash Metal
Typified by its use of Indian classical music fused with elements of ambient, electronica, and new-age.
Asian Underground
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